SÃO PAULO – A city council member in São Paulo has announced plans to subpoena a well-known priest and human rights advocate whose work has been praised by Pope Francis before a panel investigating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil has pledged a series of sweeping measures to help a homeless population that has soared tenfold over the past ten years, ...

He’s got barely one percent in the polls so far, but 35-year-old leftist Guilherme Boulos says Brazil is ripe for a new face willing to take on the corrupt and powerful in October presidential ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Four people died on Monday after a fire at a shelter for the homeless in a city in southeastern Brazil, Sao ...

A group of homelessness activists briefly occupied Monday the seaside apartment at the heart of the corruption case that saw ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva imprisoned earlier this month. About ...

GUARUJÁ, Brazil (Reuters) - Supporters of jailed former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for a short time on Monday occupied the three-floor beach apartment that the leftist leader was ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A city councilman in Curitiba, Brazil, presented a motion to the mayor suggesting homeless people should be sterilized. The document was approved by the council and sent to the ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — A right-wing Brazilian politician’s push to have the Sao Paulo government investigate a city priest has prompted a strong defense from Roman Catholic leaders and ...

At least four people died on Monday in a fire at a homeless shelter in southeast Brazil caused by a suspected arsonist, authorities said.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Thousands of homeless workers on Wednesday marched peacefully on Brazil's Arena Corinthians stadium, which is to host the opening game of the soccer World Cup next week, pressing ...

Officials in the southern part of the country have rescued more than 12,500 animals in recent weeks since catastrophic floods inundated cities and towns. By Ana Ionova and Jorge C. Carrasco Ana Ionova ...

At least 10 people were killed Friday in a fire that broke out in a defunct hotel being used as a makeshift homeless shelter in the city of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil, officials said.