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Ex-Rio de Janerio governor admits he paid $2 nm bribe to host 2016 Olympics

Sergio Cabral told a judge the money went to Lamine Diack, the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations and was used to buy as many as nine votes

Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to be sworn in today

Before becoming a politician, Bolsonaro served in Brazil's military, where he was a paratrooper and rose to the rank of Captain

Brazil's Israel move may set off diplomatic storm with West Asia

Brazil exports $16 billion annually to the West Asia and Turkey, with just 3% going to Israel, which can be affected

Brazil's next defense minister wants snipers to take out armed criminals

Asked if his plan included shooting suspects in the back, he said: 'Gun in hand? He's a threat. He's going to use that gun to attack anyone who's in front of him'

The rise of a strongman

Implications of Jair Bolsonaro's presidential win

Bolsonaro, a right-winger, wins Brazil's election on anti-corruption plank

Despite repulsing many with his open support of the torture used by Brazil's former military dictatorship, as well as remarks deemed misogynist, racist and homophobic, Bolsonaro won

Brazil's right-wing Bolsonaro poised to win presidency as voting begins

Bolsonaro's sudden rise was propelled by rejection of the leftist Workers Party (PT) that ran Brazil for 13 of the last 15 years

Brazilian vigilante tattoo punishment depicts skepticism of human rights

This act depicted a rejection of basic human rights like the right to life, dignity & a fair trial

'Ghosts' drive Brazil's president from residence: Report

The Temers have moved to the still luxurious but smaller Jaburu Palace nearby

Brazil's worst-ever recession unexpectedly deepens in late 2016

Brazil's gross domestic product contracted by 3.6% in 2016

Brazil govt agency flags 'hazards, uncertainties' in GM crop

India allows cultivation only of transgenic cotton on commercial scale

Amid joblessness, austerity, scandal, Brazil struggles to keep it together

Country's GDP shrunk by 3.8% in 2015 and over 3% in 2016

At least 60 dead in Brazil prison riot

Dozens of inmates were beheaded, mutilated and set on fire during the fight

More than 50 killed in Brazil prison riot: Reports

Between 50 and 60 bodies have been found, according to an initial count

Unemployment reaches record high in Brazil; jumps to 11.9%

Brazil has been slogging through two years of recession

Brazil's Michel Temer to pursue tax reform in 2017

Companies in Brazil spend on average 2,038 hours to do their taxes, according to the World Bank

Brazil takes over Olympic Park after Rio fails to woo private bidder

To ensure public funds would not be used to cover high maintenance costs

Protests as Brazil Senate backs 20-year spending freeze

Police said they arrested 100 people

$206 million settlement for Embraer, company admits faulty transactions

Transactions involved the sale of 16 aircraft

PM Modi meets Brazilian President Michel Temer

Both leaders discussed the entire spectrum of bilateral relations and ways to deepen ties between India and Brazil