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Police, gangs wage gun battle in Rio slum

Rio is plagued by crime fueled in large part by fighting between heavily armed drug trafficking gangs

Brazil's leftist Workers' Party slips in nationwide polls

Elections for mayors and city governments across 5,568 municipalities in Latin America's biggest country were the first since Dilma Rousseff's impeachment

Brazil's wounded political giant Lula da Silva vows to fight on

He also said that his enemies 'persecuted the PT to stop him being a candidate in 2018'

Brazil's ex-president Lula da Silva to stand corruption trial

However, Lula has claimed that it is an attempt to prevent him from running in the 2018 presidential elections

Brazilian ex-President Silva charged in money laundering, corruption probe

Silva, his wife and 5 others are accused of illegally benefiting from renovations at a beachfront apartment in Guaruja

Brazil ratifies Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gases

Michel Temer said Brazil's ratification would be presented formally to the UN later this month

Brazil's dilemma

The new president lacks the political capital for reforms

Protests against new Brazilian President in dozens of cities

Michel Temer took power last week after Dilma Rousseff was removed from office by the Senate

Thousands protest against new Brazilian President Michel Temer

A sea of protesters took to Sao Paulo's Paulista Avenue for 7th consecutive day, most of them wearing red, the colour of Dilma Rousseff's Workers' Party

Michel Temer sworn in as new Brazil president

The new president did not make a speech but has already recorded an address to be broadcast live to the nation

Dilma Rousseff stripped of Brazil presidency in historic impeachment vote

Rousseff, of the centre-Left Workers' Party, will be replaced by Vice President, Michael Temer

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff rejects impeachment 'coup'

Impeachment vote ended 13 years of government by the leftist Workers' Party in Latin America's biggest economy

Charges recommended for Brazil ex-president Silva in probe

Federal prosecutors will now look into the case and decide whether Silva should stand trial

Brazil has good chance to win elusive Olympic gold: Zico

He pointed out the team has hardly had time to play matches together as a unit

Brazil holds terror suspects

Brazil held 10 presumed Islamist militants in isolation cells at a maximum security jail as police combed their computers and mobile phones for information about possible threats to next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.Brazil's Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes said after the arrests on Thursday that the men formed a disorganised group of "amateurs" who contacted each other via social media and had little clue of how to become terrorists. His statements, however, did not go down well at ABIN, Brazil's intelligence agency, or the Federal Police.Security officials and experts said that such groups reflect the growing efforts by Islamic State and other radical organisations to attract would-be militants through social media and internet platforms.

Half of Brazilians expect interim President Michel Temer to continue serving

The poll dealt a major blow to Dilma Rousseff, who is expected to attend a full impeachment trial in the Senate in August

Brazil considers WTO challenge to Bombardier state funding

Against Canada over state funding to struggling planemaker Bombardier Inc that could hurt Brazilian rival Embraer

Brazil opens airline sector to foreign capital

For Dilma Rousseff's allies, however, this relaxation of limits on foreign investment threatens national sovereignty

Third Brazil minister named in corruption scandal resigns

Tourism minister Henrique Eduardo Alves had submitted his resignation after a key witness accused him of accepting 1.5 million reals

Leaked audio claims second Brazilian minister

Fabiano Silveira was the second minister to exit in the span of a week from Michel Temer's government