Jair Bolsonaro, who’s been described as the “Trump of the Tropics,” ran on an unabashedly pro-American platform. Continue reading →

 The Brazilian government on Monday waived visa requirements for visitors from the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan, a measure to boost tourism that was first temporarily adopted before the Rio Olympics in 2016. Continue reading →

Authorities said two men killed five students and two adults before taking their own lives. Continue reading →

The resignations came after documents emerged in recent weeks showing that Vale knew it had an elevated risk of rupture and that inspectors felt they were under pressure to certify the structure as safe. Continue reading →

A defiant return by Guaido to steer protests against Maduro would test the resolve of a socialist government that says the 35-year-old National Assembly leader left the country illegally. Continue reading →

Brazilian bride and groom Hugo Rohling and Cynthia Zanuni had just begun their slow dance when Rohling’s family members joined the two newlyweds on the dancefloor. Continue reading →

Three years after the 2015 dam rupture in Mariana that killed 19 people, industry regulations have gotten less, not more, rigorous in Minas Gerais state. Continue reading →

Brazilian authorities have issued arrest warrants for five people in connection with a dam collapse that killed at least 65 people as it plastered part of a city with reddish-brown mud and mining waste. Continue reading →

Firefighters on Monday carefully moved over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies, four days after a dam collapse that buried mine buildings and surrounding neighbourhoods with iron ore waste. Continue reading →