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Olympic champion Cesar Cielo of Brazil broke the world record in the 50-meter freestyle on Friday, clocking 20.91 seconds during a meet in Sao Paulo.
Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch.
NEW YORK - Brazil has recently generated positive headlines with its 2016 Olympic bid victory, as well as its increased economic and political visibility.
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo has been hit by severe floods for the second time in less than a week. Local media report that six people have died in mudslides caused by heavy rain.
A fireworks explosion demolished several houses and killed at least three people on the outskirts of Sao Paulo on Thursday, officials said.
Sao Paulo state officials have launched what they say is Latin America's first passenger bus with an electric engine powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
Elias Kemboi Chelimo of Kenya won the men's race and Marizete Moreira of Brazil won the women's division at the Sao Paulo marathon on Sunday.
Orchestras for children and teenagers inspired by Venezuela's trendsetting network of youth orchestras have been springing up from Sao Paulo to Scotland as international interest explodes, the program's founder said Friday.
Slum dwellers rioted after the arrest of drug dealers in a Sao Paulo shantytown Wednesday, burning vehicles and tires, pelting police with rocks and briefly shutting down a major urban highway, local media said.
Ronaldo scored his first goal since returning to soccer more than a year after knee surgery, sending Corinthians to a 1-1 tie Sunday against Palmeiras in the Sao Paulo state championship.
The wife of R&B singer Usher was released from a Sao Paulo hospital after spending 11 days recovering from a cardiac arrest she suffered shortly before undergoing plastic surgery.
Brazilian police killed at least 10 suspects — including two teenage boys — during operations against drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro early Wednesday.
A retired police officer has been detained in connection with the murders of 13 gay men in a low-income suburb of Sao Paulo, police said Thursday.
Brazilian police say they've recovered two stolen paintings but have yet to find a missing Picasso from a Sao Paulo art museum heist in June.
Brazilian police arrested a former Sao Paulo mayor and two prominent financiers Tuesday in a case that grew out of an influence-peddling scandal involving senior government officials.
Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from a Sao Paulo art museum on Thursday in a rapid strike in which the thieves bypassed more valuable works to grab the stolen pieces, police said.
If at first you don't succeed at stealing Bob Dylan's hat, try a kiss instead. A young Brazilian woman rushed onstage during Dylan's encore in Sao Paulo on Thursday night, hugging and kissing him and trying to swipe his Cordoba hat before three bouncers whisked her away.
A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" scaled a 42-floor building with his bare hands in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, delighting nearly 2,000 onlookers before being detained by police.
Naomi Campbell was hospitalized in Sao Paulo for the removal of a small cyst, her publicist said. The 37-year-old British supermodel, a frequent visitor to Brazil who earlier this month celebrated Carnival in the northeastern city of Salvador, was treated at Sirio Libanes Hospital.
The pilot of an airliner that burst into flames after trying to land on a short, rain-slicked runway apparently tried to take off again, barely clearing rush-hour traffic on a major highway. The death toll rose Wednesday to 189 and could climb higher.
Maybe it's time for The Girl from Ipanema to step aside and make way for the girl from Sao Paulo. She goes by the name of CeU, which means both sky and heaven in Portuguese, though lately American listeners have been tilting toward the latter translation, lapping up her heavenly new CD at Starbucks, where her sound goes down as smooth as Brazilian coffee.
Police killings of suspects rose dramatically in Sao Paulo in 2006, the year a notorious gang unleashed a wave of violence that some human rights activists say prompted revenge executions.
A 21-year-old anorexic model who weighed only 88 pounds has died of generalized infection, a hospital said. Ana Carolina Reston, who had worked in China, Turkey, Mexico and Japan for several modeling agencies, died Tuesday, according to Sao Paulo's Servidor Publico Hospital.
Brazilians outraged by a surge of gang violence in the nation's largest city staged demonstrations across the country Sunday, and many blamed rampant corruption for the bloodshed that killed 172 people.
Omar Bravo scored with a flying header to give Chivas a 2-1 victory over Sao Paulo on Tuesday night and put the Mexican team in first place in Group 1 of the Copa Libertadores.
The risks of women drug mules in Brazil (Video)The number of foreign women detained for drug trafficking in Brazil in the past three years has soared. The BBC's Gary Duffy examines the increase and speaks to two British women who are currently in jail awaiting sentencing for smuggling cocaine.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Police arrest wife of boxer GattiA good report on Gatti's death and arrest of his 23 year old wife. Note the injury to the wife's chin. Witnesses say the injury happened just minutes before Gatti was last seen alive entering a hotel room with Amanda Rodrigues his wife.
Signs Now May Not Be The Best Time To Invest: Trader Shoots Himself In The Chest On Stock Exchange FloorA stock exchange trader has shot himself on the trading floor in Brazil. Sao Paulo's Bovespa stock exchange says the 36-year-old man shot himself in the chest a couple of hours before markets closed in South America's biggest city.
Booming Brazil could be world power soon; Recent report of huge oil field puts once-struggling nation in the spotlight"As long as they have the ability to have a stable environment where people can make long-term, secure investments, and as long as commodities ... are strong in the global arena, Brazil will continue to grow and prosper," he told The Associated Press.
300 Brazilian Women Protesters Destroy Monsanto GM CropsAround 300 women rural residents in Brazil burst into a property owned by the US company Monsanto and destroyed a plant nursery and crops containing genetically modified corn, their organization said.
Bayern bring transfer outlay to 84.5 million with signing of BrenoBundesliga leaders Bayern Munich confirmed the signing Friday of Vinicius Rodrigues Borges, known as Breno, from newly-crowned Brazilian league champions Sao Paulo.
Goal.com - Brazil - Brasileirão Preview: Tricolor Take On Top Scorer, Corinthians Pray To SaintsThe weekend action kicks off with a duel of the top of the classification table against the top scorer as the Tricolor Paulista prepare to receive Paraná Clube and re-ignited marksman Josiel on Saturday.
Edcarlos signs for BenficaThis young central defender (22 years) was playing in Brasil, in São Paulo and had been already noticed as a Benfica hot deal.
São Paulo: The Ad-Free CityA new ban on outdoor advertising has earned Brazil's largest city its share of praise, corporate protest, and warnings of economic fallout.
The City That Said No To AdvertisingA city stripped of advertising. No Posters. No flyers. No ads on buses. No ads on trains. No Adshels, no 48-sheets, no nothing. It sounds like an Adbusters editorial: an activist's dream. But in São Paulo, Brazil, the dream has become a reality.
Sao Paulo holds Gay Pride paradeMore than 2.5 million people have taken part in Sao Paulo's Gay Pride parade, far outnumbering the 1 million who took part in a "Christian" anti-gay march in the city earlier in the week.
Breakthrough: cellulosic ethanol from bagasse at $27cents per liter ($1/gallon)At a seminar on ethanol technologies organised by São Paulo's Industry Federation (FIESP), Brazil's Dedini SA, the leading manufacturer of sugar and biofuel equipment, has announced [*Portuguese] it has come up with a way to produce cellulosic ethanol on an industrial scale from …
Luxury PrintingOne quick flip through São Paulo-based Luxury Printing magazine is all it takes to realize this is a different type of publication. High-quality and lacking any hints at pretentiousness, the first issue melds innovative graphic design with free-form creativity.
Libertadores: Audax Italiano holds Sao Paulo to goalless drawChile's Audax Italiano made its debut in Copa Libertadores on Wednesday, holding former three-time champion Sao Paulo of Brazil to a goalless draw.
Local Pride on the Line in BrazilBrazil's leading clubs are set to begin their 2007 campaigns, and as they prepare to fight for local pride and state championship titles, FIFA.com previews the Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais tournaments.
Brazil subway station collapses Eight people are reported missing in Brazil's city of Sao Paulo after a hole being dug for a new subway station collapsed leaving an enormous crater.
Jean Scharlau: Gestão de choque e globotomiaA Prefeitura de São Paulo e o Estado de Minas Gerais foram as unidades da federação que registraram maior aumento no endividamento público nos últimos quatro anos, conforme acompanhamento do Banco Central.
Streets Are Paved With Neon's Glare, and City Calls a Halt - New York TimesSÃO PAULO, Brazil — Imagine a modern metropolis with no outdoor advertising: no billboards, no flashing neon signs, no electronic panels with messages crawling along the bottom.
Sao Paulo Wins The Brazilian ChampionshipSao Paulo won the Brazilian championship with two games to spare on Sunday when they drew 1-1 at home to Atletico Paranaense.
Toyota Formula One Team Carjacked in BrazilFour members of the Toyota Formula One team were ambushed by gunmen Friday night as they left the Brazilian Grand Prix's Interlagos circuit, according to reports.
Bad Man Goes Free Due to PoliticsBrazilian police said on Tuesday they will resume the hunt for a suspected serial killer who was freed due to Brazil's electoral law despite confessing to raping and stoning to death five women.
Brazil's Visual PollutionMayor's threat to ban all big public advertising displays in Sao Paulo In the chaotic urban sprawl of Brazil's biggest city, the impact of advertising is impossible to ignore.
As the European season is just starting, the Brazilian Championship is already hot as we approach the 24th out of 38 rounds. São Paulo leads the competition with 43 points. Three points behind is second place Internacional. Gremio and Santos come next with 39 points.
Boca Juniors Downs Sao Paulo to Win RecopaStriker Martin Palermo scored a goal and set up another to lead Argentine powerhouse Boca Juniors to a 2-2 tie against Sao Paulo and its third title of the Recopa championship series Thursday.
Internacional Proves Itself, Makes Me Eat My WordsOK, Internacional fans, I admit it: You're big-time now.
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