The former president said “peaceful demonstrations” are “part of democracy”

Newly-inaugurated President Lula da Silva has reportedly been evacuated to a secure location

Months after causing widespread outrage, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has delivered another truly bizarre remark.

Countries around the world have celebrated New Year, after two years of muted or cancelled events due to the Covid pandemic.

The 77-year-old standard-bearer of the Latin American left faces some of his toughest challenges yet, from uniting a divided nation to protecting the Amazon and boosting the incomes of the poor.

Tributes have been pouring in for the soccer legend.

Legendary footballer Pele — regarded by many as the greatest of all time — has died surrounded by family.

More than six decades after he first wowed the world on the football pitch, Pelé is no more. The superstar Brazil nicknamed "O Rei" – the King – and winner of three World Cups died on Thursday at the age of 82 after a battle with colon cancer. His death caps a storied life as one of the greatest footballers the game has ever known.

Son of Brazilian icon arrives at São Paulo hospital on Saturday

A top judge said the president’s “bizarre” election claims were based on a “fraudulent narrative” about faulty voting machines

“Bolsonarismo is a strong opposition force and got even stronger after this election despite Bolsonaro’s loss”

More than 17 hours after Brazil's electoral chief declared Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva the winner of the presidential election, defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has yet to concede.

Brazil is on tenterhooks as voters are due to decide in the coming hours if the world's fourth-largest democracy should continue to be led by the far-right incumbent or whether to vote a left-wing former president back in.

Brazil is on tenterhooks as voters are due to decide in the coming hours if the world's fourth-largest democracy should continue to be led by the far-right incumbent or whether to vote a left-wing former president back in.

Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traded jabs and insults as they squared off Sunday in their first-ever head-to-head debate, two weeks from Brazil's presidential runoff election.

Air France and Airbus are being tried on charges of involuntary manslaughter after 228 people died in the 2009 crash

Brazil's election is going into a second round in which left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil's election authority announced late Sunday that a second round was a mathematical certainty.

In the first of two profiles of the leading candidates in the race to become Brazil's new president, Katy Watson asks if incumbent Jair Bolsonaro is - as his fans argue - a great leader, or someone who disdains democracy.

In less than two weeks, one of the world's biggest democracies will hold what many are describing as its most important presidential election in years. The US has been watching this vote in Brazil closely. Why?