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The governor of Amazonas, the state in northern Brazil where at least 64 inmates have been killed in prison riots since 1 January, has asked the federal government for help.

Police in northern Brazil are searching for dozens of inmates who escaped from an overcrowded prison complex during a riot that left 56 dead, officials say.

A supreme court judge in Brazil on Monday suspended the Senate's powerful speaker, a key ally to President Michel Temer, before he goes on trial for alleged corruption.

Brazil legend Carlos Alberto, the captain of the 1970 World Cup-winning side, has died aged 72.

A GIGANTIC 10-metre-long anaconda has been found by terrified builders on a construction site in Brazil.

Thousands of people in Brazil have attended the funeral of soap opera star Domingos Montagner who died in tragic circumstances on Thursday.

In 1992, senators and MPs in Brazil's Congress came together to impeach the country's first democratically elected president in almost 30 years.

Brazil's Senate has voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget.

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff has defended her record during her impeachment trial in the Senate.

ALL eyes were on Rio as an action-packed Games drew to a close today.

Rousseff was suspended in May pending her impeachment trial in the Senate on accusations she doctored the fiscal accounts to get re-elected in 2014.

AS THE world’s finest athletes swim, run and tumble their way across the world stage, a crisis is looming in Brazil.

Rousseff has denied any wrongdoing and her defenders argued that right-wing legislators were using an accounting error to end 13 years of rule by Rousseff's Worker's Party.

A Senate impeachment committee voted on Thursday to put suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on trial in the full chamber for breaking budget laws, opening the way for her to be removed from office.

The mother-in-law of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, who was kidnapped in Brazil, has been freed unharmed without any ransom being paid, say police.

Police have voiced concerns over pay, and there have been open strikes in the lead-up to the Rio Olympics. 85,000 security forces in total are still expected to be present when the competition begins on Wednesday

The suspended Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, says she will not attend the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics because she does not want to take a secondary position in the Maracana stadium.

BRAZILIAN police have arrested 10 members of a group allegedly planning terrorist attacks during the upcoming Olympic Games, Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes said .

WhatsApp was temporarily suspended in Brazil after a judge said the company had failed to hand over information requested in a criminal investigation.

RIO is experiencing “the greatest transformation” of any Olympic city, according to Brazilian officials.