The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is polling ahead of incumbent far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for the country's October election, said on Thursday he would promote a tax reform in which "who earns more, pays more" if elected.

In the patio of an evangelical youth group in the rough suburbs of Rio de Janeiro one recent weekday afternoon, 18-year-old Vitoria Rodrigues opened up her laptop and began to register young voters for Brazil's upcoming elections.

A bill to make seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton an honorary citizen is pending in the lower house of Brazilian parliament but has yet to be voted on

Lewis Hamilton has said he is “honoured” to be offered an honorary citizenship of Brazil.

Brazil’s Senate has approved legislation that brings the country closer to regulating cryptocurrency transactions.  What Happened: The bill authored by Senator Flávio Arns proposes the regulation of cryptocurrency assets and proposes their supervision between the country’s central bank and tax agency.

The leadership of former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Workers Party (PT) on Wednesday approved former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for Brazil's presidential election in October.

Brazil's foreign ministry on Wednesday criticized an invitation extended by the country's top electoral authority to invite the European Union to send observers for the elections in October.

Leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead in Brazil's presidential race was halved in a month by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, a new poll on Wednesday showed.

Anderson, who turns 34 on Wednesday, was signed by Manchester United as a teenager as a glowing review from Sir Alex Ferguson's brother but struggled to hit the heights expected before his early retirement

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Brazil has organized the first ever indigenous fashion show in the city of Manaus, during which models wear feathered headdresses. "It is a feeling of happiness and pride," said 19-year-old model Moan Munduruku. “As it’s the first-of-its-kind event, we are very eager to show our talent, in sewing, in crafts.…