Chaos descended on the southern Brazilian town of Santa Maria Saturday night after a massive fire swept through a busy nightclub.
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Brazilian Prostitutes Learning English Before 2014 World Cup
The oldest profession in the world is brushing up its resume before English-speaking soccer fans flood their country
Google Executive Arrested as Brazil Bans Anti-Muslim Film
The trailer for an anti-Islam film released on YouTube earlier this month has been banned by a Brazilian court in Sao Paulo. Judge Gilson Delgado Miranda argued that the case “juxtaposed freedom of expression” with the need to …
‘Big Love’ in Brazil: Three-Person Civil Union Approved in Sao Paulo
A recently ‘married’ Brazilian trio have clearly never heard the saying two’s company, three’s a crowd.
Brazil Biologists Investigate Death of More Than 500 Penguins
Over the past week, 512 penguins have washed up dead on the shores of the Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. Marine biologists and veterinarians are working together to investigate, performing autopsies to determine the …
Air France Flight 447: Pilot Errors Mounted in Tragic Crash, Report Finds
Moments of inaction in the face of contradictory flight data likely caused the doomed Airbus A330 to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009.
Brazil Inmates Get Chance to Read Their Way to Freedom
A new program will lighten sentences by up to 48 days a year for prisoners who agree to hit the books.
Sex Scandal Press Briefing Livens Up ‘Take Your Kid to Work’ Day
Who would’ve thought a trip to the State Department would be so educational?
Two More South American Prostitution Scandals Emerge
In El Salvador and Brazil, incidents involving U.S. security personnel provide unsettling echoes of the Secret Service’s Colombia escapades.
SATs, ACTs Beef Up Security After Cheating Scandals
Plus, more of the week’s top education news.
Forget Gotham: Batman Comes to the Rescue in Brazil
Batman is on the loose and fighting crime in Brazil, and the cops are just standing back and letting him. Yes, the scourge of Gotham’s criminal forces has found a new home in Sao Paolo. While the criminals there are shaking in …
Watch: 30 Beached Dolphins Rescued by Brazilian Beachgoers
What do you do when 30 dolphins beach themselves in front of you? Pull them back into the water, of course.
Beachgoers in Rio de Janeiro took matters into their own hands to save dozens of dolphins who were suddenly stranded …