Rio de Janeiro News

Brazil will purchase 50 helicopters from France, according to an agreement signed here Tuesday by the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy.     Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said that his country made the...

Brazil should have a greater role in international affairs and a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, says French President Nicolas Sarkozy. On a visit to Rio de Janeiro Mr Sarkozy said Brazil and the EU would adopt a...

organ shares slid as much as 18 percent as one analyst said the cuts could reflect greater-than-expected weakness at the bank, long seen as one of the industry's few stalwarts through the credit crisis. "Because JPMorgan has held up relative...

Madonna took a tumble during her recent concert in Brazil's Rio De Janeiro. Peep the clip above By all means funny stuff, but the Pop superstar is likely to be the last one laughing; her Sticky & Sweet tour continues...

An official probe into the 2007 Sao Paulo plane crash that killed 199 people has blamed the accident on the pilots, Airbus, the airline and the airport authorities, reports said Friday.    The Criminal Investigations unit from the public safety...

January 2007 that simplifies the process.     According to the new law, a couple can request divorce by consensus at a notary's office if they have been separated for more than a year and have no underage or special-needs children.     The...

Brazil Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras took out a loan worth $860 million from a state bank last month, officials have revealed. The loan was given by the Caixa Economica Federal to Petroleo Brasileiro SA at the height of the...

Nearly four dozen people were killed and some 20,000 homes destroyed in floods that devastated the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Officials said Monday the death toll would surpass 50 as rescue workers sift through the wreckage of the...