RIO DE JANEIRO -- Thousands of revelers descended on the boardwalk in Copacabana for Rio de Janeiro’s annual Pride parade on Sunday, with many celebrating the previous day's preemptive jailing of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro who is notorious for homophobic remarks.

Brazilian police have launched a major operation to dismantle a tax evasion and money-laundering scheme in the fuel sector.

For a hot moment, Daniel Vorcaro seemed to have made it in the tight-knit world of Brazilian finance. Once the host of a gospel show on a regional TV network, he was suddenly hobnobbing with the country’s banking elite,

A Brazilian influencer whose face was drastically warped by a disastrous cosmetic procedure has finally begun the long fight to repair the damage nearly eight years after it happened. According to a report published by the U.

Criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and are now operating in nearly half of the region’s municipalities, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent nonprofit organization.

Mr. Trump cited "various officials" whom he said advised him that "certain agricultural imports from Brazil should no longer be subject" to the 40% tariff, in part because of progress the U.S. has made in its trade negotiations with Brazil.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday removed his 40% tariffs on Brazilian food products, including beef, coffee, cocoa and fruits that were imposed in July to punish Brazil over the prosecution of its former president,

The moment Brazilian pop sensation Liniker walked into Amoeba Music in Hollywood, the crowd roared. Fans lifted their phones, snapping pictures with one hand and clutching her Latin Grammy-winning record on the other, many still buzzing from watching her performance at the awards show days earlier.

Suspects set up money-laundering operations in Delaware, which the finance minister called “a tax haven in the United States” used for “a serious international triangulation scheme.” One of the group’s latest operations involved 1.2 billion reais ($223 million) sent to funds in the U.S. state, he added.

BRASILIA, Brazil -- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who doubted he would ever end up behind bars.