The decree authorized the government to assess the concession of waterways to private operators, including the responsibility for maintenance, dredging and vessel‑traffic management. The decision ...

Brazilian prosecutors have sued JBS for allegedly sourcing cattle from ranches with slavery-like labor conditions, while Greenpeace disrupted the company’s shareholder meeting in Amsterdam over ...

Indigenous people in Brazil have marched in the capital, Brasilia, to protest what they say are violations of their land ...

Indigenous protesters from across Brazil marched to the capital Brasilia Tuesday to demand the government expedite recognition of their ancestral lands. The protest, featuring tribal members in ...

Protesters charged into the Brazil's most important government buildings Sunday afternoon, smashing windows and furniture before riot police forced them back into the streets by nightfall. Some 300 ...

SAO PAULO — Protesters began a wave of demonstrations around Brazil on Thursday, burning tires and blocking highways to draw attention to housing and education needs before next month’s World Cup. In ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating sank by 27 percentage points in the last three weeks, a poll showed on Saturday, the strongest evidence yet that the recent wave of ...

SAO PAULO — The Brazilian government said Monday it would revoke a decree signed by leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that allowed private concessions for waterways, following 33 days of ...