A website for the Brazilian president has been hacked, plastered with messages calling for the death penalty for legislators in a country where many are frustrated with public corruption.
New Brazilian Ambassador to Iran Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos would start diplomatic activities in Iran mid January, sources of Brazilian embassy in Tehran said.
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, Oct 26, 2014 (AFP) - Aecio Neves, the center-right challenger who suffered a narrow election defeat Sunday to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, said he had called to congratulate her and urge unity after a divisive campaign.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 26, 2014 (AFP) - Brazilians narrowly voted leftist President Dilma Rousseff back into office on Sunday after a virulent election campaign that split Latin America's biggest economy between poor north and richer south.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 06, 2014 (AFP) - Brazil's first female president, Dilma Rousseff, looks all but certain to win a second term after topping Sunday's first round vote despite taking flak from rivals for her handling of a recession-hit economy.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 06, 2014 (AFP) - A detained former director of Brazil's Petrobras has named dozens of lawmakers and senior officials said to have received kickbacks from the state-run oil giant, in revelations which could damage President Dilma Rousseff as she seeks re-election next month.
MIAMI, Sept 06, 2014 (AFP) - Neymar scored on a second half free kick as Brazil beat Colombia 1-0 Friday in their first game since their humiliating exit from their home World Cup in July.
Brazil's football confederation (CBF) will not renew national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's contract, local media reported early Monday, just hours after Germany defeated Argentina to win the 2014 World Cup.
Brazil on Friday lost superstar striker Neymar for the World Cup after he fractured a vertebrae during his side's 2-1 World Cup quarter final win over Colombia.
Tehran, YJC. -- Iran and the Latin American nations have common characteristics as both have defied the hegemony of the world powers and maintain pro-independence morale, a prominent Iranian diplomat said.
A strike by subway workers snarling Brazil's biggest city threatened Saturday to disrupt the World Cup as President Dilma Rousseff denounced a "systematic campaign" against the tournament.
Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Brazil.
Tehran, YJC. -- In the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil starting in June, UNAIDS has teamed up with Brazilian football champion and vice-captain of the national Brazilian football team David Luiz, appointing him as UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador.
Sixteen-year-old Mohammad Salman thought he was destined to live his life on the mean streets of Karachi, addicted to drugs, begging for survival and with no prospects for a better future.