Shooter kills 11, himself in Brazil New Year’s party rampage

The party’s on: Zika won’t stop Brazil Carnival-goers from having a good time

Revelers parade at the Banda de Ipanema carnival block party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. Rio de Janeiro’s over-the-top Carnival is the highlight of the year for many local residents. Hundreds of thousands of merrymakers will take to Rio’s streets in hundreds of open-air “bloco” parties. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Nearly a million protest Brazil’s president, economy, corruption

Brazil raises toll of bus accident to 49, resumes search

Rescue personnel work at the site where a tourist bus crashed killing at least 49 people, according to the the Santa Catarina State security secretary, near the city of Joinville, southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, Saturday, March 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Salmo Duarte, Agence RBS)

Brazil’s most populous region facing worst drought in 80 years

Sao Paulo state has received only one third of the rainfall expected in the wet season.

Brazil’s Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira has said the country’s three most populous states are experiencing their worst drought since 1930

Trial for Murder and Cannibalism Begins in Brazil

CANNIBALISM SUSPECTS: Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira, his wife Isabel Cristina Pires, and live-in mistress, Bruna Cristina Oliveira da Silva.

 

Police clash with fans in Argentina after World Cup loss

Fans try to escape from a tear gas cloud and a police water cannon, used to restrain a group of youths who hurled rocks and vandalised stores in Buenos Aires

Vandals disrupted peaceful rally in Buenos Aires after Argentina’s team lost the World Cup final 1-0 to Germany

Brazil bridge collapse kills at least 2, injures 19

Crushed car under collapsed overpass in Brazil. (CNN photo)

Giant sinkhole swallows homes just miles from World Cup 2014 stadium

 

The edge of the crater in Natal, four miles (6.5km) from the Arena das Dunas stadium

Flooding in Brazil Kills at Least 9 Ahead of World Cup

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