The International Football Federation has recommended Brazil to host the World Cup in 2014, after inspectors toured the South American nation.

The leaders of three emerging regional powers have been meeting in South Africa to strengthen trade and build a common voice for developing nations on international issues. The meeting between India, Brazil and South Africa is to conclude with agreements on energy, transportation and information technology.

A truck coming down a hill plowed into rescue workers and gawkers at the site of an earlier collision - a double accident that killed at least 28 people and injured 90, police said.

As the travel to South America for vacation purpose and business becomes more popular the capital of Brazil Brasilia comes into preeminent place along with the capital of Argentina.

Spread across hills next to the coastal city of Recife, Olinda is well known for being one of the best preserved colonial towns in Brazil, and for hosting an annual carnival that is among the country’s most vibrant and musically distinctive.

During the last glaciation, which ended about 10 000 years Before Present (BP), the Brazilian Atlantic forest extended over all the eastern side of the country, covering more than 1 200 000 kmІ, 15% of Brazil’s territory. Now only 95 000 kmІ of this natural habitat survives, just 8% of its initial extent. It is still a large biodiversity reservoir in Brazil, second only to the Amazonian forest.

A speeding train travelling at 100 km per hour carrying hundreds of commuters slammed into an empty train near Rio de Janeiro, killing eight people and injuring more than 80.

A version of the all-new Holden Commodore will go on sale in Brazil, as GM Holden begins exporting the new large sedan to one of its longest-standing customers.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquakestruck hundreds kilometers off the northern Brazilian coast in the Atlantic Ocean while there has been no immediate warnings of a possible tsunami.

Companhia Siderurgica Nacional CSN (BOVESPA: CSNA3) (NYSE: SID) announces today (August 15) its results for the second quarter of 2007.

IBM has opened a mainframe software competency center in São Paulo, Brazil, enabling local companies to build, test and run applications on the IBM mainframe without impacting their current technical environment or requiring crucial resources to be assigned toward pilot programs.

To increase portfolio and expand access to international financial markets