BRASILIA: Brazilian HealthMinister Jose Gomes Temporao announced Tuesday that the government will launch a four-stage vaccination campaign against A/H1N1 influenza in March....
SAO PAULO -- A 13-foot (4-meter) alligator has reportedly attacked and killed a girl who was swimming in a Brazilian jungle river. Firefighters tell local media that 11-year-old Gigliane do Nascimento Bira was playing with friends in shallow water in the northern state...
A row has broken out in Brazil over plans to make a seven-year-old girl the 'queen' of a samba school in this year's Rio de Janeiro carnival. The role of 'drum corps queen' is normally given to a barely-clad model or soap opera star. The decision to appoint Julia Lira...
The Associated Press RIO DE JANERIO - Brazilian health officials have kicked off an AIDS awareness campaign and will hand out 55 million condoms during the annual Carnival festival that begins next week. A new television ad features a talking condom that loudly reminds...
A decision by one of Rio's top samba schools to let a seven-year-old girllead its 2010 carnival procession has caused uproar on the eve of what Brazilians call the greatest party on Earth. The honour of being one of the carnival queens, the nimble-footed women who lead...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Revelers celebrate during the Ceu na Terra parade in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) RIO DE JANERIO (AP) Brazilian health officials...
It is, admittedly, a long way to go for a party. Even the eye-popping, booty-shaking, gargantuan excess of the biggest street party in the world, the RioCarnival. But it's worth it. We arrived in Rio de Janeiro in the middle of Carnival a year ago to be caught up in a...
I have lately seen many international publications say that Brazil is fashionable nowadays. Allow me to say that, although that is a kind expression, it is not appropriate. Fashions are fleeting, ephemeral things. Brazil wishes to be and will be a permanent player in...