With the "main target" being the recovery of a bi-national hydroelectric dam that has fallen into the hands of an enemy country, Brazil launched Sunday military exercises involving Army, Navy and Air Force located in three states next to landlocked...

By Tony Newcomb The complaint one hears most commonly about Brazil from both Brazilians and outsiders regards the country's bureaucracy and burdensome laws and regulations. At first glance, the statutory burdens appear unnecessary at best, and...

During the inauguration of a remodeled sports and cultural complex at Mangueira's Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva talked about the difficulties to solve the violence and crime that plague Brazil and Rio...

By John Fitzpatrick Everybody in Brazil knows that São Paulo state governor José Serra is desperate to become the next President. However, he is playing coy and showing no sense of urgency in gaining the official nomination of his PSDB party. By...

By B. Michael Rubin Brazilians are always happy. I know this is a broad generalization, yet I'm not the first traveler to marvel at the carefree lifestyle in Brazil. Perhaps, like the inhabitants of some other Latin American countries, Brazilians...