A majority of Brazil's Senate had indicated by last night that they will vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for breaking budget laws

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's political future hangs on a vote that is scheduled to take place on Monday in the lower house of Congress.

A vast roll call of exotic critters entertain Nicholas Jones in the world's biggest wetland

When Brazil was awarded the Olympics in 2009, the country was booming. Now it is in the middle of a crippling recession.

Rousseff's coalition partners have pulled out of the Government, pushing her ruling party closer to the exit door.

Brazil's Lower House of Congress has launched impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff after thousands of Brazilians took to the streets.

On Thursday, state prosecutors filed money-laundering and misrepresentation charges against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Prosecutors in Sao Paulo state have filed money laundering charges against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Monkeys just want to have fun - and brandish dangerous weapons.

A report by Argentinian doctors claimed a larvicide used in drinking water was responsible for a rise in cases of microcephaly,not Zika virus.

Brazil's armed forces mobilised 200,000 military personnel on a "day of action" to raise awareness of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries Zika virus.

At least 48 cities in eight states across Brazil have cancelled their carnivals due to the recession.

Pregnant women are being warned not to go to the Rio Olympics after a virus causing thousands of babies to be born with unusually small heads swept the region.

Brazil's economy will contract more than previously forecast and is heading for the deepest recession since 1901.

Hedge funds are betting your morning cup of coffee is going to get cheaper.

Two Russian photographers have taken a series of spectacular images from the shoulder of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer.

Danniella Gomes is about to head home to Brasilia from Texas to get some facial hair zapped and skin stains lightened, and perhaps have a tummy tuck.

Sao Paulo's clubbing scene has something for everyone, writes Bella Ann Townes.

Kiwi sporting officials want answers from Olympic organisers after a deadly horse disease was discovered at the Rio 2016 equestrian venue.

The lawyer for convicted murderer Phillip John Smith has asked for a stay in proceedings for charges laid over his alleged escape to Brazil last year.

Murderer and sex offender Phillip John Smith's lawyer is arguing his rights to a presumption of innocence have been breached.

It's like Noah's Ark on the world's greatest flood plain, writes Lorraine Brown.

Brazil's so-called little crop is going to be bigger than ever, flooding an already oversupplied global corn market and further pressuring prices.

More than 42,000 people were shot dead in Brazil in one year, according to figures that show the highest level of gun killings in 35 years.

The man who allegedly fled the country on a false passport, sparking an international manhunt, will try to move the case to the High Court next month.

During a trip up the Amazon, John Borthwick discovers people and wildlife largely untouched by civilisation.

Dealing with Brazilian real estate companies and literally testing the waters are among steps being taken by Rowing New Zealand to achieve their Olympic ambitions next year in Rio de Janeiro.

In the very heartland of football, Premiership Rugby and the British Council are introducing the oval-ball game.