Banner image: Triunfo do Xingu, a sustainable development reserve in the Brazilian state of Pará, has in recent years become the epicenter of the forest destruction gripping the Amazon Rainforest.

The dream of a new capital to replace old Rio precedes Brazil’s independence from Portugal in 1822. But it is uniquely Kubitschek’s accomplishment, for until he set up the government-owned ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil on Monday observed the anniversary of last year’s uprising in the capital when thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded government buildings ...

In the capital, Brasília, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro storm Brazil’s Congress building to protest Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration. Sérgio Lima/AFP/Getty Images ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday banned registered gun owners from carrying firearms in the federal district until after the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in ...

Itaituba is Brazil’s gold capital, accounting for 75% of all the illegal gold produced in the country, according to the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Image by Fernando Martinho.