Neymar missed the first World Cup training session for Brazil on Wednesday to undergo "further medical evaluations" on his bruised right calf, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced.

Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment establishing a 40-hour, five-day workweek

SAO PAULO, May 28 (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house approved late on Wednesday a constitutional amendment reducing the workweek, a measure that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hopes to use as a centerpiece of his re-election campaign later this year.

The US designated Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations, the First Capital Command and the Red Command, as terrorist organizations.

Case involving seven-year-old boy is latest flashpoint in debate over race relations in Latin America

BRASILIA, May 28 (Reuters) - Brazil's government and the Federal District have reached a deal for a loan to support struggling state-run lender BRB, a court document showed on Thursday. • Deal allows the Federal District to contract a loan of approximately 6 billion reais ($1.

Brazilian prosecutors have launched a mega-operation to dismantle fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, in the latest phase of an investigation targeting criminal gangs