Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to protest against changes in an oil royalties law that would drain the city's coffers. Changes made by Brazil's lower house of Congress would cut about $4 billion from ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday his country is prepared to talk with the Islamic Hamas movement, listed by the European Union and the United States as a terror organisation. Speaking at a press conference with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas after talks at his Ramallah headquarters, Lula responded to a question by saying he believed nobody ...

Brazil's president placed a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Wednesday and sharply criticized Israeli policies, leading Israeli officials to suggest he was not being evenhanded. Making the first visit by any sitting Brazilian president to Israel and the Palestinian territories, President ...