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Parrot Considered Extinct in the Wild Appears on Video in Brazil

A Spix's Macaw, the bird that inspired the character in the movie Rio, has reappeared in Brazil 15 years after it was thought to...

Brazil Rights a Wrong, Devotes Military Plane to Organ Transplants

After public outcry following a media investigation, Brazil's interim President instructed the Air Force to provide a plane exclusively for transporting organs.

College Freshman “Prank” Collects Over 2 Tons of Food in Brazil

Being pranked on the first day of college in Brazil is part of the “welcome ritual” for public college freshman. State run universities here...

Brazil’s New Zika Strategy: Billboards Smell Like Humans to Attract and Kill Mosquitoes

This billboard may remind us of a giant fly swatter, and it actually kills mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus —by smelling like humans. The...

Brazilian Ballet School For The Blind Is Only One of its Kind (WATCH)

Every little girl who dreams of being a ballerina should get an equal shot— even if she’s blind. That’s why the Fernanda Bianchini Ballet Company...

Tennis at Brazil Open: Shelter Dogs as ‘Ball Boys’ Promote Adoptions

Shelter dogs from Sao Paolo’s slums were center court for an exhibition tennis match at the Brazil Open. The four pups — Frida, Mel, Isabelle...

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Has Plummeted Almost 90% in Ten Years

Brazil is seeing a whole lot of green these days after slashing its rate of Amazonian deforestation by about 90%. The happy decline began after Brazil became...

Action On the Field Powers Lights at Brazilian Football Pitch

Teams chasing each other on a soccer field produces a lot of energy -- enough to power the flood lights illuminating the field. Football legend Pele attended Wednesday's...

Elderly Americans Fall in Love With Brazilian Youth Who Practice English Using Retirement Homes

The CNA language school network launched the heartwarming Speaking Exchange project, which connects young people in Brazil learning English with Americans living in retirement...

German Soccer Champ Helps Brazilian Kids

Going into the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the young soccer star, Mesut Ozil, didn't know if his German team would make the finals....

Brazil’s Painted Streets Bring Joy to its People

Painting the streets in Brazil has become an annual tradition, bringing generations of soccer fans together and spreading joy and pride throughout the community. Every...

Brazil Slashes Extreme Poverty by 89% in a Decade

Brazil has reduced the number of its citizens living in extreme poverty by 89% in the last 10 years through the Bolsa Família income...

Brazil’s Carbon Emissions Dropped by 39 percent

Greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil fell by nearly 39 percent in the five years before 2010, largely because of reductions in the amount of...
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Brazil Furnishes $1.2 Billion of Funds for Clean-Energy Research

Brazil will provide 2.4 billion reais ($1.19 billion) of cheap loans and grants for renewable- energy research projects through 2016 as part of a...
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How Brazil’s Good Governance Created High Growth, Political Freedom, and Greater Income Equality

In the first of four installments of a series on good governance, SPIEGEL explores how Brazil has become one of globalization's success stories. A...
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Bicycle Transports Mini Library to Brazil’s Homeless

A bicycle that carries a small library through the city of São Paulo, Brazil encourages reading among people who live on the streets and...
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Brazilian Slum Landfill Turned into Park by Volunteers

A former landfill in a Rio de Janeiro slum has been turned into a park thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers. "People came here...
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Saving the Amazon: Brazil is Winning the War on Deforestation

For years, the story told about the Amazon has been one of destruction. But in Brazil the environmental battle is actually being won. In...
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Brazil’s Successful Social Program: Pay the Poor

In the past seven years, the income of poor Brazilians has surged as the number of those in poverty has fallen from 22 percent...
Dilma Rousseff, Brazil presidential poster 2010

First Woman Elected President In Brazil

A former leftist guerrilla who was tortured and imprisoned during Brazil's long dictatorship was elected Sunday as president of Latin America's biggest nation, a...