Rio de Janeiro

Marcelo Crivella, an evangelical pastor turned politician, was detained by police at dawn.

Lewis Hamilton opposes plans to hold the Brazilian Grand Prix at a new track in Rio De Janeiro to be built on land that is currently forest.

Organisers say they are not yet certain enough to provide a new date for the carnival parade.

Police say the evangelical lawmaker is behind an alleged family murder plot in Rio de Janeiro.

Strides made to reduce poverty in Brazil are being reversed by the economic upheaval caused by Covid.

Police killed nearly six times as many people as in the US last year, and most of them were black.

An ex-aide to the president's son is arrested - the latest development in a growing political drama.

The governors of Rio and Pará have both been critical of calls to relax coronavirus restrictions.

Early cases involved wealthier people who have been abroad, but fears are growing for the poorest.

Millions of people across the country express anger at the president's response to the crisis.

At least 23 people die and more than 30 are missing in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Adriano da Nóbrega was suspected of involvement in the murder of politician Marielle Franco in 2018.

The tourist board mistakenly shares a post from a visitor saying that she and her family were robbed.

Killings by police in the Brazilian state hit a record high amid hardline measures to tackle crime.

The site is now used for concerts and events but some parts have suffered from poor maintenance.