BRASILIA - Brazil's current side are not good enough to win the Confederations Cup, legend Pele said on Friday. Brazil are on a hiding to nothing under 2002 World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari as they look to shrug off some recent poor showings. And Pele says they currently are just not ...

RIO DEJANERIO - High production costs have orange growers in Brazil, the world's top orange juice exporter, bracing for a tough citrus season, despite last season's record harvest and high juice prices."The orange market is going through its worst moment in two years: world consumption is ...

SAO PAULO: Demonstrators took to the streets of the Brazilian city ofSao PauloFriday for a second day of protests over higher public transportation prices. Scores of young protesters blocked traffic on an expressway in a western district before police intervened, firing tear gas and rubber bullets ...

SAO PAULO - Brazilian football phenom Neymar announce Saturday that he is about to sign up with FC Barcelona. "On Monday, I sign a contract with Barcelona. I want to thank the Santos fans for nine incredible years," wrote Neymar, 21, who is currently a forward for the storied Brazilian team Santos. ...

ADDIS ABABA : Brazil said Saturday it plans to cancel $900m worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the continent. “The idea of having Africa as a special relationship for Brazil is strategic for Brazil’s foreign policy,” ...

OREGONBBCAn American trying to dribble a football from Seattle to Brazil in time for the 2014 Brazil World Cup has died less than two weeks into his trip.Richard Swanson, 42, was hit by a truck in Lincoln City, Oregon. His football was found nearby. Swanson had set off from Seattle on 1 May aiming ...

karachi - Brazil is the largest trade partner of Pakistan in Latin America. This was stated by President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry while meeting with Alfredo Leoni, Ambassador of Brazil to Pakistan. He said that current volume of bilateral trade which is just $102 ...

SAO PAULO: Twenty-three Brazilian police were sentenced to 156 years in jail each on Sunday for their role in the killing of 111 inmates in 1992 during Brazil’s deadliest-ever prison uprising.The policemen, most of them now retired, were accused of killing 15 prisoners in Sao Paulo’s ...

ISLAMABAD (PR) - Taking into account the potential and dynamism of the Brazilian market, allied to the success of the lasts editions, Grafite Feiras e Promoções over 30 years of tradition in organizing professional events in Brazil will host the 4th edition of Textile House Fair South ...

PARIS - Brazil have slumped to their lowest ever position in world football, according to FIFA's latest world rankings published on Thursday.The 2014 World Cup hosts -- automatic qualifiers for the tournament -- dropped one place to 19th in the list, which also saw Croatia jump five places and ...

BRASILIA - The Brazilian government postponed until next year increases in taxes on the sale of cars and trucks in a bid to stimulate demand for manufactured goods and spur economic growth, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday.The IPI tax on manufactured products was reduced last year for vehicles ...

A nightclub fire in southern Brazil has probably left more than 200 people dead, a senior police official said on Sunday.Major Gerson da Rosa Ferreira, overseeing rescue efforts at the scene for the military police, told reporters that 159 bodies had already been identified and removed from the ...

SAO PAULO  - Brazilian auto workers on Friday failed to talk General Motors out of cutting 1,598 jobs as the two sides agreed to meet again next week, the union said.The talks began earlier in the day after a two-hour morning stoppage by around 4,000 employees at the GM facility in the ...

PARIS - Brazil have slumped five places to an all-time low 18th in the latest FIFA World Cup rankings as they struggle to regroup under new manager Felipe Scolari. The 2002 World Cup-winning coach has been brought back to replace Mano Menezes in charge of a side badly in need of some fresh ideas ...

BRASILIA  - Brazil is worried that fears over a single case of mad cow disease from more than two years ago could force it to slash its beef prices, after China, Japan and South Africa this week suspended imports.Agricultural officials here insist there is “no risk whatsoever to public ...

BRASILIA  - Brazil’s economy grew just 0.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2012 compared with the previous three months, signaling a weaker than anticipated recovery, the Brazilian statistics office said.The Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said the economy rose 0.9 per cent ...

BRASILIA  - Brazilian airline GOL, which calls itself the largest low-cost airline in Latin America, announced Friday it was closing its subsidiary Webjet, which it acquired a year ago, and laying off 850 people.“GOL communicates from this date, the start of the process of closing the ...

BANGKOK  - Holders Brazil claimed their fifth Futsal World Cup title with a nerve shredding 3-2 extra-time final win in Bangkok to break Spanish hearts for a second successive tournament.In a pulsating end to three weeks of competition, Neto was the night's hero, scoring the winner -- his ...

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI - Pakistan’s private sector should come forward in tapping the multiple opportunities of mutual trade between Brazil and Pakistan, said Alfredo Leoni, Ambassador of Brazil to Pakistan.While addressing the business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry ...

UNITED NATIONS - A $20 million agreement signed by the UN and Brazil will seek to transfer the expertise of the South American country to support cotton farmers in developing economies, the UN announced. “This agreement represents an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of ...

WROCLAW  - Neymar grabbed a brace as Kaka inspired Brazil to a 4-0 demolition of Japan in a friendly at the Municipal Stadium in Warsaw. The Santos star combined to great effect with the returning Kaka to inspire the Seleçao to a dominant victory despite some nervy moments for the ...

Brazil and Pakistan share quite a few commonalities. Both have large populations; Brazil being sixth and Pakistan seventh largest country in terms of population. Given active recent efforts on the part of the Brazilian government to economically engage Pakistan and the fact that Brazil (a BRICS ...

BRASILIA - Brazil’s president voiced opposition to any unilateral military action against Iran over its controversial nuclear program, saying this would violate the United Nations charter.“I am particularly concerned about the growing rhetoric in support of unilateral military action in ...

BRASILIA  - One of two senators in Brazil who were stripped of their positions for corruption will reimburse $234 million in public funds he embezzled in the late 1990s, authorities said. “This is the largest amount to be repaid in a corruption case. A fair bit of the money has been ...

Brazil, which hosts the Earth summit this month and a World Cup and an Olympics in the next four years, has been enjoying something for which you would look for in vain across much of the world: sustained leadership. First came Cardoso, the sociologist-statesman who brought the economy under ...

CAMPO NOVO DE PARECIS, Brazil - Illegally smuggled into Brazil 14 years ago, transgenic soy has proved a boon to domestic farmers and now accounts for 85 percent of total production.But five million Brazilian farmers are now locked in a legal feud with US biotech giant Monsanto, the GM soy seed ...

BRASILIA - President Dilma Rousseff will receive $10,000 in reparations from Rio state for torture she was subjected to while jailed as a leftist guerrilla during Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, her office said Friday. “Mrs Rousseff will donate the $10k she will receive in ...

THREE suspected cannibals have been arrested by Brazilian police on suspicion of having murdered and eaten as least two women who they may have turned into pastries. The trio allegedly forged a sect called Cartel who wanted to purify the world and reduce the population according to police spokesman ...

World number 11 Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Italy's Filippo Volandri 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 on Sunday to successfully defend his Brazil Open claycourt title. The top seed fired 18 aces as he improved to a 7-3 career record against Volandri, winning his fifth match in a row over the 30-year-old. All 11 ...

At least five people were killed and 53 were injured when a tourist tram was derailed in Brazil's second largest city of Rio de Janeiro, health and rescue officials reported. The accident occurred in the Santa Teresa neighborhood popular with tourists on Saturday. The tram's roof was ripped off ...