Brazilian starlet on Juventus radar RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Italian Serie A giants Juventus are reportedly interested in signing Brazilian starlet Bruno Mendes. The 18-year-old striker has shot to prominence with three goals in his first...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Iziane Castro Marques, a mainstay of the Brazilian basketball team, was cut from the Olympic squad on Friday for disciplinary reasons just eight days before the tournament. Marques, a starting small forward on the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian club Santos is planning a move to re-sign former club hero and current AC Milan winger Robinho. Santos President Luis Alvaro Ribeiro said Robinho's return depended on Milan's willingness to sell the 28-y...
GENEVA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil will take on Bosnia in their first friendly of the year on Wednesday in Switzerland, however, Real Madrid star Kaka was left out of the squad. Kaka did play in the final two games of 2011 as...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday appointed Aldo Rebelo as the country's new Sports Minister. Rebelo, who is expected to take office on Monday, replaces Orlando Silva, who stepped down on Wednesday fol...
$147 million fund for Brazil's cotton farmers aims to end long-running WTO dispute Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 28 April 2010 The U.S. has agreed to establish a $147 million dollar fund to help cotton farmers in Brazil and other countries improve...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Obama says an al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen was apparently behind the failed attempt to blow up a jetliner bounded for Detroit last week. Mr. Obama said today he thinks about the nation's securi...
By Brian Wagner Miami 19 July 2007 Brazilian prosecutors are seeking to suspend flights at the country's busiest airport while investigators study a plane crash that killed at least 189 people. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports aviation officials...
By David McAlary Washington 29 March 2006 The Russian Soyuz TMA-8 booster rocket that carried the three-man crew to the international space station A new crew is on its way to the International Space...
Amazing Brazilian Food Brazil offers a cuisine rich in regional variety. The extraordinary food is a 1)fusion of the cooking heritage of four main groups of people: the native Indians, the Portuguese...
