Sao Paulo Informer

Authorities say a teenager has been shot to death in a fight between rival gangs at a gay parade in southeastern Brazil. Police say the teenager was shot when the gangs got into a confrontation late Saturday as they headed to the parade attended by nearly 70,000 people in Juiz de Fora. Authorities told local [...]

A series of debates at the Southbank Centre shows how Brazil understands things that supposedly ‘developed’ countries don’t – not least about the transformative social power of art

An increasingly assertive Brazil is now one of the world’s biggest providers of help to poor countries

A Roman Catholic priest in Brazil is facing charges he abused eight boys in cases dating back to 1995, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding to a growing list of allegations against clergy in Latin America. Father Jose Afonso, 74, is accused of abusing altar boys between the ages of 12 and 16, Sao Paulo state prosecutors [...]

Rio de Janeiro is suffering floods and landslides caused by rain since last Thursday. The Fire Department and the Emergency Management Agency (SEDEC/RJ in Portuguese) are working day and night aided by several volunteers, searching for corpses and alive victims buried in the ruins. They estimate in about 140 death people until now, one of [...]

Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil and the world’s 7th largest metropolitan area. (Also the largest city proper in the Western World). Sao Paulo is also the capital of the state of Sao Paulo, the most populous Brazilian state. It is also the richest city in Brazil. The name of the city honors Saint Paul. Sao [...]