As trans people have set their sights on political office, many have been met with intimidation efforts bent on turning them ...

Switzerland did not sign any communique after the presentation of the China-Brazil peace plan at the U.N. General Assembly in ...

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk will invest 864 million reais ($158.2 million) to revamp a plant in Brazil responsible for ...

Fitch is unlikely to upgrade Brazil's credit rating in the near-term, despite its better-than-expected economic growth, because of doubts the country will be able to significantly ...

It is difficult to ignore the similarities between Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the young congressman he is backing ...

The city councilwoman and nearly 1,000 other transgender politicians are running Sunday in every one of Brazil's 26 states, according to the nation’s electoral court, which is tracking them for the ...

Brazilians go to the polls Sunday to elect mayors and councillors in more than 5,500 cities after a vitriolic, sometimes ...

Benny Briolly beamed as she strode through the concrete favela alleyway in a snow-white dress, volunteers proudly waving ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources ...

An airplane carrying Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva back to Brasilia landed safely on Tuesday at Mexico City's ...

The Brazilian state of Pará is under scrutiny for regulations that allegedly encourage illegal gold mining. Brazil's Green ...

Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African ...