Brazil Supreme Court: President Silva should decide on Italian fugitive's possible extradition Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's president should decide ...
Brazil: President declines to speculate on blackout until investigation complete Brazil's president said Friday that he's waiting on a federal investigation to say ...
Brazil's Lula says he was worried about Obama's star power in 2016 Olympic bid vote Brazil's president feared Barack Obama's star power could have prevented Rio de Janeiro from landing the 2016 Olympics. "I confess to you that we were very worried ...
Brazilian president lifts nation to new world stage with unprecedented Olympic victory He is the Pele of politics, knighted the "most popular politician on Earth" by another contender for the title — Barack Obama. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva draws ...
In this photo taken Oct. 2, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, people gather at a beach to wait for the International Olympic Committee's announcement in Copenhagen of the host city for the 2016 Olympics. After landing his continent's first Olympic Games last ...
Rio de Janeiro bid team corrects an imbalance with a brand new Olympic map The injustice has been corrected — and Rio de Janeiro has a new map to prove it. To loud "aahhs" and applause from the audience, the team that ...
Rio celebrates win to host 2016 Olympics with caipirinhas, bronzed bodies on stunning beaches Confetti poured over 50,000 cheering Brazilians, swimsuit-clad revelers waved green, yellow and blue flags and bartenders worked overtime serving caipirinhas to celebrate one of Rio's proudest moments: The ...
IOC President Jacques Rogge, left, shakes hands with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva as Rio 2016 bid President Carlos Arthur Nuzman looks on during a news conference after being named host city for the 2016 Olympic Games during the 121st ...
Cry me a Rio: Brazilian president reduced to tears after South America gets its 1st Olympics Let the Olympic Carnival begin. And the crying, too. The International Olympic Committee's announcement Friday that Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Games reduced Brazilian ...
South America gets its first games: The 2016 Olympics are flying down to Rio de Janeiro Like sweet, sultry samba music, Rio hit all the right notes. Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful friends. ...
Brazil's Lula says he encouraged Obama to go to Copenhagen, lobby for Chicago bid Brazil's president says he's not worried that U.S. President Barack Obama is coming to Denmark to lobby that Chicago and not Rio de Janeiro should win the 2016 ...
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a political ceremony in Brasilia, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Copyright 2009 AP News
