The latest in Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo Indy 300

2010-03-14T18:48:27Z

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MARCH 14: Will Power (center) driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara Honda lifts the winner's trophy on the podium after winning the IZOD IndyCar Series IndyCar season opener on streets of Sao Paulo</div><div><p>Will Power made a late overtaking move to take the lead from Ryan Hunter-Reay to win the rain-shortened IndyCar season opener on the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday.</p><p>The ...

Sao Paulo Indy 300 Qualifying

2010-03-14T13:31:30Z

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MARCH 14: Will Power of Australia, driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara Honda, crosses the finish line on his way to winning the IRL IndyCar Series<...

Brazil IRL Auto Racing

2010-03-14T12:16:41Z

Rescue workers attend U.S. Marco Andretti, unseen, after crashing with Brazil's Mario Moraes at the start of the IndyCar race in Sao Paulo, Sunday, March 14, 2010.(AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Guns N' Roses plan "secret" shows in South America

2010-03-08T17:30:26Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organ...

Fan killed in skirmishes between rival supporters

2010-02-22T06:30:07Z

<div id="subtitle">Fan killed, 17 injured in skirmishes between supporters of Brazil's Palmeiras, Sao Paulo</div><div><p>A fan has been killed and 17 more were injured in skirmishes involving rival supporters of Brazil soccer clubs Palmeiras and Sao Paulo.</p><p>Police say at least six confrontations broke out late Sunday after Palmeiras' 2-0 win over Sao Paulo at Pal...

Madonna wows likely Brazil presidential candidate

2010-02-22T10:14:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Madonna visits Sao Paulo and impresses likely candidate for Brazil's presidency</div><div><p>Madonna spent an hour talking about helping Brazil's poor children with a man who could become the country's next president. He came away wowed by her youthful appearance.</p><p>Sao Paulo state Sao Paulo rush hour; pilot dies, but avoids busy highway</div><div><p>A TV news helicopter pilot steered his crippled, out-of-control aircraft away from a busy highway before crashing in a grassy field during rush hour Wednesday, losing his own life but avoiding greater casualties. A cameraman onboard was seriously injured.</p&am...

Rains in Brazil fill 2 dams, threaten more floods

2010-02-22T14:12:06Z

<div id="subtitle">Rains push 2 dams in Brazil to capacity, threatening 12 towns with more flooding</div><div><p>Brazilian officials say heavy rains have filled two dams to capacity in Sao Paulo state, threatening 12 soaked cities with more flooding.</p><p>More than 100 people have been killed by mudslides and floods tri...

Most Sao Paulo residents would leave if they could: survey

2010-02-22T18:09:56Z

<div><p>More than half the 11 million people living in metropolitan Sao Paulo -- Latin America's biggest city -- would leave if they could, an official survey released Tuesday showed.</p><p>Fifty-seven percent of the 1,512 respondants to the Ibope Institute poll said they w...

Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to 76

2010-02-23T07:01:05Z

<div><p>SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 76 people have died in flooding and mudslides in Brazil's three largest states over the past four days, O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Sunday.</p><p>The death toll in the state of

Kaka declares himself fit for Real

2010-02-23T08:47:22Z

<div><p>Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Kaka has declared himself recovered from a hernia injury that has kept him sidelined since early this month.</p><p>"I am much better, I am healed," he told Spanish media in Sao Paulo, where he has been resting, before returning to

'Rapidly fatal' swine flu kills in different ways: study

2010-02-23T11:33:42Z

<div><p>People who die of swine flu contract a "rapidly fatal" form of the disease and tend to die of lung injury, although it strikes different people in different ways, an autopsy study showed Thursday.</p><p>In the first study of its kind, researchers in Brazil examined 21 patients aged one to 68 who died in Sao Paulo with confirmed (A)H1N1 infe...

Cielo sets 50-meter freestyle world record

2010-02-23T14:07:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Brazilian swimmer Cesar Cielo sets 50-meter freestyle world record in Sao Paulo</div><div><p>Olympic champion Cesar Cielo of Brazil broke the world record in the 50-meter freestyle on Friday, clocking 20.91 seconds during a meet in Sao Paulo.</p><p>...

Crack: a rising scourge on the streets of Latin America

2010-02-23T16:16:41Z

<div><p>In rags and bare feet, they walk through Sao Paulo's dilapidated city center like ghosts.</p><p>Some beg for change that goes straight to purchasing the drug that has wasted away their bodies as surely as it has their personalities, their futures and their sense of self-worth.</p><p>They eat rarely and sleep where they can, usually to substitute unconsciou...

Report: Brazil police killed more than 11,000

2010-02-23T19:05:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Human rights group: Police killed 11,000 in past 6 years; many execution-style</div><div><p>Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo grinding to a halt on Tuesday and reportedly claimed the lives of six people in landslides.</p><p>The bodies of four brothers aged five to 20 were recovered by firemen from a house that crumbled apart in one landslide in a northwestern suburb, CBN radio, Globo Television and the Terra ne...

Robbers steal $6 million during soccer finale

2010-02-23T19:32:32Z

<div><p>RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Robbers took advantage of Brazil's passion for soccer to steal about $6 million from a cash delivery firm, as the nation was transfixed on championship games, media reported on Monday.</p><p>Police suspect the thieves tunneled into the fir...

Brazil: 20 deaths, thousands homeless in rains

2010-02-23T20:44:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Brazil rains kill 20 people, including at least 4 children; Thousands flee homes</div><div><p>At least 20 people have died in mudslides triggered by heavy rains across southern Brazil as rivers rose to rooftops and thousands were left homeless Friday.</p><p>Streets in South America's largest ci...

3Com receives network infrastructure contract

2010-02-23T22:53:58Z

<div id="subtitle">3Com wins contract to update network infrastructure for Sao Paulo's Court of Justice</div><div><p>3Com Corp. said Monday it has won a contract to upgrade the computer networking infrastructure of the Court of Justice in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.</p&g...