The iconic statue of Christ with outstretched arms that overlooks Rio de Janeiro is getting a $4 million renovation. Heavy rains have eroded portions of the face and hands of the statue. It has also been damaged by lightning strikes over the years. Workers ...

A French support group said Friday that it will seek equal compensation for the families of French victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 after a Brazilian judge awarded more than $1 million for a Brazilian who died in the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris last ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian energy entrepreneur Eike Batista, who made the biggest leap up Forbes' list of the world's richest people this year, is anything but shy about his rapid ascent into the big billionaires club. A half-German college dropout who for years struggled to emerge from the shadow of his well-known father, Batista has long said that ...