Police kill man who held bus passengers hostage

All of the hostages, who were unharmed, were freed after the standoff in Brazil

• Aug 20, 2019

500 million bees drop dead in Brazil in 3 months

Lab research pointed to pesticides with neonicotinoids and fipronil — products banned in Europe — as the main cause of death

• Aug 19, 2019

Relatives identifying victims of deadly prison riot in Brazil

Dozens of relatives of inmates killed during a riot in northern Brazil are gathering at a coroner's office Tuesday

• Jul 30, 2019

16 decapitated, 57 killed as rival gangs battle inside Brazil prison

Riot erupted as "a settling of accounts between the two groups" and led to huge fire in northern Brazil's Altamira prison

• Jul 30, 2019

Armed robbers take off with $40 million worth of gold from airport

The suspects, who are still at large, posed as police officers and drove away with two hostages and the valuables

• Jul 26, 2019

Rare Amazon tribe captured on video

The clip filmed in the northern state of Maranhao shows members of the Awa tribe

• Jul 23, 2019

"I'm an American": U.S. deports man adopted as a child

"I am anything but Brazilian. I am an American," said Paul Schreiner, who was adopted from Brazil by a U.S. family three decades ago

• Jun 5, 2019

Dozens killed in riots in Brazilian prisons plagued by drug gangs

Violence broke out in at least 3 prisons in the northern city of Manaus, where similar rioting erupted in 2017 and left more than 120 dead

• May 28, 2019

Avon calling: Cosmetics brand sold to Brazilian beauty retailer

Avon to join a global beauty lineup that includes the Natura, Body Shop and Aesop brands

• May 22, 2019

The fight against Amazon deforestation

Scientists say our planet's levels of carbon dioxide are on the rise, partly because so many trees have been cut down in the world's largest tropical rain forest. Vladimir Duthiers reports from Brazil.

• Apr 22, 2019
• 02:25

Earth Matters: Behind the battle against deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

In the world's largest jungle, scientists are trying to understand the effects of cutting down so many trees for farmland

• Apr 22, 2019

"I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be," Trump says before presser with Brazil's president

The president made it clear his grudge against the late war hero is forever

• Mar 19, 2019

Trump slams McCain in Oval Office meeting

Asked about his weekend tweets criticizing the late Sen. John McCain, President Trump said he was "never a fan of John McCain, and I never will be." Mr. Trump made the comments during an Oval Office meeting with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Mar 19, 2019
• 01:02

10 dead including gunmen in Brazil school shooting

Police say 2 men in hoods, not believed to be former students, entered school in Sao Paulo suburb and opened fire before killing themselves

• Mar 13, 2019

Could genetic engineering protect us from the deadliest animal on earth?

What if we had the technology to eliminate the threat of diseases like Zika by tweaking the biology of the mosquitoes that spread it?

• Mar 11, 2019

Will Zika return? What pregnant women and others need to know

Three years after Zika virus first made headlines, some of its mysteries have been solved – but not all

• Mar 10, 2019

"Our children are forgotten": Zika's devastating impact 3 years later

Children born at the height of the Zika epidemic are now 3 years old, and many questions remain about what their futures hold

• Mar 8, 2019

Tension reach boiling point in Venezuela

At least two people were killed and 17 injured during a standoff with the Venezuelan military. President Nicolas Maduro closed the border with Brazil and has partially closed the border with Colombia in an effort to stop humanitarian aid from entering the country. Foreign Affairs columnist Markos Kounalakis joined CBSN to discuss.

• Feb 23, 2019
• 07:37

"Where is my son?" One family's pain in the Brazil dam disaster

AP photographer documents story of a grieving mother, her family's anguish and anger at the company behind the catastrophe

• Feb 5, 2019

Brazil's deadly dam waste threatens water supply

Dam failure has already left 84 dead and a potential environmental disaster is still looming

• Jan 30, 2019

Deaths mount as arrests sought over Brazil dam collapse

Police issue 5 warrants, reportedly for employees of mining giant Vale which owns the dam that failed, killing at least 65 people

• Jan 29, 2019

Death toll in Brazil dam disaster nears 60, hundreds missing

As many as 300 people may still be unaccounted for after a mining dam failed, unleashing a wall of mud on surrounding communities

• Jan 28, 2019

Brazil dam collapse death toll rises to 34

The death toll from a dam collapse in Brazil has risen to at least 34. Hundreds of others remain missing. The dam collapsed on Friday, flooding an area with reddish brown mine waste covering homes, cars and even taking out a bridge.

• Jan 26, 2019
• 00:13

Hundreds feared buried, death toll rises after dam collapse

Rescuers searching for survivors while firefighters dug through mud in a huge area in Brazil buried by the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste​

• Jan 27, 2019

Deadly dam collapse in Brazil

Rescuers in helicopters on Saturday searched for survivors while firefighters dug through mud in a huge area in southeastern Brazil buried by the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste, with at least 10 people dead and up to 300 missing. More than 24 hours since the disaster happened, finding many more survivors was looking increasingly unlikely.

• Jan 26, 2019
• 00:21

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