but transformed as it hit Brazilian soil. Tarsila’s “Favela Hill” (1924) applies Léger’s chunky forms, bright hues and flat perspective to depict a Rio shanty town peopled by confident ...

In 1891, the Canadian Pacific Railway opened its Vancouver Opera House with a performance by the Emma Juch English Opera company, a touring company from the U.S. The CPR paid the company $10,000 to ...

Several towns and cities are considered examples of eco-cities ... Another example is Curitiba, Brazil, where numerous eco-city principles have been implemented. The city introduced a Bus Rapid ...

The scene captures Brazil’s approach to the legacy of its dictatorship, which ruled from 1964 to 1985. Unlike in Argentina, ...

The soaring cost of living has forced residents to live in a caravan 'shanty town' on a motorway layby in the shadow of one of the UK's most popular tourist cities, it has been claimed.

PORTO VELHO, Brazil, Feb 17 - Brazilian environmental agents seized the equivalent of more than 5,000 truckloads of timber in an operation targeting one of the most heavily logged regions of the ...

From our correspondent in Brazil – Brazil's right-wing hero and former president Jair Bolsonaro is ineligible to run for office until 2030 following his conviction on abuse of power charges ...

Brazil's government decried the US after dozens of deportees arrived on a plane in handcuffs. The Brazilian justice minister called it a "blatant disrespect" of their ...

HIDDEN under the shadow of an Ikea superstore, this so-called 'caravan city' reveals the stark reality of life for those without a home to even furnish. Freezing in below-zero temperatures with no ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Brazilian Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it will seek answers from Washington over what it called the “degrading treatment” of Brazilian migrants during a U.S ...

BRASILIA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's foreign ministry said it summoned a senior U.S. diplomat on Monday to discuss the deportation of Brazilian migrants, part of a push to seek mutually ...