List of Brazil articles
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 18: U.S Olympic swimmers Gunnar Bentz (R) and Jack Conger leave the police headquarters at International departures of Rio de Janiero's Galeo International airport on August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The swimmers were removed from their flight departing for the United States by Brazilian authorities to give more information about a reported armed robbery earlier in the week which included fellow U.S swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feign. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) A Rio Gas Station May Be the Real Victim in U.S. Olympic Swimmer Scandal
Brazilian police say that Lochte fabricated the robbery story after he and other U.S. swimmers vandalized a gas station.
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Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte shows off his American flag grills and gold medal after winning the Men's 400m Individual Medley at the London 2012 Olympics Aquatic Center. (Photo by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Was American Swimmer Ryan Lochte Really Robbed in Rio?
A Brazilian judge issued an order preventing Lochte and another U.S. swimmer from leaving the country.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 05: A Brazilian fan gestures during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 05, 2016. (Photo by Salih Zeki Fazlioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) The Olympic Spirit Is Unbridled, Rabid Nationalism
The Games succeed because they indulge precisely what they claim to transcend – the world's basest instinct for tribalism.
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USA's Michael Phelps competes in the Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinal during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 8, 2016. / AFP / Odd Andersen (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images) Russian State TV: By Using Cupping Therapy, Michael Phelps Basically Doped
Russian state television compared doping with performance enhancing drugs to using cupping treatments.
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GettyImages-586396172 crop The Good News From Brazil
It's always the problems that get the headlines. But if you look under the surface, you'll see that the rule of law is taking shape.
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A Brazilian soldier patrol at the rowing venue Lagoa stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016 ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. / AFP / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) We Already Knew Rio Was a Mess, and Then These Terrible Things Happened
Brazil's Olympics have been off to a messy start, and it seems like they're only getting worse.
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GettyImages-585100156 Here’s What You Need To Know About Zika As Florida Outbreak Grows
The CDC is confident the virus would be contained to Miami suburb.
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GettyImages-580029304 Locally Transmitted Zika Arrives in the United States
Public health officials have been warning for months that the virus would arrive in the U.S.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - FEBRUARY 08: A Rio Olympics 2016 car is seen before the first day of parades of the panel's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro on Marques de Sapucai Sambadromo on February 08, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by William Volcov/Brazil Photo Press/LatinContent/Getty Images) Rio’s Olympic Village Might Be a Mess, but Could It Be Worse Than Sochi?
This year's Olympics in Rio are off to a rocky start. And now athletes don't want to move into their assigned rooms.
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Screen Shot 2016-07-15 at 3.12.33 PM Watch This Man Try to Fire Extinguish the Olympic Torch in Brazil
The Olympic torch remains lit.
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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MARCH 13: Protestors demonstrate demanding the removal of President Dilma Rousseff on March 13, 2016 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Demonstrations across the country today called for President Rousseff's exit amidst a massive corruption scandal and a deep economic recession. (Photo by Victor Moriyama/Getty Images) Drawing Back the Curtain on Brazil’s Rotten Political System
Brasília’s corrupt power brokers have finally been exposed. Will that be enough to set the government straight?
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GettyImages-452184620_6-29 The World’s Rising Powers Have Fallen
There will be no bloc of “emerging economies” rising up to challenge the Western order. But what comes next may be more chaotic and dangerous.
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GettyImages-541935134crop IOC Buckles and Lets Some Russian Track Stars Come to Rio
Some Russian athletes will likely be allowed to compete in Rio.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walks near a new Russian fighter jet Sukhoi T-50, after its flight in Zhukovksy, outside Moscow on June 17, 2010. AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / POOL / ALEXEY DRUZHININ (Photo credit should read ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images) Russian Track and Field Team Banned from Summer Olympics
Putin won't be able to use his track team to project power in Rio this summer.
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epa04149938 Legislator Jair Bolsonaro, who supports the dictatorship, participates in a session held at Chamber of Legislators in Brasilia, Brazil, 01 April 2014. Brazilian Chamber of Legislators abruptly stoped the session in rejection of the 50 year anniversary of the military coup at the moment that Bolsonaro wanted to start his speech. Members of Parliament jeered at him and turned their backs in way of protest. EPA/FERNANDO BIZERRA JR. The Bullet Caucus Takes a Shot at Brazil
A gun-toting, tough-on-crime bloc of lawmakers has captured a majority of Brazil’s lower house. And it’s threatening to remake politics in this troubled country.
