Paula Daibert

Many of those forced from their homes in prepa­ra­tion for the foot­ball tour­na­ment are ask­ing: ‘World Cup for whom?’

Vi­o­lence at Pedrin­has Prison Com­plex high­lights the na­tion’s se­vere­ly over­crowd­ed pen­i­ten­tiaries.

Multi­na­tion­al cor­po­ra­tions set to en­ter bid­ding war for rights to Brazil’s largest en­er­gy re­serve.

Of­fi­cials say se­cu­ri­ty is im­prov­ing, but cam­paign­ers say po­lice are act­ing harsh­ly ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

Huge demon­stra­tions ahead of the World Cup in 2014 con­tin­ue to fo­cus on cor­rup­tion and gov­er­nance is­sues.

Amid NSA spy­ing re­ports, Con­gress re­con­sid­ers stalled bill that some say could pre­vent it.

Crit­i­cism of po­lice us­ing ex­ces­sive force in­ten­si­fies as mass demon­stra­tions con­tin­ue.