Brazil Mobilizes Troops in Fight Against Virus Carrying Mosquitoes
A health worker stands in the Sambadrome as he sprays insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus, in...
Hawaiian Baby With Brain Damage Is Zika Virus Victim
This photo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito. The Zika virus is spread through...
Leprosy Affects Millions But Can Be Wiped Out, Expert Says
A patient shows the effects of leprosy on his hands in Myanchaung Leprosy Hospice, Halegu township, Yangon Division, Jan. 21, 2014....
On Benin's Voodoo Holiday, Followers Pray, Sacrifice for Peace
COTONOU, BENIN—The national voodoo holiday in the West African country of Benin had a distinctively political accent this year as...
We may be witnessing the downfall of an international political revolution
A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro listens to a radio in Plaza Bolivar square in Caracas, December 6, 2015. On Sunday,...
Former Star Gave Evidence That Led to Probe of Soccer in Brazil
Former Brazilian football star and current senator Romario attends the opening session of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into...
Rousseff to Face Impeachment in Brazil Congress, Cunha Says
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff will face impeachment proceedings in Congress, according to lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha. Cunha...
BTG's Partners Said to Plan Buying Esteves's Stake After Arrest
BTG Pactual’s partners are in talks to buy former Chief Executive Officer Andre Esteves’s controlling stake in the bank after his arrest...
BTG Sees $1.1 Billion in Fund Withdrawals After Esteves's Arrest
Grupo BTG Pactual SA’s clients took 4.2 billion reais ($1.1 billion) out of some of the bank’s most liquid fixed-income funds in the two...
Brazil arrests push Petrobras probe back to Rousseff's door
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff looks on during a ceremony. President Dilma Rousseff’s austerity program to fix Brazil's shaky finances...
