BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced a nearly $66 billion investment package on Wednesday to beef up the nation's ailing road and rail systems, part of efforts to solve ...

Under the leadership of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil was a rising economic star among developing nations. According to the International Monetary Fund, per-capita income in Brazil rose ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a vinyl reissue of Sergio Mendes & Brasil ...

A pianist, composer and arranger, he rose to fame with the group Brasil ’66 and remained a force in popular music for more than six decades. By Barry Singer Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian-born pianist, ...

It wouldn’t really be a summer world music series at the Hollywood Bowl without at least one event dedicated to the music of Brazil. And the 2006 installment of KCRW-FM’s World Festival got down to ...

Depending on what part of the world you’re from, Tropicália — a multi-disciplinary Brazilian counterculture movement of the ’60s — might have spawned the greatest pop music of the twentieth century or ...

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (L), accompanied by Governor of Minas Gerais state Fernando Pimentel (R), looks out of a plane during a flight over the areas hit by the collapse of Dams Fundao and ...

In August, all eyes with be on Rio and Brazil as it hosts the 2016 Summer Olympics. Before we visit our next Olympic showcase, though, let’s travel back in time to Brasil ‘66. For the “in crowd”, ...

Sérgio Mendes, the Brazilian bossa nova legend who became a Grammy-winning international star with his band Brasil ’66, has died at the age of 83. The musician’s family confirmed he died September 5 ...

The Springbok Women beat Brazil 66-6 (halftime 26-3) in their opening Women’s Rugby World Cup clash at Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton. Aseza Hele of South Africa scores the second of her three tries ...

Like a Wayback Machine, certain sights, sounds, smells and tastes transports us to certain times and places in our lives. Listening to Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 from their hitmaking days from four ...