Jenny Barchfield
The Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Danielle Darrieux, French actress, has died aged 100
Danielle Darrieux, a prolific French actress whose movie and theater career spanned eight decades, has died. She was 100. → Read More
Expert to Rio athletes: 'Don't put your head under water'
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human → Read More
Brazil's Senate votes to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, just months before Olympics
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's Senate voted Thursday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff after a months-long fight that laid bare the country's fury over corruption and economic decay, hurling Latin America's largest country into political turmoil just months before it hosts the Summer Olympics. → Read More
Brazil president faces fading chances to maintain power
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday appeared on the verge of losing office after a congressional vote to impeach her and signs emerged that her support was slipping in the Senate,... → Read More
Impeachment vote begins in Brazil amid pushing, yelling
Impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff went to a decisive vote Sunday with pro- and anti-government legislators shouting and shoving inside Congress while thousands of... → Read More
Pro-impeachment camp moves closer to victory in Brazil
Brazilian legislators pushing to oust President Dilma Rousseff closed in on victory late Sunday, with a wide margin voting to impeach her and cut short a term running through 2018. → Read More
Brazilian legislators vote to impeach President Rousseff
Brazil's lower house of Congress voted late Sunday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader who repeatedly argued that the push against her... → Read More
Brazil lower house OKs impeaching president, sends to Senate
Brazil's lower house of Congress voted late Sunday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader who repeatedly argued that the push against her... → Read More
Brazil: Gov. regroups after huge protests against president
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called a meeting with her closest advisers and congressional leaders on Monday, a day after nationwide demonstrations urging her ouster brought millions… → Read More
App helps in Brazil's fight against Zika-spreading mosquito
For Luciana Santos, doing her part in Brazil's fight to control the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus, dengue and other diseases is as easy as a couple of clicks on her smartphone. → Read More
US, Brazilian health teams go into slums to start Zika study
Teams of U.S. and Brazilian health workers ventured into dicey slums, fought through snarled traffic and braved torrential downpours on the first day of their effort to determine if the Zika... → Read More
US, Brazilian health teams go into slums to start Zika study
Teams of U.S. and Brazilian health workers ventured into dicey slums, fought through snarled traffic and braved torrential downpours on the first day of their effort to determine if the Zika... → Read More
US, Brazilian health teams brave slums to start Zika study
Teams of U.S. and Brazilian health workers ventured into dicey slums, fought through snarled traffic and braved torrential downpours on the first day of their effort to determine if the Zika... → Read More
US, Brazilian health teams go into slums to start Zika study
Teams of U.S. and Brazilian health workers ventured into dicey slums, fought through snarled traffic and braved torrential downpours on the first day of their effort to determine if the Zika... → Read More
For Brazil's Carnival fans, even Zika can't stop the party
Brazilian Carnival could be called a hungry mosquito's dream - five days of non-stop street parties that bring together millions of revelers in an inviting mass of bare ankles, uncovered... → Read More
For Brazil's rich and poor, disparate response to Zika
Two Brazilian women, two pregnancies, one nightmare. → Read More
Health Minister Says Brazil Is 'Losing Battle' Against Mosquitos
In Brazilian pharmacies, insect repellent has tripled or even quadrupled in price. → Read More
Brazil Olympic venues to be checked daily to help stop Zika virus
Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic venues will be inspected daily during the games in a bid to prevent the spread of a mosquito-borne virus linked to a rare birth defect and also a condition that can cause paralysis, local organizers said Sunday. → Read More
Unearthing of Rio slave port sparks debate over black space
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The first few times American landscape architect Sara Zewde visited Rio de Janeiro's Valongo Wharf ... → Read More
Brazil project aims to save endangered indigenous languages
PALMAS, Brazil (AP) — Guaricema Pataxo's indigenous roots are the cornerstone of her identity. The 53-year-old great-grandmother lives on her Pataxo people's reservation and makes a living by hawking their handicrafts,… → Read More