Woman who survived Brazil nightclub fire dies in crash

Ellen ConnollyFebruary 8, 2013 12:20

A week after surviving the Brazil nightclub inferno, a student is killed in a freak accident.

Brazil's $66 billion stimulus could signal a shift in its growth strategy

Mamta Badkar, Business InsiderAugust 16, 2012 15:47

Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff announced a $66 billion stimulus plan intended to revive the country's road and railway systems and to help bolster the economy, according to the Financial Times. The country which was once an emerging market darling has seen its economic growth slow since late last year.

On Location Video: U.S. companies scramble for a piece of Brazil’s oil boom

Peter Holley and Simone SebastianJune 25, 2012 06:15

Latin America's largest garbage dump closes, sparking fears from trash pickers

Alexander BesantJune 4, 2012 13:00

Rio closed Latin America's largest landfill Jardin Gramacho ahead of the Rio+20 United Nations sustainable development summit next month.

Iran fires diplomat over Brazil pool groping scandal

Luke BrowneMay 21, 2012 16:37

The official, 51-year-old Hekmatollah Ghorbani, who is married with children and had been in his post for two years, attracted the fury of the girls’ parents when they discovered he had been groping their daughters, and was arrested.

Brazil prison inmates take 100 people hostage in riot

Luke BrowneApril 16, 2012 14:43

Around 130 people were originally taken hostage but 28 were freed on Monday morning. In exchange, prison authorities restored water and electricity services at the complex.

Brazil cannibal sect used human flesh for empanada pasties

Luke BrowneApril 14, 2012 09:21

The accused, a man and two women, said they were members of a sect and claimed a “voice” had commanded them to kill women they considered evil.

Iva Roze SkochFebruary 1, 2012 10:36

Brazilian bikini, the plus-size collection, hits the beach

Swimsuits manufacturers in Brazil tailor their famous “dental floss” bikini to women 100 pounds heavier than Gisele Bundchen.

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Bikini-clad women sunbathe at the artificial lake Piscinao de Ramos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP/AFP/Getty Images)

Cancel your Copocabana beach vacation now. Apparently, not everyone in Brazil looks like Gisele Bundchen.

At least that’s what Brazilian swim suit manufacturers have discovered.

That’s why their new collections are increasingly targeted not at the way Victoria’s Secret catalogs present the “girls from Ipanema”, but to real Brazilian women. Namely those with a bit more “junk in the trunk” than your average supermodel, the AP reports.

This, needless to say, presents a bit of a challenge.

Let’s start by saying there is a good reason why Brazilian bikini wax is necessary when wearing Brazilian bikini. That’s because swimsuits in Brazil are famous for their utter lack of coverage. And they look different on a size-16 woman than they do on a size-2 woman Victoria’s Secret model.

Coke finds fungicide in orange juice

Jennifer MattsonJanuary 12, 2012 19:05

Coca-Cola said it found fungicide in its orange juice and has alerted the Food and Drug Administration sparking an investigation