Getulio Vargas, the man who introduced modern authoritarianism to Brazil and the New World 15 years ago, was out of the Presidency. And it had all happened with remarkably little fuss. Said Rio de ...

A pretty but sad-eyed teen-age girl hobbled on crutches into the office of the President of Brazil one day last week. President Joāo Café Filho greeted her with a smile, pointed to a chair ...

Workers in Brazil's poor north-eastern state of Piauí rely on harvesting wax from carnauba palm trees to earn a living. But the power is in the hands of big business who, authorities say ...