In 1854, Curitiba became the official capital of Paraná, one of Brazil's southernmost states, known for the world-famous Iguaçu Falls just a few hundred miles away, on Paraná's border with ...

Brazil has a long and painful history of slavery that impacted its racial composition. In 1888, the country became the last ...

After months of tensions over a close presidential election in Brazil, a mob stormed government buildings in the days following the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.