Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil has pledged a series of sweeping measures to help a homeless population that has soared tenfold over the past ten years, ...

SÃO PAULO – A city council member in São Paulo has announced plans to subpoena a well-known priest and human rights advocate whose work has been praised by Pope Francis before a panel investigating ...

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s government will provide cheap credit and financial aid to help rebuild homes and businesses lost to record-breaking floods in the southern part of the country, while keeping ...

ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil — Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday, with at least 90 dead, thousands left ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A city councilman in Curitiba, Brazil, presented a motion to the mayor suggesting homeless people should be sterilized. The document was approved by the council and sent to the ...

Homeless children receive lunch distributed by volunteers on Christmas in Brasilia, Brazil, Dec. 25, 2020. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua) Homeless men have lunch distributed by volunteers on Christmas ...

At least four people died on Monday in a fire at a homeless shelter in southeast Brazil caused by a suspected arsonist, authorities said.