Seven bodies found, about 200 still missing in Brazil after dam fails

Fire brigade say scores of people trapped in areas by the river of sludge

Cash-strapped fight against Brazil’s political corruption

Election candidate Márlon Reis conducts his ‘clean slate’ campaign from a pick-up truck

The Irish Times view on Rio’s museum fire: a wake-up call for Brazil

Meagre resources made available for cultural institutions have been brutally contrasted with wasteful public spending elsewhere

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Dilma Rousseff vows to fight on after impeachment vote

Vote to send Brazil’s president for senate trial amounts to ‘coup’, says attorney general

Rousseff moves ahead of centre-right rival in opinion poll just ahead of election in Brazil

Incumbent finishes strongly in Brazilian election marked by strongly negative campaign

Brazil facing a right-left choice as Rousseff wins first-round vote

Anti-establishment Silva fails to live up to early promise

Brazil goes to polls in ‘nail-biter’ presidential election

Over 140 million eligible to vote in poll with incumbent Dilma Rousseff favourite to win

Saga of three former comrades at heart of Brazilian power struggle

Rousseff and Silva, proteges of former leader Lula, face off in three-person presidential race

Brazil goes to the polls

Running against Brazil’s vested interests – on a campaign budget of €2,000

Anti-corruption candidate Jovita Rosa, while popular, is unlikely to win political office

Opposition campaign fails to find political foothold in Brazil

Presidential candidate Aécio Neves in danger of finishing third

Workers Party tries to convince voters to re-elect Rousseff

Workers Party must convince public they are better off after four years of Dilma

Moody’s threatens to downgrade Brazil as economy stalls

Ratings agency has revised the outlook on Brazil’s “Baa2” rating to negative from stable

Two women in close contest to lead Brazil

Death of Eduardo Campos transformed campaign ahead of October vote