Hopes are fading of finding more survivors after Wednesday’s building collapse in Rio de Janeiro killed at least 17 people, Brazilian officials say.

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QPR have agreed a fee with Chelsea for Brazilian centre-half Alex, BBC Sport understands.

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The Brazilian Senate approves changes to the country’s forest code, which environmentalists say will spur Amazon deforestation.

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McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton beats Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel to set the pace in a tight practice session for the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.

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The Brazilian government says it will fine US oil company Chevron $28m (£17.9m) for causing an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

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A week ago, Standard & Poor sent out an erroneous message to some subscribers saying that it was downgrading France’s triple-A rating. The mistake rocked global markets for two hours before the S&P managed to clear up the confusion. Yesterday, it happened all over again when S&P mistakenly informed subscribers that it was upgrading Brazil’s credit rating to BBB-. In fact, it had upgraded the country from BBB- to BBB, and the error caused the Brazilian real to shoot up and down in a matter of minutes. Read full article > >

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Standard & Poor’s continues to damage its credibility

Extra troops and police are sent to a Rio shantytown after soldiers patrolling the streets come under fire from suspected drug traffickers, Brazilian officials say.

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A Brazilian judge, Patricia Acioli, renowned for her work against organised crime, is shot dead in Rio de Janeiro State.

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Gang-fighting judge gunned down

The websites of the Brazilian government and President have fallen victim to hacker group Lulz Security.

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The websites of the Brazilian government and President have fallen victim to hacker group Lulz Security.

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A leading Brazilian rainforest activist and his wife are found dead, hours before Brazil’s Congress passes a law easing deforestation rules.

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Brazilian Amazon activist killed

IPOJUCA, Brazil — Here on Brazil’s northeast coast, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dreamed of building an oil refinery and naming it after a Brazilian adventurer who had fought for Venezuela’s independence. The joint venture with Brazil, he said in trips here, would help unify Latin America against his adversary, the United States. The $15 billion refinery is now two years away from completion, but with little input from Venezuela or its mercurial president, who for years backed projects regionwide in his drive to make Venezuela the vanguard of a new era in Latin America . Read full article > >

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Chavez’s influence wanes in Latin America

Andy Murray loses 6-4 6-2 to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in the third round of the Madrid Open.

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Ragged Murray beaten by Bellucci

Britain’s Andy Murray loses in straight sets to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in the third round of the Madrid Open.

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Salvage workers from France prepare to recover more remains from the seabed of the Atlantic ocean, off the Brazilian coast.

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France to recover Airbus bodies