Brazilians say they will eagerly turn out for President Obama when he arrives this weekend for his first state visit to Brazil, which includes stops in the capital and in Rio de Janeiro, the country’s signature city.

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Obama has Brazil swooning over arrival of a black president

Thousands of revellers have flooded the streets of Rio de Janeiro for the annual carnival with dancing, music and even a wedding.

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VIDEO: Couple ‘marry’ at Rio carnival

Rio de Janeiro’s carnival is underway with around one million people taking to the streets.

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VIDEO: Revellers begin Rio’s carnival

More than 20 police officers are arrested in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in an operation to purge the force of links to criminal gangs.

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Police arrests in Rio gang purge

A fire blazes in the Samba City carnival district of Rio de Janeiro, destroying warehouses and damaging a museum, reports from Brazil say.

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Fire hits Rio carnival district

Brazil says it will build 8,000 free houses for people made homeless by floods and landslides in Rio de Janeiro state.

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Free homes for flooded Brazilians

Fears of an outbreak of disease loom in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, as rain hampers the rescue operation following devastating landslides.

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The death toll from flooding caused by torrential rains in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state rose to 549 people Saturday, Brazil’s official news agency reported.

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Death toll rises to 549 in Brazil flooding

It was like a tsunami from the sky in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state as flood water gushed through hill towns and giant boulders catapulted from hillsides instantly crushing cars and houses.

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More than 500 dead in Brazil flood

At least 500 people are dead and thousands more are trapped in their homes in the mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where heavy rains have pushed mud down the slopes, burying buildings. About 14,000 people have been displaced by the…

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Over 500 Dead in Brazil Mudslides

More than 220 people die in Rio de Janeiro state as flooding and mudslides hit south-eastern Brazil.

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Death toll rises in Brazil floods

Brazilian police say that after an operation involving hundreds of officers they are in control of three poor areas of the city of Rio de Janeiro long held by drug gangs.

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Police move into Rio gang areas

Brazilian soldiers deployed to some of Rio de Janeiro’s most violent neighbourhoods during an operation aimed at driving out drug-traffickers are to take on peacekeeping duties there.

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Brazil army to stay in Rio slums

Brazil’s President Luiz Lula da Silva says a police operation to take control of a drug traffickers’ stronghold in Rio de Janeiro is just the start of an anti-gang offensive.

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Brazilian police and troops find more than 30 tonnes of marijuana after storming a major drug trafficker stronghold in Rio de Janeiro’s slums.

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Rio police seize large drugs haul