Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is to face trial after the Senate voted to impeach and suspend her. Rousseff is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies.

Brazil's lower house of Congress is due to hold a crucial vote on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts for political gains.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has held last-minute talks with lawmakers - a day before Congress votes on whether to impeach her.

There is no chance that the Rio Olympics will be cancelled because of a Zika virus outbreak, Brazil says.

Hundreds of thousands of people joins peaceful demonstrations across Brazil against government corruption.

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff signs new law which sets tough new penalties for the killing of women and girls