Death toll from Brazil floods rises to 40

At least 40 people have been killed after heavy rains caused floods and landslides, along the Atlantic coast in the Brazilian State of São Paulo over the weekend, according to officials. About 39 people died in São Sebastião in south-eastern…

Alves joins boyhood club Sao Paulo (BBC)

Brazil captain and right-back Dani Alves has joined Sao Paulo on a free transfer. Alves, 36, left Paris St-Germain during the summer and joins the club he supports on a deal until December 2022. Sao Paulo referred to signing “the…

Brazil cocaine haul: Shoppers find drug stash in their soap powder box (BBC)

Shoppers in Brazil found they had unwittingly bought cocaine when they opened soap powder they had purchased at a supermarket in Sao Paulo. At least 80kg (176lb) of the drug was found in the store in the Ermelino Matarazzo district,…

Brazilian presidential candidate Ciro Gomes hospitalized (Punch)

Brazilian presidential candidate Ciro Gomes, who is running third in the latest opinion polls, has been hospitalised in Sao Paulo, Hospital Sources said on Wednesday. The 60-year old entered hospital on Tuesday and has been discharged on Wednesday, the sources…

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