The ashes of Australian man Rye Hunt have returned home to Tasmania after he was cremated in Brazil.

The family and partner of Australian backpacker Rye Hunt, who has been confirmed dead in Brazil, have spoken of their grief.

A body has been found in the search for missing Australian backpacker Rye Hunt, his family said today. They now await DNA testing results.

Seventeen days since going missing, Brazilian authorities are convinced Australian backpacker Rye Hunt drowned at sea.

Michel Temer, is a career politician with a reputation as a skilled negotiator and smooth behind-the-scenes operator.

A majority of Brazil's Senate had indicated by last night that they will vote to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for breaking budget laws

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's political future hangs on a vote that is scheduled to take place on Monday in the lower house of Congress.

A vast roll call of exotic critters entertain Nicholas Jones in the world's biggest wetland

Brazil's Lower House of Congress has launched impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff after thousands of Brazilians took to the streets.

On Thursday, state prosecutors filed money-laundering and misrepresentation charges against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Prosecutors in Sao Paulo state have filed money laundering charges against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Stadiums, including the Aquatics Stadium and Future Arena are in the finishing stages, and the tottering remains of a favela, or slum, are being torn down.

There's an awful lot of wildlife in Brazil. Most of it lives in the Amazon rainforest, home to one in 10 of all the plant and animal species in the world.

Monkeys just want to have fun - and brandish dangerous weapons.

A report by Argentinian doctors claimed a larvicide used in drinking water was responsible for a rise in cases of microcephaly,not Zika virus.

Brazil's armed forces mobilised 200,000 military personnel on a "day of action" to raise awareness of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries Zika virus.

Brazil's economy will contract more than previously forecast and is heading for the deepest recession since 1901.

Hedge funds are betting your morning cup of coffee is going to get cheaper.

Two Russian photographers have taken a series of spectacular images from the shoulder of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer.

The happy trio, who reportedly have shared a bed for years and say they want to raise a child, took an oath of love in early October in the presence of Rio de Janeiro notary.

The ceremony of the sacred fire opened the first World Indigenous Games - billed as the indigenous Olympics - in Brazil this week.

Danniella Gomes is about to head home to Brasilia from Texas to get some facial hair zapped and skin stains lightened, and perhaps have a tummy tuck.

Sao Paulo's clubbing scene has something for everyone, writes Bella Ann Townes.

Kiwi sporting officials want answers from Olympic organisers after a deadly horse disease was discovered at the Rio 2016 equestrian venue.

The lawyer for convicted murderer Phillip John Smith has asked for a stay in proceedings for charges laid over his alleged escape to Brazil last year.

Murderer and sex offender Phillip John Smith's lawyer is arguing his rights to a presumption of innocence have been breached.

It's like Noah's Ark on the world's greatest flood plain, writes Lorraine Brown.

Brazil's so-called little crop is going to be bigger than ever, flooding an already oversupplied global corn market and further pressuring prices.