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Red Bull-fueled daredevil plans record skydive from edge of space

Austrian extreme skydiver Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend in a helium balloon to about 23 miles up, and then jump. He will break the sound barrier during freefall.

Latin America Monitor Another casualty of Brazil's rise: cheap airfare

The working class rises up across Latin America

Latin America Monitor Rio building collapse: where is the oversight?

Rio building collapse: Will Brazil be ready for the Olympics? (+video)

Global News Blog Slave port unearthed in Brazil

Transcript of the State of the Union

Latin America Monitor Is Brazil about to experience a second golden age of immigration?

Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Social Media Stars

Latin America Monitor Brazil's bright economy clouded by low productivity

Parading back to Rio de Janeiro: the bookish and brainy

Brazil takes on an centuries-old foe: corruption

Top 10 sports biographies I wish somebody would write

Why deforesters could soon have freer rein in the Amazon

Latin American police get 'citizen friendly' to fight bad reputation

Rio's top cop talks public safety policy, favela pacification program

Why were Brazil’s booming banks not able to avert a workers strike?

Duran Duran fans spend hard

A shakeup for Rio de Janeiro state police

Mighty Brazil: an overinflated image?

Falling satellite: 10 times space junk has crashed into Earth

Brazil fights corruption at home as it signs Open Government Partnership with the US

September 19, 2011 Photos of the Day

Tensions run high in Rio favelas amid 'pacification'

Brazilians march against corruption to mark independence day