Another funk star has died after being shot on stage, the seventh 'Proibidao' musician to be assassinated over the past three years. Janet Tappin Coelho, in Uberlandia, reports on a sinister pattern of murder on the dance floor

Brazil President Dilma Rousseff pledged on Friday to open new channels of dialogue with the nation's youth, who have dominated the nationwide protests that have rocked the country over the past two weeks.

Demonstrations continues in a dozen cities despite government attempts to appease protesters

Protesters are full of hope that Brazil, the perennial pais do futuro (country of the future), might finally be stirring from its torpor. Numbers at the protests have backed such optimism. Over a million Brazilians flooded on to the streets on Thursday, and last night more were expected to turn out.

A million people have taken to the streets in anti-government demonstrations

23-year-old says she faced 'psychological torture' from military police after being arrested

Riot police use gas bombs and pepper spray to quell protesters in the northern city of Fortaleza

What began as a backlash against bus price rises has ignited thanks to the cost of staging next year’s event

The Football Association has insisted that Sunday's friendly against Brazil at the Maracana Stadium will go ahead despite the issuing of a court order last night to postpone the match on safety grounds.

Reports claim fans of visiting team Ceara were shot in head from passing vehicle

More than 20 years after police in Sao Paulo put down a jail riot by allegedly executing more than 100 prisoners, 26 officers have gone on trial accused of murder.

Midfielder Britto and Rafael Silva of Uniao Barbarense both wore the number five

Argentine side Tigre claim they were attacked by police and stadium staff but Fifa insists finals security worries unfounded

Visiting players claim there were threatened with guns by security officials