SAO PAULO, May 27 (UPI) -- Brazil has reinstated a law that protects lands inhabited by an indigenous tribe from logging in order to prevent the industry from wiping them out.

, Brazil, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received his new plane --dubbed, "AeroLula" by the media -- Saturday, amid much controversy.

MENDOZA, Argentina, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Search and rescue teams on South America's highest peak continued efforts Sunday to recover the body of a Brazilian climber who died during his descent.

SAO PAULO, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Brazilian officials Saturday denounced reports the federal government spent more money on a new presidential plane than on sanitation projects.

SAO PAULO, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Brazil has promised to send additional help to victims of the Asian tsunami on top of the medical and relief supplies it has already committed.

BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Brazil spent more than twice as much on a new plane for the president in 2004 than it did on public sanitation, Folha de Sao Paulo reported Thursday.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Stocks were up across Latin America this week, as local markets followed Wall Street up.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Venezuelan presidential security and Brazilian federal police exchanged shoves when Brazilian journalists tried to interview the Venezuelan leader.

SAO PAULO, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Just 10 days before the election, Sao Paulo mayoral hopeful Jose Serra has a hefty lead over incumbent Marta Suplicy, Folha de Sao Paulo reports.