WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Leaders at the global economic summit in Washington agreed Saturday on a general framework for dealing with the global financial crisis, the White House said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Dorival Caymmi, hailed as one of the founders of Brazilian popular music, has died at 94 in Rio de Janeiro, officials said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Brazil is soliciting $21 billion in international donations to finance its efforts to protect the Amazon rain forest, government leaders say.

MIAMI, June 11 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the world's oil companies are behind the bad press regarding his country's ethanol sector, denying claims by some that the industry uses slave labor and is responsible for deforestation in the Amazon.

MIAMI, June 4 (UPI) -- Brazil's oil bounty apparently continues to grow with the discovery of a new deposit of sweet crude off the coast of Sao Paulo state, according to energy officials.

MADRID, May 30 (UPI) -- Spaniards dislike Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez most among world leaders, including U.S. President George W. Bush, a poll indicated.

BRASILIA, Brazil, May 19 (UPI) -- Brazil and Germany have signed a deal on energy cooperation.

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 10 (UPI) -- More than a dozen Brazilian mayors and a judge were arrested in an alleged scheme to abscond with funds from the social security plan, federal officials said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 20 (UPI) -- Brazil's president says he is certain his country's dispute with Spain regarding the deportation of Brazilian citizens could be resolved.