Getulio Vargas Foundation

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged today to hold talks with her growing number of critics and said her embattled government needed to show humility, a day after massive protests erupted across the country.

One in four beers consumed in Brazil is linked to football -- before the match, around the TV or in post-game celebration or mourning, according to a study by the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a Brazilian economics institute.

Brazil's economy grew by 2.7 per cent last year compared to 2010, slower than analysts' expectations

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged today to hold talks with her growing number of critics and said her embattled government needed to show humility, a day after massive protests erupted across the country.

One in four beers consumed in Brazil is linked to football -- before the match, around the TV or in post-game celebration or mourning, according to a study by the Getulio Vargas Foundation, a Brazilian economics institute.

Brazil's economy grew by 2.7 per cent last year compared to 2010, slower than analysts' expectations