Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said he was more afraid of losing his voice than dying from cancer.

"If I lose my voice, I would be dead," Xinhua quoted the former president,

Brasilia: Dilma Rousseff took over as Brazil's first female president on Saturday with pledges to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The 63-year-old di

A former Marxist guerrilla who was tortured and imprisoned during Brazil's long dictatorship was elected as president of Latin America's biggest nation, a country in the midst of an economic and polit

Brasilia, Nov. 1: Ms Dilma Rousseff, elected Brazil’s first female President, tearfully thanked her predecessor and mentor Mr Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for her win on Sunday, and vowed to uphold his l