Sports manufacturer Adidas, who are one of the 2014 World Cup's main sponsors, has had to suspend the sale of World Cup T-shirts after Brazil's authorities complained they sexualised the country's image.
One of the shirts had "Looking to score?" imprinted on it next to a woman wearing just a bikini on a sunny Rio de Janeiro beach.
The other had an "I love Brazil" heart resembling the upside-down buttocks of a woman wearing a thong bikini bottom.
Sovereignty and the rule of law are under threat from Trump’s attacks on Lula’s administration just as they have been across Latin America, argue CARLOS MARTINEZ and SARA VIVACQUA
Powerful agribusiness interests are trying to overturn efforts by the Lula government to protect the environment and indigenous peoples of the Amazon region, writes GABRIELA SA PESSOA
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports



