SANTA BARBARA D'OESTE, Brazil (Reuters) - The U.S. Civil War ended 150 years ago, but once a year, deep in the sugar cane fields of southern Brazil, the Confederate battle flag rises again. It would ...

DANBURY -- Danbury celebrated unity and diversity on Brazilian Independence Day, as the Brazilian deputy consulate, a Portuguese lawyer and the mayor jointly hoisted the American and Brazilian flags ...

As Brazil’s conservative camp held large street protests to mark Independence Day, an oversized U.S. flag appeared this year, stirring controversy. The Stars and Stripes is increasingly taking shape ...

BRASÍLIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Independence Day has become the moment for the country’s nationalist, right-wing movement to take to the streets, protest the left and hoist the yellow and green of the ...

Believe me, our family knows a bit about the Confederates and the flags they used to wave. After the Civil War, my great-great uncle, Charles Nathan, convinced the emperor of Brazil to allow what ...

With colorful streamers above and painted flags and other designs laid out over the asphalt, Rua Cafe Filho is a bright and decorative street in Natal, Brazil. In the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rua ...