On 21 April 1960 President Juscelino Kubitschek led the inauguration ceremony for Brazil's purpose-built capital Brasilia - replacing Rio de Janeiro as the federal capital and seat of government.

Duarte's name has been circulating for some time, but she kept mum after visiting the culture secretariat headquarters last week in Brasilia. Culture used to have its own full-fledged ministry but ...

The Brasilia riots stunned the world with striking echoes of the US Capitol insurrection two years earlier by supporters of Donald Trump. A total of 21 damaged artworks, sculptures and historical ...