By luiza sauma He sings, he acts, he's a Brazilian superstar - but, as Seu Jorge tells Luiza Sauma, he'll never forget life (and death) in the favela Jorge Mrio da Silva doesn't do mornings.

By Adriana Garcia NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was a big fan, while Beck and David Byrne have paid homage. Nearly 30 years after it broke up, Brazilian psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes launched its first U.S. tour on Friday in New York.

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - British-Indian author Salman Rushdie will hold the global launch of his latest book, Shalimar the Clown, this week at a fast-growing literary festival in Brazil. The colonial seaside town of Parati hosts FLIP, as the festival is known by its Portuguese acronym.