A soap opera which depicts the recent upsurge of Brazil into a consumer society has trapped the country breaking audience records and even forcing President Dilma Rousseff to modify her agenda.

The soap opera, or telenovela, holds cultural power like nothing else in Brazil. And no other timeslot holds the prestige of the 9 p.m. telenovela at Globo's free-to-air channel, the television ...

An actress known for decades of work in soap operas said on Wednesday she has agreed to become Brazil's secretary for culture. Regina Duarte, 72, made the announcement to reporters as she left the ...

Seus Olhos is a Brazilian soap opera produced and shown by the SBT from 18 May 2004 through 4 December 2004, with 173 chapters. Based in the original text of Inés Rodena, it was adapted for the ...

"A new universe that speaks clearly to a Brazilian novela audience ... With 100 hours of airtime to fill, the soap opera blended the novels Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma ...