White House help sought over man forced to return to Brazil after marriage to U.S. citizen. Tim Coco is in his Haverhill, Mass., office, talking with his husband, Genesio Januario Oliveira Jr. via a ...

Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he married a U.S. citizen in Massachusetts. Subscribe to read this story ...

HAVERHILL — The journey to marriage for Genesio Oliveira and Tim Coco began in the torment, abuse and rape Oliveira suffered as a teenager growing up in Brazil, which remains one of the most dangerous ...

The Obama administration let the clock run out Oct. 23 on helping a Brazilian man who wants to return to Massachusetts to live with his U.S. husband. Tim Coco and Brazilian Genesio Oliveira married in ...