Brazil News | SAO PAULO – A 54-year-old tourist died on Monday afternoon in the Sao Paulo countryside when the zip-line she was riding snapped. According to police in Águas de Lindóia, the accident occurred in Monte Alegre when the … Continue reading
Brazil News | RIO DE JANEIRO – A sailor was killed and two were injured in a fire that hit the aircraft carrier Sao Paulo in the early hours of Wednesday. The warship is docked at Ilha das Cobras, in … Continue reading
Brazil News | RIO DE JANEIRO – The animals at the Rio de Janeiro Zoo get a three-day break while the park is closed for Carnaval. According to ZooRio, the park concessionaire, the popular tourist attraction will be closed for … Continue reading
Brazil News | CURITIBA, Brazil– The Cosco Vietnam container ship is attracting attention at the Port of Paranagua, in southern Brazil. The 334 m (1,095 foot) vessel entered the port on Tuesday morning and is the largest ship ever to … Continue reading
Brazil News | PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Twenty swimmers were injured after being attacked by a school of palometas, a type of piranha. The attacks took place on Sunday, in Balneario Passo do Angico, a tourist center in the Central … Continue reading
Brazil News | CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil – A joint police action in Miranda, 203 km (126 mi) from Campo Grande, resulted in the largest cocaine seizure this year. Federal, highway and military police discovered over 500 kg (1,100 lbs) of … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – The wait for a visa to visit the United States is getting shorter at the American consulate in Sao Paulo. A month after President Barack Obama announced that Brazilian tourists would find it easier … Continue reading
Brazil News | BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – On Friday night, Carnaval drew crowds to the streets of several cities in Minas Gerais state. For example, in the colonial city of São Laurenço, the traditional Pajama Block Party drew about 20 … Continue reading
Brazil News | CURITIBA, Brazil – A man in northern Parana swallowed a fork during a meal on Thursday afternoon. Doctors at Santa Casa Hospital, in Bandeirantes, successfully performed surgery to remove the fork. Doctors say the patient, 50, is … Continue reading
Brazil News | PARIS – An Air France flight that departed Paris on Thursday, bound for Sao Paulo, made an emergency landing. The flight returned to Charles de Gaulle airport after a fire-detection system alarm sounded. Paris/Sao Paulo AF456 (Image: … Continue reading
Brazil News | TOKYO – Japan has granted diplomatic status to the gay Brazilian husband of an American diplomat. Although Japan does not recognize homosexual marriage, in an unprecedented case, Tokyo has given a diplomatic visa to Emerson Kanegusuke, 39, … Continue reading
Brazil News | RIO DE JANEIRO – On Thursday, Time for Fun productions announced the schedule for Bob Dylan’s 2012 Brazilian tour. The American singer will perform at six shows across Brazil during the month of April. Bob Dylan Brazil … Continue reading
Brazil News | BRASILIA – New regulations go into effect today in Brazil that restrict the ways doctors may communicate with their patients. The resolution of the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) was published in the Official Gazette (Diário Oficialda … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – A city in the state of Sao Paulo approved a law that will make it easier for obese people to board buses. People with a certificate from a medical doctor stating that they are … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – A video showing 60 restaurant patrons being robbed in Sao Paulo was made public Wednesday. Civil Police released the video hoping somebody might recognize the assailants who forced the diners to the floor and … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – Civil Police arrested a Thai woman, 28, on Monday as she made her way to the Sao Paulo Int’l Airport to board a flight to Turkey. Police say the woman, who speaks no Portuguese, … Continue reading
