Brazil News | CUIABA, Brazil – Police in Central-West Brazil seized 60 kg (132 lbs) of pure cocaine allegedly dropped from a small plane on Wednesday, in the rural town of Sapezal, 473 km (294 mi) from the Mato Grosso … Continue reading
Brazil News | FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – The best job ever has got to belong to photographer and weather reporter Fabrício Escandiuzzi who spent the South American Summer 2012 reporting on the weather and snapping photos on the beaches of this … Continue reading
Brazil News | RIO DE JANEIRO – Thor de Oliveira Fuhrken Batista, son of Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, allegedly hit and killed a cyclist in Rio de Janeiro Saturday night. The businessman tweeted Sunday afternoon: “Unfortunately there was a fatal … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAINT CATHERINE, Egypt – Two young Brazilian girls on a bus full of pilgrims were kidnapped by Bedouins in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, according to the Foreign Ministry in Brasilia. The bus was traveling near Mount … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – Aziz Nacib Ab’Sáber, University of Sao Paulo researcher and leading expert in the physical geography of Brazil, as well as a voice in discussions on biodiversity and environmental conservation, died on Friday morning at … Continue reading
Brazil News | CUIABA, Brazil – Residents of this Central-West state capital have noticed Google Street View cars mapping the city’s streets and avenues. Google is using special cameras mounted on motor vehicles to photograph cities around the world and, … Continue reading
Brazil News | CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil – A woman in Central-West Brazil received the fright of her life on Wednesday morning, when she encountered a giant anteater in a public restroom. The woman called 190 (911), which dispatched Military Police … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – The University of Sao Paulo (USP) has acquired and will put into operation this month a supercomputer ranked among the fastest in the country. The equipment was purchased with support from the Foundation for … Continue reading
Brazil News | CURITIBA, Brazil – An 80-year-old retiree in southern Brazil has paid a debt she incurred with a grocery merchant over 50 years ago. The original debt was for ₢7,490 cruzeiros. The amount paid by the pensioner was … Continue reading
Brazil News | MIAMI, Florida – A recent Associated Press article reports that Brazilians spend more per capita than any other visitors to the United States. That fact was apparent on a recent trip we made to South Florida. The … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – A 36-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday in front of the United States Consulate General in Sao Paulo for offering false documents during her visa interview. The woman was taken to the office of … Continue reading
Brazil News | BRASILIA – Brazil’s Health Ministry says it handed out almost 500 million free condoms last year. The program has helped Brazil successfully combat AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Happy Condom (Photo: universityhealth.files.wordpress.com)
Brazil News | BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – A homeless man in Tres Pontas, in Southern Minas Gerais state, sleeps all day in a tomb in the city cemetery. Cristiano José da Silva, 61, who was a seminarian, says that he … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – In just the first two months of the year, the U.S. Embassy in Brazil granted 181,318 visas to Brazilians. During January and February, 2012, the consulate in Sao Paulo alone issued an average of … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – On Friday, the Federal Police (PF) at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo arrested a woman carrying cocaine hidden in her bras. The PF say that the 34-year-old woman, born in the Republic of … Continue reading
