by Michael Hone Three Paraguayans also arrested in Parana bust CURITIBA, Parana – Federal Police (PF) in Iguassu Falls seized 1.7 tons of drugs Tuesday afternoon after pulling over a van containing cargo from Paraguay. The three Paraguayans in the … Continue reading
BRASILIA – The House of Representatives approved on Tuesday, in extraordinary session, bill 3443/2008 amending legislation that deals with money laundering in Brazil. The main change is the decoupling of the crime of laundering from the source of the money … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Recife metro area transit delves into 21st Century technology RECIFE, Pernambuco – Public transportation in greater Recife may never be the same after this year. By the middle of 2012, real-time information, on a bus-by-bus basis, throughout … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Drugs hidden in automobile CURITIBA, Parana – A couple was arrested transporting 58 kilograms of crack cocaine in the early hours of Tuesday, near the town of Cascavel in western Parana. According to the Federal Highway Police … Continue reading
BRAZIL NEWS BRASILIA – Federal Police announced the arrest of a woman late Monday afternoon at Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport in Brasília carrying 745 clothing buttons stuffed with cocaine. The woman, of Moroccan nationality, carried the buttons hidden inside her … Continue reading
Brazil News: SALVADOR, Bahia – Six months after receiving transplanted adult stem cells in Salvador, former Military Policeman Major Mauricio Ribeiro took his first, tentative steps. He fell off a roof and spent the last nine years without any movement … Continue reading
Brazil News | GOIANIA, Brazil – “I love Goiania, as a whole,” says Aprigio Moreira, a taxi driver who moved to the city when he was 13 years old. He says that the city’s residents are very welcoming and easy … Continue reading
Brazil News Dispatch SAO PAULO – Police arrested a young man over the weekend in Americana, 71 miles from the capital, after he broke into a vegetable stand to steal fruits, vegetables, eggs and a chicken. After gathering his booty, … Continue reading
Brazil News Dispatch RECIFE, Pernambuco – The Brazilian Institute of Environmental and Natural Resources (IBAMA) fined the company Imperio do Forro de Bolso, the Pernambuco textile company responsible for importing tons of medical waste from the United States, about U.S. … Continue reading
Brazil News Dispatch BLUMENAU, Santa Catarina – The organizers of the Oktoberfest in Blumenau announced on Monday that attendance at the 28th edition of the event, which began on October 6th and ended on Sunday, reached 563,925 people. The event, … Continue reading
(Brazil News Dispatch) MANAUS, Amazonas – President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff and former President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, joined the governor of Amazonas, Omar Jose Abdel Azziz in attending the inauguration of the Black River Bridge on Monday, 24 … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Ships are in Vitoria, ES on break from the Tropicalex naval war games VITORIA, Espirito Santo – Five Brazilian Navy warships are open for public inspection this weekend at Vitoria Harbor. The five vessels, Corvette Borroso, Frigates … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Woman who jumped from 12th floor to escape fire released from hospital GOIANIA, Goias – Muniki Dias Goulart, 25, who survived after jumping from the 12th floor of a highrise apartment building last September 29, was released … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Car is zero-emission and silent CURITIBA, Parana – A group of electrical and mechanical engineering students from the Federal Technological University of Parana (UTFPR) in Cornelio Procopio, converted an aging VW Beetle into an electrical car.
by Michael Hone U.S. Law allows export of medical waste says Pitts RECIFE, Pernambuco – U.S. law allows the exportation of used material—including material used in hospitals, according to the United States Consul, Usha Pitts, on Thursday afternoon speaking at … Continue reading
