Brazil Human Interest News RIO DE JANEIRO – A detainee got wedged in a hole he carved in the wall of the Guaraciaba do Norte Prison, in the interior of Ceara, before dawn Friday, reported online media. The prisoner made … Continue reading
Brazil Crime News RIO DE JANEIRO – A website published police photographs of body parts belonging to slain food industry executive Marcos Matsunaga Thursday, reported Brazil’s Portuguese-language site G1, part of Globo TV. The multimillionaire business person, CEO of Yoki … Continue reading
Brazil Crime News SAO PAULO – Civil Police arrested a 64-year-old drug dealer known as ‘Granny Crack,’ Friday morning in central Sao Paulo, reported online media. Police, armed with a search warrant, entered the woman’s apartment and found 100 rocks … Continue reading
Brazil News RIO DE JANEIRO – Friday morning, somebody vandalized the building housing the Russian consulate in Brazil’s southernmost capital city, Porto Alegre. According to reports in online media, slogans painted on the facade of the building, in the capital … Continue reading
Brazil Diplomacy News RIO DE JANEIRO – The City of Rio de Janeiro finally “unwrapped” the monument given it by the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during Rio +20, reported Brazil’s largest circulation newspaper. The Middle East leader presented the … Continue reading
Brazil Human Interest News RIO DE JANEIRO – Residents of a town in Bahia state plundered the contents of a semi-truck Wednesday morning, making off with a load of chocolate, reported online media. The truck and its trailer overturned on … Continue reading
Brazil Technology News RIO DE JANEIRO – Tech giant Qualcomm announced Tuesday it aims to develop chips that can operate in different frequency bands for the Brazil market. The chips will allow mobile devices, which operate on the 4G system, … Continue reading
Brazil Human Interest News RIO DE JANEIRO – A judge in central Brazil has ordered a widow to share her late husband’s civil service pension with the dead man’s mistress. The plaintiff in the suit told TV Anhanguera that she … Continue reading
Brazil Dog News RIO DE JANEIRO – A motorcycle shop owner in South-Central Brazil opened business Monday to find his watchdog injured with over a thousand porcupine spines, reported online media. The barbs, which peppered the pit bull’s face, snout, … Continue reading
Brazil Travel & Tourism News SAO PAULO – Streetcar No. 32, 101-years-old and operating in the center of Santos, on the Sao Paulo coast, is the oldest in Brazil. Recently restored, appearing as if it just arrived from the Scottish … Continue reading
Brazil News SAO PAULO – The American coffee chain Starbucks has just opened its first store in Sao Paulo, on Avenida Paulista in the West Zone of the city, reported online media Saturday.
Brazil Crime News SAO PAULO – A Sao Paulo judge has awarded temporary custody of Elize and Marcos Matsunaga’s daughter to members of the slain man’s family. Elize, 30, remains in jail charged with killing her husband Marcos, 41, dismembering … Continue reading
Brazil Survival News RIO DE JANEIRO – A construction worker in Rio de Janeiro survived after a two-meter length of rebar pierced his skull Wednesday morning, reported online media. The metal bar, used in construction, fell from the fifth floor … Continue reading
Brazil Human Interest News PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Centenarian Renalto Risi Palombo, who celebrated his 104th birthday Wednesday, revealed his secret to long life: never get married. One of the oldest inhabitants of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil’s … Continue reading
Brazil Travel & Tourism News RIO DE JANEIRO – Google Street View announced this week that the company has increased its supply of 360-degree panoramic images of Brazil. The service, available in Brazil since 2010, now covers more than seventy …
