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 | 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 | SAO PAULO – After more than 17 years estranged, father and son were reunited on Saturday in the Sao Jose do Rio Preto Jail, in the state of Sao Paulo. The two were arrested in different places … Continue reading
Brazil News | BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – Two siblings of former Vice President Jose Alencar died on Friday in different states in an interval of two hours. The information was confirmed by another sibling of Alencar, Antonio Gomes da Silva, … Continue reading
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – Schoolteacher Maria Veronica Aparecida Vieira, 25, of Taubate (SP), found out in December that she is pregnant with quadruplets. Maria Veronica Vieira (Photo: G1 SP/VNews)
Brazil News | SAO PAULO – On Saturday, Sao Paulo businessman Walter de Oliveira, accompanied by his family, drove to Sorocaba, SP, to reunite with his mother after 40 years apart. His mother left him in an orphanage at age … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Still rare in Brazil, food and beverage vending machines set to debut at airports BRASILIA – Almost unheard of in most of Brazil, food and beverage vending machines are soon set to debut in airports across the … Continue reading
Brazil News | SALVADOR, Brazil – A schoolteacher in Ubaitaba in southern Bahia, 370 km from the capital Salvador, has been arrested for failing to pay child support for her two daughters who are in the custody of her ex-husband, … Continue reading
