‘Dead’ Man Attends His Own Wake

by Michael Hone Posted on October 23, 2012

Brazil News

Gilberto Araujo compared to 'his' corpse
Gilberto Araujo

RIO DE JANEIRO – A 41-year-old homeless car washer in town near Salvador, Bahia surprised friends and family when he attended his own wake Sunday, reported online media. The family of Gilberto Araujo mistakenly identified a corpse held by police as his. The misunderstanding cleared up only when he returned to his family home during the service.
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Bus Accident Kills 11 in Rio de Janeiro

by Michael Hone Posted on October 22, 2012

Brazil News

Bus Accident Kills 11 in Rio de Janeiro
Bus Accident Kills 11 in Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO – A bus in the interior of Rio de Janeiro state ran off a mountain highway Monday (22 Oct.) afternoon, killing 11 people including the driver, reported online media. At least 8 people also suffered injuries when the bus went off the Rio-Teresopolis road (BR-116) near the town of Guapimirim, 102 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro. (Early reports of 30 injuries proved incorrect).
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Vinicius de Moraes: ‘Girl from Ipanema’ Author

by Michael Hone Posted on October 19, 2012

Brazil Music News

Vinicius de Moraes: 'Girl from Ipanema' Author
Vinicius de Moraes: ‘Girl from Ipanema’ Author

RIO DE JANEIRO – Vinicius de Moraes, singer, songwriter, bohemian, womanizer, inveterate smoker and whiskey connoisseur, would have been 99 years old Friday (19 Oct.). Author of classics such as “Saudade,” “Eu Sei que Vou Te Amar” and “Garota de Ipanema” (Girl from Ipanema), Vinicius de Moraes worked with the biggest names in Brazilian Popular Music (MPB), such as Tom Jobim and Chico Buarque.
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Scalp Looks Like Brain: Not Hip Haircut

by Michael Hone Posted on October 18, 2012

Brazil News

Brazilian man's scalp looks like brain
Scalp Looks Like Brain: Not Hip Haircut (photo: The New England Journal of Medicine)

RIO DE JANEIRO – Doctors in Brazil tell of the case of a 21-year-old man who has a rare medical condition, in which the scalp looks like brain. The doctors describe the condition, which began about two years ago, in a paper published in “The New England Journal of Medicine.”
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Xuxa Awarded Damages Over ‘Devil’ Claim

by Michael Hone Posted on October 17, 2012

Brazil Celebrity News

Xuxa Awarded Damages over ‘Devil’ Claim

RIO DE JANEIRO – Monday, a judge ordered a church-owned newspaper to pay television personality Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel $75 thousand in damages, reported online media. The paper, “Folha Universal,” owned by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, printed an article claiming the popular star, known throughout the Americas as Xuxa, “had a pact with the devil.”
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Costa Rica’s San Lucas Island Prison

by Michael Hone Posted on October 16, 2012

Brazil Travel & Tourism News

Isla San Lucas Prison Costa Rica
Isla San Lucas Prison Costa Rica

SAN LUCAS ISLAND, Costa Rica – This former prison colony, located just off Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Coast, is now a tourist attraction. The island prison, which operated between 1873 and 1991, first housed political prisoners and later, dangerous, common criminals.
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Nude Woman Photographed on Rio Beach

by Michael Hone Posted on October 15, 2012

Brazil Travel & Tourism News

Nude woman photographed swimming in Rio de Janeiro surf
Nude woman photographed swimming in Rio de Janeiro surf (Photo: Alessandro Buzas / Futura Press / Estadão Content)

RIO DE JANEIRO – A press photographer caught a naked women frolicking in the surf early Monday morning, in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Police responsible for patrolling area told reporters that they had not received any complaints.
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Brazil Travel & Tourism News

Google Streetview of Ipanema
Google Streetview of Ipanema

RIO DE JANEIRO – Google Streetview Brazil announced Thursday inclusion of 35 Brazilian tourist attractions, such as the Sao Paulo Zoo and Ipanema Beach. The service offers interactive panoramic views of sites around the world.

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Brazil’s Oktoberfest Blumenau 2012

by Michael Hone Posted on October 9, 2012

Brazil Travel & Tourism News

Oktoberfest Blumenau 2012, Santa Catarina Brazil
Oktoberfest Blumenau Parade

BLUMENAU, Brazil – Brazil’s Oktoberfest Blumenau 2012, the largest German-style, beer-swilling festival in Latin America, begins Wednesday (10). The festival, held in the mountains of Southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, officially kicks-off with the tapping of the first keg of beer at 10 p.m., in German Village Park.
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