President Rousseff’s ‘Husband’ Detained

by Michael Hone Posted on September 11, 2012

Brazil News

Man detained after trying to break into the presidential palace in Brasilia (photo: G1)
Disturbance at Presidential Palace (photo: G1)

RIO DE JANEIRO – A troubled man tried to break into Planalto, the Brazilian Presidential Palace in Brasilia, Tuesday evening, reported online media. The man, who appeared as President Dilma Rousseff worked in her office around 7 p.m., claimed to be the president’s husband.
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‘Chupacabra’ Driving Big Rig Arrested

by Michael Hone Posted on September 10, 2012

Brazil News

Big rig driver wearing 'chupacabra' mast cited by highway patrol
‘Chupacabra’ arrested in Bahia (photo: G1/PRF)

RIO DE JANEIRO – Federal Highway Police (PRF) arrested a ‘chupacabra’ masked trucker in Bahia state over the three-day weekend for driving dangerously, reported online media. According to the PRF, the big rig driver wore a mask in an attempt to scare other drivers.
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Tour Boat Sinks in the Amazon Friday 7 September 2012 (photo: G1)
Amazon Tour Boat Sinks (photo: G1)

RIO DE JANEIRO – A tour boat with 45 people aboard, including 39 Brazilian and foreign tourists, capsized Friday afternoon on the Rio Negro, in the Amazon, reported online media. The tour boat had departed from the Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel, the largest hotel complex in the Amazon, 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state.

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FEMEN Topless Protesters Held in Brasilia

by Michael Hone Posted on September 7, 2012

Brazil News

Topless FEMEN protesters detained by police in Brasilia (photo: G1André Dusek/AE)
FEMEN Topless Protesters in Brasilia (photo: G1/André Dusek/AE)

RIO DE JANEIRO – Military Police in Brasilia arrested two feminists protesting topless on the Esplanade of Ministries during Independence Day parades, reported online media Friday. The two protesters are part of FEMEN, an international group of feminists, founded in Ukraine in 2008, famous for its scantily clad members fighting for women’s rights.
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Pam Anderson to Judge Miss Bumbum 2012

by Michael Hone Posted on September 6, 2012

Brazil News

Pamela Anderson to judge 'Miss Bumbum 2012' (photo: G1)
Pamela Anderson to judge ‘Miss Bumbum 2012′ (photo: G1)

RIO DE JANEIRO – Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson will judge ‘Miss Bumbum,’ or Miss Best Butt Brazil 2012 next Nov. 30 in Sao Paulo, reported Brazilian online media Thursday. According to the event organizer, Cacau Oliver, the star received the contract Thursday and he expects her to sign within hours.
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Candiru ‘Vampire’ Fish Attack Human Genitals

by Michael Hone Posted on September 5, 2012

Brazil Flora & Fauna News

X-ray of Candiru, or Vampire fish, inside human genitals
Candiru Fish inside Human Host (photo: mundogump.com.br)

RIO DE JANEIRO – Vampire fish, attracted by the odor of urine and feeding on human blood, are terrorizing swimmers in Northeastern Brazil, reported the Portuguese-language news site G1. Candiru fish, also known as ‘vampire fish,’ typical to the rivers of the Amazon Basin, enter the human body through the genital organ and require surgery to remove. This year, the species of fish have attacked four people swimming at beaches along the Tocantins River
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Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense: ‘Glass Frog’

by Michael Hone Posted on September 4, 2012

Brazil Flora & Fauna News

Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense, glass frog, draws attention
Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense (photo: G1/ Marcelo Lima / INPA)

RIO DE JANEIRO – Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense, popularly known as the “glass frog,” has drawn attention of researchers in the Amazon, reported online media. Scientists discovered the remarkable species, only 24 millimeters (about 1 inch) long as an adult, nocturnal and transparent, in 2002 during nighttime surveys in Cachoeira da Onca, in Presidente Figueiredo, an Amazon municipality, 170 kilometers (about 106 miles) from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state.
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