Turkey: 2 Brazilians killed in balloon crash
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A hot air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground on Monday, killing two Brazilian tourists and injuring 23 other people on … Read Full Story
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Brazil seeks help to curb immigration of Haitians
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has asked six South American and Caribbean nations to help it combat human trafficking rings said to be responsible for the influx of Haitian immigrants into Latin America’s biggest country.
The request was made during
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Unlikely tourist ride: Rio shantytown cable car
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tiana Martins stepped gingerly into the red cable-car gondola, giggling from nerves as the doors slid shut, the ground dropped precipitously beneath her feet and she sailed off over the conglomerate of bare-brick shacks that … Read Full Story
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Cars made in Brazil are deadly
SAO PAULO (AP) – The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry’s biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil’s new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell … Read Full Story
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Diplomats: Brazil wins race for next WTO director
GENEVA (AP) – World Trade Organization diplomats say a Brazilian ambassador has been selected to serve as the organization’s next director general.
The diplomats told journalists that Ambassador Roberto Azevedo narrowly defeated Mexican former trade minister Herminio Blanco of Mexico … Read Full Story
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Brazil’s replacement to vuvuzela used in protest
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s replacement to the vuvuzela is already giving World Cup organizers a headache.
It wasn’t the sound of the caxirola — a maraca-like instrument not nearly as noisy as the South African vuvuzela — that attracted
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Leftist priests: Francis can fix church ‘in ruins’
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A new pope from Latin America known for ministering to the poor in his country’s slums is raising the hopes of advocates of liberation theology, whose leftist social activism had alarmed previous pontiffs.
Prominent liberation
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Scolari says Brazil deserves jeers from fans
SAO PAULO (AP) — Luiz Felipe Scolari abruptly got up and left the news conference after a question that followed Brazil’s disappointing 2-2 home draw with Chile: Will you consider resigning if Brazil doesn’t do well in the Confederations Cup?… Read Full Story
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Brazil police investigate ex-president’s assistant
SAO PAULO (AP) — Local news media says that Brazil’s federal police will request access to the bank accounts of one of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s personal assistants as they investigate allegations that Silva was involved in … Read Full Story
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Ronaldinho named Brazil captain against Chile
SAO PAULO (AP) — Ronaldinho will captain Brazil in its friendly against Chile on Wednesday, moving into a strong position to confirm his spot in the Confederations Cup squad.
Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari reiterated his confidence in the two-time FIFA
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NYT to distribute columns by Brazil’s ex-president
SAO PAULO (AP) — The office of Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he will soon start writing a monthly column to be distributed by the New York Times.
Jose Crispiniano, spokesman for the Lula Institute, says
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Brazil: Counterterror team at Confederations Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An officer in the Brazilian army’s counterterrorism division says about 600 soldiers will be taking part in security operations during the upcoming Confederations Cup.
The G1 news website quoted Col. Richard Fernandez Nunes on Monday
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Brazil jury: 23 police guilty in prison killings
SAO PAULO (AP) — A jury has found 23 Brazilian police officers guilty of killing 13 inmates during the 1992 riot at Sao Paulo’s Carandiru prison that left 111 inmates dead. Three officers were acquitted.
Judge Jose Augusto Marzagao sentenced
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AP Photos: Brazilian liquor gets its own name
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — With Brazil’s cool factor rising as the country gears up for next year’s soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, producers of the national spirit cachaca hope the hype will push up sales as well.
Made
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Lawmakers leave Brazilian human rights commission
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Nine members of the Commission for Human Rights and Minorities of the lower house of Brazil’s Congress have resigned in protest against the commission’s president who critics say is homophobic and racist.
Congresswoman Erika Kokay said
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Brazil raises key rate in bid to cool inflation
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Central Bank has increased its key Selic interest rate for the first time in nearly two years to try to cool off inflation.
A statement from the bank Wednesday says it increased the benchmark rate
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Brazilian Indians protest proposed amendment
BRASILIA, BRAZIL (AP) — About 700 Brazilian Indians are occupying part of the lower house of Congress to protest a proposed amendment that would give Congress a say in the demarcation of indigenous territory.
The Indians say they will not
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Hundreds protest Brazil public transit van ban
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Several hundred Brazilians are staging a protest on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach over a city ordinance that prevents public transit vans from operating in the city’s high-rent South Zone.
The ban that takes effect
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