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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

News from Brazil- The Telegraph

Brazil News

The latest and breaking Brazilian news.

Interesting how much can be inferred from a lot of local stories from such a big country

Latest Brazil News

Meteotsunami hits Brazilian beach

 
A bizarre weather phenomenon, known as a meteorological tsunami, hits the Brazilian coast causing cars to crash across the beach
12 Feb 2014

Clarice Lispector: 'Morbidly insensitive'

Introspective: Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector  
Books 40 years after her death, the Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector is now compared to Joyce and Borges. But, Nicholas Shakespeare asks, do her radical works deserve such praise?
01 Feb 2014
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Five tribesmen arrested in Amazon over suspected revenge killing

It was suspected that the three had been kidnapped by the indigenous community after they believed their leader Ivan Tenharim was assassinated two weeks earlier  
Arrests followed disappearance of three outsiders amid long running dispute over a motorway running through tribal land
31 Jan 2014

Hodgson on Amazon charm offensive

England manager Roy Hodgson goes on charm offensive with the Amazon  
Hodgson back-tracks on comments about avoiding Manaus in the World Cup and promises visit
31 Jan 2014
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Brazilian man killed in same plane he proposed to girlfriend in

Arthur Demetrio had surprised his girlfriend Thays Pereira da Cruz in December by asking her to marry him after three years together  
Pilot instructor has died in a crash in the same plane he used to propose to his girlfriend in Brazil just over a month ago
30 Jan 2014

World Cup riots in Brazil trigger riots and arrests

Brazil hit by riots against the World Cup as protest marches are taken over by anarchists
26 Jan 2014

World Cup protesters set fire to car

Violence erupts on the streets of Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo as more than 2,000 demonstrators gathered to protest against the cost of the upcoming soccer World Cup
26 Jan 2014
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World Cup protests spark violence in Brazil

Brazilians are outraged to see hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the cup when health and education require urgent massive investment
26 Jan 2014
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Boy escapes death in shocking crash

Video Shocking footage shows a grandmother and grandson in Brazil being run over after two cars crashed in Brazil but they survive with minor injuries
24 Jan 2014

Rio's Christ the Redeemer to undergo repairs after being hit by lightning

Iconic statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro suffered a lightning strike which damaged one of its fingers and head
20 Jan 2014
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Christ the Redeemer statue hit by lightning

Rio de Janeiro's landmark Christ the Redeemer statue has been struck by lightning during a powerful electric storm
18 Jan 2014

Redeemer statue struck by lightning

Iconic statue of Christ overlooking Rio de Janeiro sees right thumb damaged by lightning strike
18 Jan 2014

Brazil raises rates again to tackle inflation

Central bank's monetary policy committee voted unanimously to raise the so-called Selic rate to 10.50pc from 10pc - its highest in two years
15 Jan 2014
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England fans' World Cup price boost

Up to 1,500 extra internal flights will help keep costs down for England supporters travelling to the World Cup
10 Jan 2014
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Anger at Brazil prison beheadings video

Brazilian newspapers publish a video in which prisoners at a jail in Maranhao State are decapitated by rival gang members
10 Jan 2014

Gunfights loom over Rio's World Cup preparations

Security forces beef up presence in city's largest shanty town to try and quell violence undermining pacification efforts ahead of 2014 tournament
29 Dec 2013
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Troops dispatched after attack on tribal reserve

Security forces enter Tenharim indigenous community in Amazon after invasion by local townspeople forces tribe members to flee
28 Dec 2013

Mudslide sweeps down hillside in Brazil

Footage captures the moment a mudslide came down the side of a hill in Brazil sending residents fleeing for safety
20 Dec 2013

Criminals, not heroes

Telegraph View: Ronnie Biggs had a violent thirst for money
18 Dec 2013
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Volkswagen Kombi could live on

Two days before production of the VW Kombi van is scheduled to end, it has emerged that the famous model could be set to make a comeback
18 Dec 2013
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Camera captures Brazil house collapse

Video Dramatic footage shows the moment a house in a favela in Rio de Janeiro collapses following a landslide
18 Dec 2013

Edward Snowden asks Brazil for asylum

Edward Snowden writes open letter to Brazil saying he can help investigate spying claims - but for something in return
17 Dec 2013
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Fatal fall at World Cup stadium in which England will play

Construction worker dies at stadium in Manaus where England will play their opening match – adding to safety concerns ahead of tournament
14 Dec 2013
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Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima's rules for buying your girlfriend Christmas underwear

Adriana Lima, the Brazilian model, says men should rifle through their partner's knicker drawers before buying them underwear for Christmas
13 Dec 2013
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Fan violence stops Brazilian football league game

A key Brazilian league match was stopped for more than an hour after fans started fighting in the stands on Sunday, prompting police to fire rubber bullets to contain the crowd and bring a helicopter onto the field to airlift an injured man to a hospital
09 Dec 2013
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