RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hundreds of Brazilians dressed as zombies dragged their rotting limbs on Wednesday, Nov. 2, while groaning and playfully lurching at tourists along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach. The “Zombie Walk” was among several planned in Brazil on All Souls Day, also known as Day of the Dead. The day is … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must stand trial on charges of money laundering and corruption, a Brazilian judge ruled Tuesday, Sept. 20. Judge Sergio Moro said there is enough evidence to start a judicial process against Silva, his wife and six others in a widening corruption probe centered … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An Iranian cyclist died after crashing in a road race at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Saturday,Sept. 17 . He was Bahman Golbarnezhad, aged 48, the International Paralympics Committee said. It said he received emergency treatment on the course and was transported to a Rio hospital where officials said … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The permanent ouster of deeply unpopular President Dilma Rousseff by Brazil’s Senate means that a man who is arguably just as unpopular is now faced with trying to ease the wounds of a divided nation mired in recession. Long known as an uncharismatic backroom wheeler-dealer, Michel Temer inherits a shrinking … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The latest on the fight against the Zika virus that health officials suspect is linked to a wave of birth defects in Brazil. (All times local): 12:10 p.m. Venezuela’s medical community is demanding the government publish statistics about infections by the Zika virus and warning it could already be alarmingly … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Impeachment proceedings were opened Wednesday against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff by the speaker of the lower house of Congress, a sworn enemy of the beleaguered leader. A special commission in which all political parties are represented must now weigh the decision of speaker Eduardo Cunha to open proceedings against Rousseff … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic sailor Erik Heil floated a novel idea to protect himself from the sewage-infested waters he and other athletes will compete in during next year’s games: He’d wear plastic overalls and peel them off when he was safely past the contaminated waters nearest shore. Heil, 26, was treated at a … Continue reading
PALMAS, Brazil (AP) — The first World Indigenous Games got off to a rocky start Friday as the opening ceremony’s colorful parade of native peoples was marred by technical hitches and a noisy protest against the Brazilian government. Billed as indigenous peoples’ answer to the Olympics, the nine-day event has drawn around 2,000 native people … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thais Faria sank into a leather love seat, relaxing under the ministrations first of a masseuse, then a manicurist and finally a hairdresser-cum-makeup artist. Not 24 hours after her daughter was born via cesarean, Faria was being pampered at an upscale Rio de Janeiro maternity clinic. Cesarean births aren’t typically … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s state environmental agency says it is investigating a fish die-off that has left thousands of carcasses floating in waters where sailing events are to be held when Brazil hosts next year’s Olympics. The dead twaite shad, small whitish gray fish, were discovered Tuesday by inspectors conducting … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neuza Maria Terreira loves Carnival so much that neither the pouring rain nor the stench of a fetid, sewage-filled canal can keep her from getting as close as possible to Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous samba school parades. Terreira is among hundreds of spectators who cannot afford a ticket to … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s top environmental official said Tuesday he hopes to restart a stalled project to clean the trash- and raw sewage-filled lagoon system that hugs the site of the city’s future Olympic Park. The contractor chosen to dredge the Jacarepagua lagoon has been unable to start work on … Continue reading
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