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Lingering problems threaten image of a 'new Brazil'
RIO DE JANEIRO — After 2 1/2 years of renovations, Rio's legendary Maracana soccer stadium reopened to much fanfare in late April. Brazilian legends including Ronaldo played in a test match before an audience composed mostly of the workers who...Tags: Sports, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 2016 Olympic Games, Elections, FIFA World Cup
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The Week Ahead: Biden goes south, classic cars go continental
Monday-Friday, May 27-31 -- “Being Biden” is going on a road trip. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s eclectic blogsite will follow his sweep through Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil this week as he carries out a mission to...Tags: Ford, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Xi Jinping, Alternative Energy
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Brazilians take special glee in Super Bowl electrical outage
SAO PAULO, Brazil--Brazilians usually have little time for the U.S. version of football, but they can't stop talking about this year's Super Bowl. Subjected for years to questions about whether Brazil is prepared to effectively host the 2014 World Cup and...
Tags: Sports, Summer Olympics, National Football League, Football, FIFA World Cup
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Body of Hugo Chavez to remain on view under glass
CARACAS, Venezuela -- After funeral services Friday with at least 33 heads of state expected to be in attendance, the body of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will be specially embalmed and ultimately placed on permanent public display in a glass case,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Government, Caracas (Venezuela), Politics, Raul Castro
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World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...
Tags: Government, William Hague, Hugo Chavez, West Bank, Politics
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Deadly nightclub fire in Brazil may have been started by flare
This post has been updated and corrected. See the notes below for details.SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A fire at a nightclub in southern Brazil may have been caused by a flare lit on stage by a live band, according to witnesses to the blaze, which killed at least 231 people early Sunday. [Updated: 10:55 a.m. PST, Jan. 27: Authorities...Tags: Disc Jockeys, Prosecution, Witnesses, Brazil, Bars and Clubs
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Chile, grata sorpresa de América Latina
Hacia dos años que no venía de vacaciones a Chile, y regresar me provocó algunas reflexiones. Especialmente porque puedo comparar cosas con la última vez que estuve aquí. Lo primero es una sensación que experimento cada vez que vengo a este país, en...Tags: Argentina, Chile
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In Brazil's cracolandias, roving hordes of lost souls
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Between the high-rises in the dark center of this megacity, a swarm of people covers an entire block. They are in constant, aimless motion, glazed eyes and dirty faces illuminated repeatedly by small flashes of fire. This is...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Addiction, Brazil, Epidemics and Plagues, Cocaine
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Municipal elections in Brazil provide welcome news for President Rousseff
World NowMunicipal elections throughout Brazil on Sunday saw Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes easily reelected, while in Sao Paulo two mayoral candidates faced a second round runoff. Brazilians voted largely to keep the major parties in charge of their cities,... -
Remembering the whimsical, electrifying work of a genius
Just this once, I wish I could write with pictures instead of words. That would make it easier to explain why the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who died Wednesday at 104, was one of my heroes. Not for his politics, of course — he was, to the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Architecture, United Nations, Building Material, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
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Women and power
Forbes' recent annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Women reminds us how far women have come — and how far society has yet to go. The list's existence in itself, worthy as it may be, is testament to continued inequity. There is no list of 100 Most...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Oprah Winfrey, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Genetics
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