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Twenty-eight Brazilian children and adolescents are murdered every day, double the number a quarter century ago, when Latin America’s biggest country passed a law...
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A man was shot dead Friday in Rio de Janeiro’s usually safe metro, just one stop from the headquarters of the city’s Olympics organizing...
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A rash of lynchings of suspected criminals has shocked even violence-hardened Brazilians, baring dark undercurrents in the land of sun and samba. The latest...
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According to CNN on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released a statement on June 29, 2015 amending...
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A guard outside Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer’s official residence in the capital of Brasilia was found shot dead Wednesday, the military said. The...
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An Argentine man alleged to have been a government torturer during the country’s military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 has been arrested in Brazil...
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New regulations aimed at rolling back Brazil’s obsession with Cesarean sections took effect Monday, with the government hoping it can steer the country from...
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Armed thieves carjacked Rio de Janeiro’s archbishop, making off with his car and briefly holding the driver hostage in the 2016 Olympic host city’s...
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Aside from listening in on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s phone calls, US spies also targeted top political and financial officials, according to new information...
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Brazil’s president unveiled the 2016 Olympic torch Friday with a vow to overcome the Latin American giant’s mounting problems — ranging from massive corruption...