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Brazilians hold another big protest to lament high cost of living lack of good public services
Protestors destroy ATM machines at a local a bank in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Thousands of demonstrators flooded into a square in Brazil’s economic hub, Sao Paulo, on Tuesday. Sparked earlier this month by a 10-cent hike in bus and subway fares and organized via social media, the nationwide protests are giving voice to growing discontent over the gap between ...
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Its time to give your chin a Brazilian Lucas
Lucas, it has been long enough. We can't take it anymore. Whip out the razor or get yourself to the nearest beautician and wax that creepy thing off your face. Brazil won't stand for it. We won't stand for it. Australia says no to the soul ...
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Brazils president says she is listening as mass protests sweep the country
A call for more protests has been answered with another massive turnout in Brazil’s Sao Paulo as frustration with poor public services has spiralled into widespread anger. In response President Dilma Rousseff has declared her government is listening: ';The voices from the streets need to be heard. They transcend mechanisms of institutions, of political parties, of class and the ...
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Brazil protesters call for time out
>Are you witnessing the protests in Brazil? Share your images and videos with CNN iReport. Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) -- Protesters in Brazil called for a "time out" Wednesday, a glaring contrast to the loud, voluminous demonstrations that reverberated across several cities the day before. Crowds originally protesting bus fare hikes have grown into multitudes decrying social injustice as broad ...
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Brazil braces for more anti-government protests
Brazil braced for a new round of anti-government protests Wednesday after a violent night of looting and vandalism in Sao Paulo that led to at least 30 arrests. An estimated 50,000 people flooded the city's central Cathedral Square for the second night running, marching through streets and waving banners carrying slogans such as, "The people have awakened." One group tried to ...
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Protesters out again in Brazil
Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to protest over high taxes, high prices, poor public services and corrupt government.That was the repeated message on Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 people massed in front of the city's main cathedral.While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed the rhythm of protests that ...
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Protesters flood Brazilian cities over World Cup spending
Protests by a quarter of a million people have swept Brazil as demonstrators express their anger over the amount of money being invested in the World Cup and an increase in bus ...
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Petrobras P-63 Platform left Rio Grande shipyard
With a capacity to process 140,000 barrels of oil/day and compress one million m3 of gas /day, the unit is going to the Papa-Terra field in the post-salt Campos Basin, operated by Petrobras (62.5%) in partnership with Chevron ...
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Technip awarded major flexible pipe supply contract for the pre-salt Iracema Sul field in Brazil
Technip (Paris:TEC) (ISIN:FR0000131708) (ADR:TKPPY) was awarded by Petrobras a major contract(1) for the supply of flexible pipes for the Iracema Sul (former Cernambi Sul) field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil, at a water depth of up to 2,500 ...
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Brazils mining royalty increase will hurt companies - Vale CEO
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Brazils proposed new mine bill would double top royalty rate
The country unveiled its long-awaited new mining bill on Tuesday which proposes, among other things, a doubling of the top royalty rate and stricter rules for opening new ...
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Brazil send troops into the cities to calm protests
Brazil's government says it will deploy soldiers to five cities to quell a wave of protests which has seen almost a quarter of a million people demand better public ...
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‘We’re here to demand a better Brazil’
';I am here to demand a better Brazil,'; said 21-year-old student Juliana Alves. ';They are spending billions of dollars on the World Cup, but virtually nothing on education. This is ...
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Brazilian students protest against govt spending for soccer games
Young students take part in a protest against the millionaire Brazilian government spending for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 and World Cup Brazil 2014, at the Obelisco of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on June 18, 2013. The FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 is held from June 15 to June 30. Photo: ...
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Protalix signs $280m Brazilian Gaucher deal
PLX ) announced today that it has entered into a supply and technology transfer agreement with Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), an arm of Brazil's health ministry, for its Gaucher treatment Uplyso. The seven year technology transfer deal is worth at least $40 million annually for a total of $280 million, the company said. The agreement may be extended for an additional ...
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Brazilian president seeks to diffuse massive protest movement sweeping country
Dilma Rousseff has sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the ...
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Brazilian president salutes protests cities cut bus fares
President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country.Speaking the morning after more than 200,000 Brazilians marched in over a half-dozen cities, Rousseff said her government remains committed to social change ...
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Huge crowds unite in Brazilian protests
Thousands of demonstrators have flooded into a square in Brazil's economic hub, Sao Paulo, for the latest in a historic wave of protests against the state of public transport, schools and other public services. Sparked earlier this month by a hike in bus and subway fares and organised via social media, the nationwide protests are giving voice to growing discontent over the gap between ...
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Rousseff admits protestors grievances praises democracy and meets Lula da Silva
As the threat of massive protests in Brazil’s major cities continues, President Dilma Rousseff early Tuesday tried to defuse the situation by acknowledging the need for better public services, more responsive governance and at the same time praising Brazilians commitment to a strong ...
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Bolivia’s Morales third presidential bid triggers strong controversy involving OAS
Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza apologized to Bolivian president Evo Morales for the disclosure of a letter in which the indigenous leader back in 2008 when the discussion of a new constitution pledged he would not run for a third consecutive ...
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Protesters out again in Brazils biggest city
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament - people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with ...
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Hundreds of thousands protest throughout Brazil
Part of the demonstration in Rio de Janeiro [Photo: David Cardoso] On Monday, June 17 Brazil saw its largest protests in at least 20 years. Hundreds of thousands marched in Rio de Janeiro, So Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, the country's leading cities, while smaller demonstrations occurred in other cities around the country. Estimates of the numbers who took to the streets nationwide ...
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Biggest protests in 20 years rock Brazil
In the country's largest protests in 20 years, more than 200,000 people marched across the country to vent their anger at government's lavish spending in demonstrations initially triggered by a hike in bus fares. In Rio de Janeiro, where some 100,000 people marched, riot police were forced to use tear gas and fire rubber bullets to disperse youths who set cars on fire, broke bank ...
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US edge Honduras to stay on course for Brazil
Source: Reuters The United States maintained their push for a 2014 World Cup berth with a third straight victory in the final round of CONCACAF qualifying after Jozy Altidore's late strike saw off a stubborn Honduras 1-0 in Utah today. Altidore's 73rd minute goal was the difference between the teams at Rio Tinto Stadium as the home side were rewarded for their domination to complete a ...
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Confederations Cup David Luiz leads player support for Brazil protests
mass protests in the country that have overshadowed the start of the Confederations Cup . Some 250,000 people took to the streets of major cities on Monday ...
Rio de Janeiro Digest
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Rio's uphill battle to host the Games
Rio de Janeiro has many aspects, it is the party capital of Brazil, the internationally recognized face of the country, the most visited city in Brazil, the crime capital of South America, a city with some of the highest drug use statistics and, more recently, the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Winning that particular war has not been easy.
Rio de Janeiro, this bustling city of 6 million people (14 million if one includes the greater metro area) is the second largest city in Brazil and is famous for its statue Christ the Redeemer, which sits atop Corcovado Mountain and has looked down upon the city for almost 100 years. It is also famous for the internationally known Carnivale, the city’s samba schools, the fabulous beaches that grace our shoreline and Sugarloaf Mountain with its ancient cable car. Read more
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