Before leaving her home each day to teach art to children, Mariluce Maria de Souza must factor in extra time to account for the shootings and other eruptions of violence that occur daily in Alemao, Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of slums, or favelas. The 35-year-old mother sometimes has to cancel a session teaching painting to children because the journey to class is just too dangerous.
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Lake worshipped by Incans now littered with trash
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Colombia protests China’s execution of 72-year-old drug mule
A retired journalist who joined the criminal underworld while researching a book on South America’s drug cartels became the first Colombian, and possibly the first Latin American, to be executed in China for drug The execution Monday night of Ismael Arciniegas occurred amid a last-ditch diplomatic effort by Colombia’s government to save the 72-year-old’s life. Arciniegas was arrested in 2010 arriving by plane to the southern port city of Guangzhou trying to smuggle almost 4 kilograms of cocaine in exchange for $5,000.
Exercise Operation Skyfall on November 15th
Falklands : Exercise Operation Skyfall on November 15th Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network 10.11.2016 Exercise Operation Skyfall on November 15th The Falkland Islands Government would like to make the public aware that between 0800 hrs on Tuesday 15th November, and 2359 hrs on Thursday 17th November, an exercise will be carried out throughout Stanley. The exercise will be started off with the sound of a big bang, and there will be limited access to some areas in Stanley, including FIGAS and the firing range.
The Rio Carnival Masterpiece Heist
In 2006, thieves took advantage of the bustle of the Rio Carnival, stealing five major works of art from a museum and ending up on the FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes list. As anyone who has ever watched a good art heist flick knows, the key is in the planning.
AP Explains: Who competes and how Carnival parades judged
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Brazil’s sexy Carnival puts Pentecostal mayor in tight spot
While campaigning last year to become Rio de Janeiro’s mayor, Marcelo Crivella, a retired Pentecostal bishop, insisted his faith would not get in the way of governing the nation’s most famous city. The former gospel singer and missionary, a high-profile member of one of Brazil’s most powerful evangelical churches, captured 59 percent of the vote and took office Jan. 1. But less than two months into his four-year term, Crivella’s promises are about to be tested by Carnival, Rio’s annual weeklong party often marked by heavy drinking and drug use, wild sex and round-the-clock dancing.
TripAdvisor names 2017’s best beaches in the world
‘Do not breathe under the water’? ‘Falling can be deadly’? You don’t say! The world’s most entirely pointless signs revealed You can marry a dog in India and identify as a dragon in Russia: Revealing the most baffling laws in the world Tourist in Thailand faces up to a year in prison for ‘feeding BREADCRUMBS to fish in a forbidden part of the sea’ A secret floor, a chauffeur-driven Tesla and exclusive ocean views: The $2,100-a-night hotel-within-a hotel where the one per cent hide out in Florida Forget Bond Street: Why a trip to Bicester Village will satisfy all designer label junkies A 15,000sq-foot spa, a cigar room and an in-house cinema: The Austrian ski-in-ski-out five-star hotel that will appease even the most reluctant snow bunny ‘They’re just bags of intestines – full of faeces’: Explorer Ed Stafford reveals that eating TADPOLES was a new low as he tackled the Patagonia wilds … (more)
Even at anything-goes Carnival, these lyrics raise eyebrows
In this Feb. 19, 2017 photo, a couple dances during the “If you don’t give me….then you lend me” Carnival street party on Ipanema beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The typical view of Carnival in Brazil is anything goes, with no headdress too big, no outfit too small, no song too ribald, but this year some organizers of the world’s best known party are drawing the line at lyrics that are sexist, homophobic or racist.
Cemig CFO Castellari leaves for Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala, says source: Reuters
Paulo Castellari, who was named chief financial officer of Brazilian power utility Cia EnergA tica de Minas Gerais SA only two months ago, is joining Mubadala Development Co PJSC , a source told Reuters on Tuesday. Castellari formalized his departure from Cemig on Monday after receiving an offer to join the Abu Dhabi investment fund, the source, who has direct knowledge of the matter, said.
Rio Carnival revelers hunt for bargains amid economic crisis
” Instead of costly and elaborate costumes with glittering sequins, expect more cheap getups featuring fake mustaches, hats and tiaras at this year’s Carnival. Revelers are bargain-hunting ahead of Rio de Janeiro’s world famous party, which is about to kick off amid a prolonged economic crisis that is hurting pocketbooks and the myriad businesses that depend on the bash for a large part of their annual incomes.
Colombian Police Suspect ELN Rebels Behind Bullring Explosion
Colombian authorities suspect Marxist ELN rebels were behind a bomb attack near Bogota’s bullring on Sunday, leaving dozens of police officers injured as they prepared for anti-bullfighting protests in Colombia’s capital. “It’s a hypothesis we’re investigating,” Bogota police chief General Hoover Penilla told reporters on Monday.
Peru demands $60 million in reparations in Odebrecht graft case
Peru is seeking 200 million soles from former government and company officials accused of involvement in bribes distributed by Brazilian builder Odebrecht to secure public works contracts in the country, authorities said on Friday. The amount demanded in reparations for the graft scandal by special prosecutor Katherine Ampuero, who was recently named by the justice ministry to represent the state in the Odebrecht case, could change as the investigation continues, a statement from the office of the judiciary said.
Higgins ‘moved’ by influence of peace process on Colombia
President Michael D Higgins said it was “deeply moving” that Colombia used the peace process in Ireland as an inspiration for its own conflict agreement, in a keynote address in Bogota yesterday. President Michael D Higgins at the Universidad National de Colombia as he makes his way to give his address on the Irish and Colombian peace processes with Professor Ignacio Mantilla Prada, left, rector of UNAL.
Vasco name ex-Brazil striker Fabiano in squad
Vasco da Gama on Friday revealed they are close to signing Luis Fabiano by registering the former Brazil international striker in their squad for the Rio de Janeiro state championship. But his availability hinges on whether he is able to rescind his contract with Tianjin Quanjian, according to the Globo newspaper.
Peruvian ex-President Alejandro Toledo remains fugitive, possibly in the U.S.
A Peruvian judge has issued a national and international arrest warrant for former President Alejandro Toledo for allegedly taking $20 million in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. He was in Paris for a meeting earlier in the week and is a visiting scholar at Stanford University in California.
.com | Peru judge orders arrest of ex-president in multimillion dollar corruption case
A Peruvian judge has ordered the arrest of former President Alejandro Toledo on suspicions of taking bribes from a Brazilian construction firm at the heart of a region-wide corruption scandal. Judge Richard Concepcion accepted prosecutors’ request that Toledo be jailed as they investigate allegations he received $20 million in bribes from Odebrecht in exchange for permission to build a highway connecting Brazil with the Peruvian coast.
.com | Peru judge orders arrest of ex-president in multimillion dollar corruption case
A Peruvian judge has ordered the arrest of former President Alejandro Toledo on suspicions of taking bribes from a Brazilian construction firm at the heart of a region-wide corruption scandal. Judge Richard Concepcion accepted prosecutors’ request that Toledo be jailed as they investigate allegations he received $20 million in bribes from Odebrecht in exchange for permission to build a highway connecting Brazil with the Peruvian coast.
Merkel, governors agree to step up Germany’s deportations
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint press conference with the President of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez Rosas, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint press conference with the President of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez Rosas, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.
Chilean Relief Efforts
According to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, the fires have claimed the lives of at least 11 people and caused more than $300 million in damage. View of the remains of Santa Olga, 350 kilometers south of Santiago, after being devastated by a forest fire, Jan. 27, 2017.
Eastern Airlines Mystery Continues: a We Were Closea
That’s how Dan Futrell and Isaac Stoner – the 30-something Bostonians who scaled Bolivia’s Mount Illimani to search for the black box of an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 downed in 1985 – reacted to the National Transportation Safety Board’s announcement that the debris they recovered hasn’t solved the mystery of the crash. The flight, EA980, slammed into Illimani on Jan. 1, 1985, en route from Asuncion, Paraguay, to Miami.
Military police families’ protest paralyzes Brazilian state
Protests by friends and family of military police officers in a coastal Brazilian state have touched off a crime wave and forced the shutdown of some state services, authorities said Monday. At the request of the Espirito Santo state government, federal troops began arriving Monday night to help patrol the streets.
Chile’s President Says Cataclysmic Wildfires Are Largely Under Control
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says wildfires that killed at least 11 people and caused more than $300 million in damage are mostly under control. “[These are] the worst wildfires that Chile has suffered in its history … [but] are now mostly under control,” Bachelet said over the weekend, according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle .
Brazil sends troops to state torn by violence due to police strike
Brazil’s president on Monday ordered 200 troops to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where a police strike in recent days sparked a wave of violence including what is already believed to be dozens of murders. The law enforcement stoppage in a state struggling with a budget shortfall is the latest example of how depleted public finances, amid Brazil’s worst recession on record, are crippling even basic health services, education and security in some states.
Home of ex-Peruvian President Toledo searched in graft probe
Peruvian police searched the house of ex-President Alejandro Toledo for five hours on Saturday in a case involving alleged bribes from a Brazilian construction firm under investigation in a major corruption probe. It’s the latest development in a case that first started in Brazil but has since caught up dozens of politicians from around Latin America in a far-reaching probe.
Piranhas in Brazil savagely devour huge bull’s head
This is the gruesome moment a bull’s head was ripped to the bone by a shoal of bloodthirsty piranhas. The fish tore into the animal’s flesh after it was dipped into the murky waters of the Amazon river by a local man standing on a gondola.
SmallGEO’s First Satellite Hispasat 36W-1 Reaches Orbit
The Hispasat 36W-1 satellite, based on the SmallGEO platform, lifted off on a Soyuz rocket at 01:03 GMT this morning from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. SmallGEO’s first flight lifted off today from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.The Hispasat 36W-1 satellite was launched by Soyuz rocket.
Pregnant wife stabbed to death by raging policeman as supermarket customers try to fight him off
Horrifying CCTV has caught the moment a raging policeman stabs his pregnant wife in a packed supermarket as frantic customers try to fight him off. Tragic Angie Katerine Herrera was shopping in a crowded supermarket in her home of Bogota when her off duty policeman husband came storming in.
Arrest warrant issued for fallen Brazilian billionaire
Authorities in Brazil have issued an arrest warrant for former billionaire Eike Batista, the latest business leader implicated in a giant corruption investigation. Batista, once ranked by Forbes as the world’s seventh-richest man, is the most recent target of Operation Car Wash, an alleged multi-billion-dollar kickback scheme that has led to the arrest of hundreds of politicians and business moguls.
Off-grid clinic uses renewable energy to support health services in Chile
The quiet coastal enclave of Caleta El Sauce is as beautiful as it is remote, which means the sleepy fishing village only receives regular medical assistance every 30 days. To assist visiting doctors, SAA arquitectura + territorio designed a small health clinic for the community-a rather difficult task given the hard-to-reach location and absence of readily available potable water and electricity.
Sir Alan Duncan welcomed a probe into what had happened by the Falkland Islands Government
Sir Alan Duncan, who has responsibility for the Americas, expressed concern at the incident as he welcomed a probe into what had happened by the Falkland Islands Government . He tweeted: “Appalled to hear of act of vandalism at Darwin Cemetery in Falkland Islands.
FEATURE-In Rio’s oldest favela, a cable car ferries residents -…
Perched on a hill beside the concrete skyscrapers of Rio’s central business district stands the city’s oldest favela whose rising – and now declining – fortunes mirror those of Brazil itself. First established by landless veterans fresh from putting down an uprising in northeastern Brazil in 1897, Morro da Providencia is considered Rio’s first informal settlement or favela.
Venezuela’s Opposition Revives Push to End Maduro’s Rule
Opposition supporters hold packages of corn flour in front of riot police during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in San Cristobal, Jan. 23, 2017. Offering prized bags of flour to police and hurling empty medicine boxes on the floor, Venezuelan opposition protesters launched a new push on Monday to force President Nicolas Maduro from power and end 18 years of socialist rule.
Brazil president to wait to replace justice killed in crash
In this photo released by Brazil’s Presidency, Brazil’s President Michel Temer attends the funeral of Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Saturday, Jan 21, 2017. Brazil’s president said Saturday that he would wait to name a replacement for the Supreme Court justice who died in a plane crash until after the court reassigns a major corruption case he was handling.
Brazil president to wait to replace justice killed in crash
Brazil’s president said Saturday that he would wait to name a replacement for the Supreme Court justice who died in a plane crash until after the court reassigns a major corruption case he was handling. Justice Teori Zavascki was in charge of handling accusations against politicians in the “Car Wash” investigation, a multibillion dollar kickback scheme involving the state oil company Petrobras.
Brazilian Judge Handling Graft Probe Dies in Plane Crash
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Supreme Court justice in Brazil dies in plane crash
In this March 4, 2015, file photo, Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki attends a session of the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil. Zavascki’s son said that his father was on a plane that crashed off the coast of the city in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017.
French artist JR’s work to be showcased in Katara
Qatar Museums will showcase some of the key series that made French street artist JR gain international renowned in a major retrospective to open on March 6 at QM Gallery in Katara. JR is amongst a handful of world-famous artists that combines art and engaged actions through large-scale outdoor installations, films, photographs and videos, using the streetscape as his canvas and his inspiration, which he claims as the largest art gallery in the world.
Brazil struggles to curb prison violence that has killed 125
In this Jan. 15, 2017 file photo, inmates stand surrounded by police after a deadly prison riot at the Alcacuz prison in Nisia Floresta, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil. Brazilian authorities are scrambling to find ways to stop a wave of prison violence that has killed at least 125 inmates in two weeks, many decapitated and with their hearts and intestines ripped out.
Iron ore’s strength surprises analysts
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