Brazil News in English: Travel, Tourism, Crime, Culture, Celebrities, Videos, Beautiful People
| BRASILIA – Thursday, the National Postal Museum in Brasilia opened an exhibition of master engravings produced between the 15th and 18th centuries. The “Masters of Engraving in the Collection of the National Library Foundation” exhibit runs through April 22nd.
National Postal Museum Brasilia (Photo: blog.correios.com.br)
| HAVANA, Cuba – Journalist and Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said on Friday that she has asked Cuban authorities for permission to travel to Brazil. Cuban citizens are required to possess the infamous Permiso de Viaje al Exterior (PVE), or Carta Blanca, in order to leave or enter their own country.
Yoani Sanchez Brazilian Visa (Photo: terra.com.br)
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – Two siblings of former Vice President Jose Alencar died on Friday in different states in an interval of two hours. The information was confirmed by another sibling of Alencar, Antonio Gomes da Silva, who lives in Belo Horizonte, according to a report on terra.com.br.
Jose Alencar (Photo: Wikipedia)
| GOIANIA, Brazil – A security camera video surfaced this week showing a 22-year-old junk car dealer being chased down and killed with 12 shots. Homicide detectives say they will request a copy of the video to aid in their investigation.
Gunned Down in Goiania Video G1 GO)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Rescuers have pulled the body of a fourth victim from Wednesday night's collapse of three highrise buildings in downtown Rio. According to the State Secretariat of Civil Defense, as of 5 pm Thursday, four bodies have been recovered from the rubble. Four victims are in hospitals and 19 remain unaccounted for.
Building Collapse Tragedy (Photo: G1 RJ)
| SAO PAULO – Ashton Kutcher gives a playful interview to TV Globo at Sao Paulo Fashion Week.
Ashton Kutcher (Video: Globo TV)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – A seven-story building, which was under renovation, collapsed completely in downtown Rio de Janeiro late on Wednesday. State Civil Defense reported that the fall of the building left 11 victims dead and wounded, one taken alive from the rubble.
Building collapse Rio (Photo: G1 RJ)
A large explosion was reported just before the collapse. Civil Defense speculates that there may have been a natural gas leak which was ignited.
Video from TV Globo can be seen below.
| FORTALEZA, Brazil – A calf born with two heads in the city of Crato, in the interior of the state, has become an attraction. The animal caught the attention of community residents, who gathered at the farm where it was born to take pictures and shoot videos.
Two-headed Calf (Photo: TV Verdes Mares/G1 CE)
| SAO PAULO – A woman in Sao Manuel is accusing a veterinarian of animal abuse for using Super Glue to immobilize her pooch's fractured leg. The vet says that the practice is common and that the animal's owner consented to the treatment. Now, the owner says, the 4-month old poodle is at risk of having the limb amputated.
Radija and Owner (Photo: Géro Bonini/terra.com.br)
| SAO PAULO – The famed Mercado Municipal Paulistano, the Mercadão, celebrates its 79th anniversary on Wednesday. The enormous neo-classical structure was inaugurated on 25 January 1932 after four years of construction.
Mercado Municipal Paulistano (Photo: espaco.gourmet.zip.net)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – The American actress Megan Fox and former boxer Mike Tyson star in a new TV ad campaign in Brazil, using humor to encourage the study of English. The ad shows two young men who crash land on an island populated by Megan Fox clones.
Megan Fox (Photo: Wikipedia)
| FORTALEZA, Brazil – Maria da Conceicao Erundina celebrated her 110th birthday on Friday, in Brejo Santo, in southern Ceara. Known amongst friends as Dona Senhorinha, she is keen to show her birth certificate, filed on 22 January 1902.
Dona Senhorinha Celebrates 110 Years (Photo: TV Verdes/Mares Cariri/G1 CE)
| SAO PAULO – American actor Ashton Kutcher published today, in his twitter profile, a photo of a person (apparently himself) surfing in the middle of flooded SP streets. Part of the city of Sao Paulo was in a state of emergency as relentless rain has caused flooding in many parts of the capital, reported G1.
Ashton Kutcher Sao Paulo (Photo: twitter.com/aplusk)
| SAO PAULO – On Saturday, tens of thousands of people crowded the streets of the Asian district of Liberdade, in the center of Sao Paulo, to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Chinese New Year Sao Paulo (Photo: Valesca Braga/terra.com.br)
