Brazil News
| SAO PAULO – Schoolteacher Maria Veronica Aparecida Vieira, 25, of Taubate (SP), found out in December that she is pregnant with quadruplets.
Maria Veronica Vieira (Photo: G1 SP/VNews)
| SAO PAULO – Schoolteacher Maria Veronica Aparecida Vieira, 25, of Taubate (SP), found out in December that she is pregnant with quadruplets.
Maria Veronica Vieira (Photo: G1 SP/VNews)
| VITORIA, Brazil – Early Saturday, police seized more than a ton of marijuana being transported in a truck on the BR-262 highway in Luna, on the south coast. Authorities also arrested four men, two in the act of transporting the drug and two others, in the city of Carioca, who were to receive the shipment.
On Ton Marijuana (Photo: TV Gazeta/G1 ES)
| VITORIA, Brazil – Miss Brazil 2010, Debora Lyra, was discharged from the hospital on Thursday afternoon in Vitoria. She will be staying at the home of her parents while she recovers from a horrifying head-on collision on December 27th, which claimed the life of her boyfriend's mother. Her boyfriend, Hermon Souza Lopes, was also released from hospital on Thursday.
Debora Lyra and Father (Photo: Daigo Oliva/G1 ES)
| FORTALEZA, Brazil – Federal Police (PF) on Thursday night, arrested a 31-year-old Italian man as he was about to board a flight to Europe carrying cocaine. According to the PF, the man tried to board a flight to Rome with over 2 kg (4.4 lbs) of pure cocaine in 49 bundles between his legs.
Pure Cocaine (Photo: G1 CE/PF CE)
| SAINT CATHERINE, Egypt – A group of 50 Brazilian tourists, divided in two buses, was held on Friday on a road in Egypt because of a protest by demonstrators. The bus stopped at about 2:30 pm EST and as of 6 pm had not been able to continue.
Moisés Ambrósio (Photo: G1 Brasil)
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – To welcome the hottest season of the year, the city of Blumenau on Thursday, kicked off the sort of mini-Oktoberfest party called Sommerfest. Blumenau, in the Valley of Itajai, is most famous for its annual Oktoberfest – the second largest in the world – behind only Munich, Germany.
Blumenau Sommerfest (Photo: Jaime Batista da Silva/vc repórter/terra.com.br)
| BRAZIL -- Terra.com.br continues to provide some of the nicest photos illustrating the arrival of the South American Summer in Brazil.
Copacabana Beach (Photo: Murilo Rezende/Futura Press/terra.com.br)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil was the fastest growing country in the number of Facebook users in 2011, according to data released by analyst Nick Burcher. He said the country jumped from 8.8 million users in December 2010 to 35 million in the same month of 2011, an increase of 298%.
| SALVADOR, Brazil – A bank branch office in Baixa Grande, a small town located 252 km (157 miles) from Salvador, was assaulted early Thursday afternoon. According to police, a group of about 10 people arrived at the scene in two cars and overpowered the two security guards.
Baixa Grande Bank Branch (Photo: Herbet Leão Oliveira/G1 Bahia)
| SAO PAULO – A Belgian shepherd who survived a shotgun shooting on Wednesday is recovering from his injuries at an animal hospital in Itajobi, in rural Sao Paulo. The lucky dog is receiving care from veterinarian Andréia Cristina Ambrizzi, who named him “Sergeant.”
”Sergeant” the survivor (Photo: Rodrigo Mansil / TV TEM / G1 SP)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – This afternoon, American Brent Winder Girault, 29, was shot in the knee during an attempted robbery in Botafogo, in Rio's South Zone. According to police, two armed men on a motorcycle approached the victim, who has lived in Rio for five years, as he got off a bus at the corner of Sao Clemente and Nelson Mandela streets. Police believe the robbers followed the man from a bank where he had withdrawn money.
Corner of Nelson Mandela & San Clemente streets (Photo: botafogoemacao.blogspot.com)
| VITORIA, Brazil – A motorcyclist touring the state on his motorcycle caught the attention of drivers in Vitoria in December. Retiree Luiz Carlos Negrini of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro was carrying unusual passengers in the sidecar attached to his motorbike.
Nani and Catarina (Photo: G1 ES/TV Gazeta)
| NATAL, Brazil, Jan. 4 1934 – The great French flying boat Southern Cross arrived here early today completing an Atlantic crossing from Saint Louis, Senegal.
Saint Louis/Natal (Photo: ohomemilustrado.blogspot.com)
| SAO PAULO – Sexy magazine has released more photos of Miss Best Butt Brazil 2011 winner Rosana Ferreira.
Sexy Rosana Ferreira (Photo: Vanessa Dalceno/Sexy/folha.uol.com.br)
| LONDON – The Brazilian Navy has signed a contract worth £133 million ($208 million USD) with BAE Systems for the supply of three Ocean Patrol Vessels and ancillary support services. The contract also contains a Manufacturing License to enable further vessels of the same class to be constructed in Brazil.
Ocean Patrol Boats (Photo: defenseindustrydaily.com)
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil - There is no better place in the world than the beaches of southern Brazil to see beautiful women.
Brazilian butt lift workout(Photo: Fabrício Escandiuzzi/Special for Terra)
| SAO PAULO – Rosana Ferreira, Miss Best Butt Brazil 2011, did a photo shoot wearing a gold bikini to celebrate the arrival of 2012. Rosana appears very sensual showing off her assets and toasting the new year with a glass of campaign.
Rosana Ferreira (Photo: terra.com.br)
| MANAUS, Brazil – On Monday afternoon, heavy rain in Manaus caused transportation officials to close the Rio Negro Bridge for about 40 minutes.
Rio Negro Bridge Closed (Photo: TV Amazonas/G1 AM)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – During a two-month operation that just concluded, Military Police (PM) in Rio seized over 7,000 motorcycles. According to police, the seizure is the main reason for the reduction in crime in the month of December. The motorcycles, most of them with illegal or stolen documents, were used in robberies.
PM in Rio (Photo: G1 RJ/RJ TV)
| SAO PAULO – Tuesday morning, Military Police (PM) raided the central Sao Paulo area known as Crackland, where addicts and dealers gather to consume and sell crack cocaine. Over 100 officers took part in the operation, according to Colonel Pedro Borges, which choked off traffic in the region.
Police Raid Crackland (Photo: terra.com.br/Paduardo/Futura Press)
| VITORIA, Brazil - Model Deborah Moura Lyra, 22, Miss Brazil 2010, was transferred from ICU to the inpatient unit of the Center for Integrated Health Care (CIAS) in Vitoria, capital of Espirito Santo, earlier on Monday. According to a medical bulletin, Lyra has "evolved in stable condition, satisfactory for recovery from the type of trauma she suffered."
Debora Lyra Miss Brazil 2010 (Photo: top-beautiful-woman.blogspot.com)