Brazil News in English: Travel, Tourism, Crime, Culture, Celebrities, Videos, Beautiful People
| SAO PAULO – The wait for a visa to visit the United States is getting shorter at the American consulate in Sao Paulo. A month after President Barack Obama announced that Brazilian tourists would find it easier to get a visa, the wait time at the consulate has shrunk considerably.
U.S. Tourist Visa (Image: hostelbookers.com)
| BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – On Friday night, Carnaval drew crowds to the streets of several cities in Minas Gerais state. For example, in the colonial city of São Laurenço, the traditional Pajama Block Party drew about 20 thousand – mostly young clad only in sleepwear – into the streets to celebrate, dancing the night way.
São Lourenço Pajama Party (Photo: G1 MG)
| CURITIBA, Brazil – A man in northern Parana swallowed a fork during a meal on Thursday afternoon. Doctors at Santa Casa Hospital, in Bandeirantes, successfully performed surgery to remove the fork. Doctors say the patient, 50, is under observation but doing fine in semi-intensive care.
Swallowed Fork X-ray (Photo: RPC TV/G1 PA)
| PARIS – An Air France flight that departed Paris on Thursday, bound for Sao Paulo, made an emergency landing. The flight returned to Charles de Gaulle airport after a fire-detection system alarm sounded.
Paris/Sao Paulo AF456 (Image: neonflights.com)
| TOKYO – Japan has granted diplomatic status to the gay Brazilian husband of an American diplomat. Although Japan does not recognize homosexual marriage, in an unprecedented case, Tokyo has given a diplomatic visa to Emerson Kanegusuke, 39, the husband of the United States Consul General for Osaka-Kobe, Patrick Joseph Linehan, 59.
Patrick Linehan and Emerson Kanegusuke (Photo: Personal Archive/BBC Brazil)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – On Thursday, Time for Fun productions announced the schedule for Bob Dylan's 2012 Brazilian tour. The American singer will perform at six shows across Brazil during the month of April.
Bob Dylan Brazil 2012 Tour (Photo: G1 Pop & Art)
| BRASILIA – New regulations go into effect today in Brazil that restrict the ways doctors may communicate with their patients. The resolution of the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) was published in the Official Gazette (Diário Oficialda da União) on August 19th, 2011 and take force 180 days later.
Official Gazette of Brazil (Image: resumodicas.blogspot.com)
| SAO PAULO – A city in the state of Sao Paulo approved a law that will make it easier for obese people to board buses. People with a certificate from a medical doctor stating that they are obese will be able to bypass turnstiles to get on public transportation throughout the city of Santa Bárbara d'Oeste.
Gabriela Pezzo is unaffected by the new law (Photo: terra.com.br)
| SAO PAULO – A video showing 60 restaurant patrons being robbed in Sao Paulo was made public Wednesday. Civil Police released the video hoping somebody might recognize the assailants who forced the diners to the floor and robbed them.
Pinheiros SP Restaurant Robbery (Video G1 SP)
| SAO PAULO – Civil Police arrested a Thai woman, 28, on Monday as she made her way to the Sao Paulo Int'l Airport to board a flight to Turkey. Police say the woman, who speaks no Portuguese, was carrying about one kilo of pure cocaine hidden in disposable diapers.
Sao Paulo Civil Police (Photo: www2.policiacivil.sp.gov.br)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Hugh Hefner, founder of “Playboy” magazine will be guest of honor in the Devassa Beer skybox at this year's Carnaval in Rio. Despite his reputation as a connoisseur of beautiful women, this will reportedly be Hefner's first visit to Brazil.
Hugh Hefner Toasts Devassa (Photo: clicrbs.com.br)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – A gay couple was viciously attacked by two pirate taxi drivers outside the Rio de Janeiro International Airport on Monday. Images of the attack were captured by the airport's surveillance cameras.
Gay Couple Attacked in Rio (Video G1 RJ)
| SAO PAULO – An Englishman was arrested yesterday afternoon in Bom Retiro, Sao Paulo, on suspicion of international drug trafficking.
Policia Federal Brasileiro (Photo: wikimedia.org)
CURITIBA, Brazil – A judge in southwestern Parana sentenced a man to two years for trying to bribe police with six bottles of beer. Police responded to the man's home when his daughters called to report that he was threatening his wife with violence.
Skol Beer Rio de Janeiro (Photo: cabecadecuia.com)
SAO PAULO – Security cameras recorded a gang of men blowing up an ATM in the early hours of Saturday, in the interior of Sao Paulo state. Two men were arrested right after the blast which completely destroyed the cash machine, which was located in a gas station.
Men Explode ATM at Gas Station (Video G1 Ribeirão e Franca)
GOIANIA, Brazil – Police in Abadiania, 85 km (53 mi) from Goiania, opened an inquiry into the death of an 80-year-old Austrian woman. She died last Thursday at Casa Dom Inacio, a world-renowned religious center for spiritual healing run by medium João de Deus.
ID of Dead Austrian (Photo: contrapontomaraba.blogspot.com)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – On Tuesday, a new contingent of Brazilian military will depart to serve the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). On the 25th, Rear Admiral Wagner Lopes de Moraes Zamith assumes command of the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of UNIFIL. In April, the Brazilian Navy Frigate Liberal departs for Beirut with 270 men aboard.
Brazilian Navy Frigate Liberal F-43 (Photo: G. Wiltgen/naval.com.br)
