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| PORTO ALEGRE, Rio Grande do Sul – The city of Canoas' experience with the ShotSpotter gunshot detection and location system is serving as a model for Rio de Janeiro. Rio, long regarded as one of the most violent capital cities in Brazil, conducted the first round of calibration for the system in early December. More testing and calibration is scheduled for next year after Carnaval.
ShotSpotter Guajuviras (photo: Vinicius Carvalho/GES/diariodecanoas.com.br)
| SAO PAULO – A Civil Police (PC) action against drug trafficking arrested 17 people on Thursday, in the Presidente Prudente neighborhood of Sao Paulo. Police were investigating the scheme set up by a criminal gang, in which ambulances were used to transport drugs around the greater Sao Paulo metropolitan area, reported G1 SP.
Ambulance Driver Arrested (Photo: G1 SP)
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – Police arrested a man Friday morning after he chased a woman into a hotel in the city of Blumenau, 120 km (75 miles) from Florianopolis. The man, who was trying to attack the woman, was arrested a short time later as he was walking down the street naked, reported terra.com.br.
Blumenau Brazil (Photo: tripadvisor.com)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Adriana Almeida, known as the Mega-Sena Widow, said she would not rest until we find who is to blame for the death of her lottery-winner husband. In a trail this month, 34-year-old Adriana was acquitted of orchestrating the killing her husband, who won R$52 million (about $28 million USD) in 2005 and was gunned down outside a bar in 2007.
Adriana Almeida the Mega-Sena Widow (Photo: sidneyrezende.com)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Summer officially arrived in Rio at 3:30 am on Thursday, bathing the city in sunshine from dawn. Day broke with few clouds and cool air but, as promised by the weather service, by mid-morning the clear-blue sky was virtually cloudless and the mercury hit 30º C (86º F) at the beach.
Summer Arrives in Ipanema (Photo: O Globo)
| GOIANIA, Brazil – Firefighters in Jaragua on Tuesday captured a baby alligator that was in the backyard of a residence. A spokesman for the local fire department told terra.com.br that the animal was rescued “utilizing appropriate techniques.”
Baby Alligator (Photo: terra.com.br/Corpo de Bombeiros Jaragua, GO/Release)
| ARLINGTON, Virginia – BAE Systems, a multi-national defense contractor, announced today a new contract with the Brazilian Army worth $41.9 million USD. The company said that, in partnership with the Brazilian Army, they will upgrade 150 M113B armored personnel carriers to the M113A2 Mk1 configuration.
M113 Modernization Project (Photo: forte.jor.br)
| SAO PAULO – Rosana Ferreira, the winner of Miss Best Butt Brazil 2011, graces the cover of the January issue of Sexy magazine. The magazine's photo essay hits Brazilian newsstands on 26 December.
Sexy Magazine (Photo: acritica.uol.com.br)
Click “Read more »” to see the nude photo released by the magazine today.
| FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – The heat wave that hit this South Atlantic capital city last Saturday continues with the beautiful people going to the beach. The mercury topped 37º C (98.6º F) in some cities in the state on Tuesday afternoon.
Woman on Brazil beach (Photo: Fabrício Escandiuzzi/Special for Terra)
| PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – A young man in southern Brazil probably owes his life to the Shotspotter gunfire detection and location system. At about 7 am, on September 14th this year, Alessandro Nascimento Maia, 25, was shot 12 times and left for dead in the middle of a street in the city of Canoas.
Shotspotter (Photo: asibrasil.com.br)
