Brazil News
| SAO PAULO – A prison inmate on temporary leave for the New Year holiday was shot 11 times and survived on Friday afternoon, in Piracicaba, 159 km (99 miles) from Sao Paulo.
Illustration Only (Photo: amigosdaguardacivil.blogspot.com)
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Dec 30, 2011
Video: Radio Station Robbed
Brazil News
| PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Police in the city of Canoas are looking for an 18-year-old man who is suspected of robbing a radio station Wednesday night. Announcer Dari Oliveira Filho, 57, was on air when the suspect entered the studio and ended up being assaulted when he tried to intervene. About R$1,000 ($600 USD) in electronic equipment was taken.
Dari Oliveira Filho on-air (Photo: CS FM Radio/Diario de Canoas)
Photos: Runner Up Best Butt Brazil
Brazil News
| SAO PAULO – The runner up in the Best Butt Brazil 2011 beauty pageant, Graciella Carvalho, chose more modest photos than the winner to promote her upcoming spread in Sexy magazine. Nobody can really complain, though.
Graciella Carvalho (Photo: Folha de Sao Paulo)
Dec 29, 2011
Rio Police Sergeant Wins Photo Contest
Brazil News
| RIO DE JANEIRO – Military Police Sergeant Luiz Fernando Conceição Filho, 46, yesterday won the photo contest “Rediscovering Downtown Rio,” sponsored by the City of Rio.
Woman with Vase Fountain (Photo: Luiz Fernando Conceição Filho/Folha de Sao Paulo)
Eleven-year-old Boy Caught Driving Bus
Brazil News
| JOAO PESSOA, Brazil – Late Wednesday, police in Campina Grande, 130 km (81 miles) from the capital, caught an 11-year-old boy driving a bus.
Paraiba Bus – for illustration only (Photo: busesworldwide.org)
Dutch Women Busted Carrying Cocaine
Brazil News
| FORTALEZA, Brazil – Two Dutch women, 21 and 22, were arrested early Thursday by Federal Police (PF), while trying to board a flight while carrying 8 kg of pure cocaine. The suspects were in possession of two suitcases with 8.162 kg (18 lbs) of pure cocaine hidden in false linings.
Cocaine hidden in Suitcase (Photo: PF-CE/G1 CE)
Man Leaving for Work Finds Jaguar in Garage
Brazil News
| SAO PAULO – A resident of Campo Limpo Paulista got quite a scare on Thursday morning, when leaving for work, he came face to face with a jaguar in his garage. Frightened, the resident went back inside and called the Municipal Guard (GM) and firefighters.
Jaguar in Garage (Photo: G1 SP)
New Law Banning Alcohol Sale to Minors
Brazil News
| SAO PAULO – State government health officials announced today, that as of Friday, there will be aggressive enforcement of the new law banning alcohol sales to minors. There will be sweeps in bars, restaurants, nightclubs and beach kiosks. Violators are subject to fines of up to R$87,00 reals ($47,000 USD) as well as other sanctions.
Sao Paulo Now Bans Alcohol Sales to Minors (Photo: terra.com.br)
New Photo of Miss Best Butt Brazil
Brazil News
| SAO PAULO – Rosana Freitas, voted owner of Brazil's most beautiful bottom this year, posed beside the pageant's runner up, Graciella Carvalho in a Sao Paulo studio. The Miss Best Butt Brazil 2011 contest took place earlier this month at a Sao Paulo nightclub.
Rosana Freitas & Graciella Carvalho (Photo: terra.com.br)
Dec 28, 2011
Miss Brazil 2010 Stable after Surgery
Brazil News
| VITORIA, Brazil – The health status of Miss Brazil 2010 Debora Lyra is stable after undergoing successful surgery for cervical spinal fusion. The procedure took place at Estadual São Lucas Hospital in Vitoria, and lasted about four hours on Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Brazil 2010 (Photo: Roberto Vazquez/ Futura Press/ G1 Archive)
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