Walmart Director Arrested for Expired Goods

Scanned Price Discrepancies Also a Problem

SAO PAULO, Brazil – The director of a Walmart store, located in Vila Leopoldina in the Western Zone of the city of Sao Paulo, was arrested by Civilian Police (PC) late on Friday.

Clean Up the World Day in the Amazon

by Michael Hone

800 Volunteers to Clean Capitol's Beaches and Rivers

MANAUS, Brazil - Over 800 volunteers have signed up to participate in the Clean Up the World Day event in the capital of Amazonia. The volunteers will clean up the beaches and creeks along the city's riverfront.

Update: Highway of Immigrants Reopens

SP-150 Reopens Friday After Thursdays Mega-Pileup

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Authorities reopened northbound lanes of Immigrants highway SP-150 after Thursday's mega-crash. On the advice of the toll-road operator, Ecovias, police released traffic onto the roadway at 11:30 am Friday. The highway was closed since 12:50 pm on Thursday when 270 vehicles became involved in a pileup, apparently because of poor visibility due to heavy fog.

Brazil Approves Transgenic Soy

Government Research Institute Produces Transgenic Soy Seed

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Governmental regulators have approved the injection of science into the domestic bean crop. The National Technical Bio-safety Commission approved on Thursday, the first genetically modified product developed by Brazilian national public institutions: transgenic soy.

Transgenic Soy (photo: O Globo)

Dilma and Barack to Meet at UN

Brazil News

| BRASILIA - The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff and the American president, Barack Obama, will meet next Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly. President Rousseff's spokesman, Rodrigo Baena, said that the president will arrive in New York on Sunday and Monday will attend a meeting on noncommunicable diseases and a symposium on the role of women in politics, both organized by the UN.

Nigerian With Cocaine Arrested at Airport

Almost Five Kilos Hidden in Candy

SAO PAULO, Brazil - The Federal Police (PF) arrested a Nigerian man Thursday morning with cocaine while he was going through security at Guarulhos International Airport. The man tried to catch a flight to Doha (Qatar) with nearly five kilos of the drug hidden in lollipop packages inside his carry on luggage.

Updated: Fifty Vehicle Pileup Kills Two on SP-150

by Michael Hone

Highway Patrol Closes Road After Accident

Update: (6:30 pm local time) Police are now saying that as many as 300 vehicles were involved in the pileup on the SP-150 Immigrants Highway this afternoon. The highway will remain closed while authorities search for more victims. Police expect the death toll to rise. There is no word on when the highway will reopen.

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A pileup involving about 50 vehicles, including cars, buses and trucks, completely blocked the Highway of Immigrants. According to the toll road concessionaire that operates the highway, Ecovias, the accident occurred at km 41 in Sao Bernardo do Campo at about 12:50 pm Thursday, reports O Globo Online.

Major Operation Against Smugglers in South

Federal Police Conduct Operation “Marco 334” in Southern States

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Federal Police (PF) in Mato Grosso do Sul set out early Wednesday to arrest five gangs of Paraguayan cigarette smugglers. The groups were operating on the border between Brazil and Paraguay, near the towns of Eldorado and Mundo Novo. Smugglers were sending the contraband to the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Minas Gerais and Goias.

Operation Marco 334 (photo: douradosagora.com.br)

Irishman Arrested with 1k Cocaine in Gut

Brazil News

| SAO PAULO – Federal Police (PF) at Congonhas International Airport in Sao Paulo arrested a 20-year-old Irishman on Wednesday with cocaine hidden inside his body. According to PF, the young man boarded a flight to Brussels, with stops in Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon, while hiding 72 capsules of cocaine weighing 830 grams in his stomach.

Cocaine in intestinal tract (photo: O Globo)

Man Sentenced for Killing His Dog

Brazil News

| PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – A court in the State of Rio Grande do Sul sentenced a man to prison for beating his dog to death with an iron bar. The court sentenced the man to five months and ten days imprisonment and fined him.

Guilty! (photo: dreamstime.com)