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Brazil to deploy special police for soccer
Brazil will deploy a special police force to help provide security for the Confederations Cup tournament following mass protests against government spending, the state news agency says.Officers belonging to the National Force, a branch of the federal police deployed in cases of social unrest, will be sent to five of the six cities where the tournament is being played, Agencia Brasil reported on ...
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Troops deployed to control Brazil protests
The country's Justice Ministry announced the deployment of troops to reinforce security in cities hosting the Confederations Cup football tournament, government spending on which has aggravated Brazilians frustrated by inequalities and a lack of social ...
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Brazils perfect 10 surf pioneer
>CNN's Human to Hero series celebrates inspiration and achievement in sport. Click here for show times, videos and features.(CNN) -- She's a perfect 10; the surfer that other professionals will drag themselves out of the water to watch. But it is the satisfaction of being able to help her family that ranks as Silvana Lima's proudest achievement. The diminutive Brazilian, twice a runner-up on ...
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Colombia has 4 of South America’s 25 top travel destinations
Bogota , Santa Marta and Cali. The Caribbean city of Cartagena was ranked Colombia’s number one spot to visit. The city’s excellent beaches, historic old town and architecture was enough to make the city South America’s seventh most recommended spot to ...
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Driver charged in death of soccer fan dribbling to Brazil
By Lauren Gambino, Associated Press The driver Oregon police say fatally struck a man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Brazil for the World Cup has been arrested. Scott Van Hiatt, of Neskowin, Ore., was arrested Monday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide, said Lincoln City Police Chief Keith Kilian. Richard Swanson, of Seattle, planned to dribble the ball for ...
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Colombia – Imports support recovery in private consumption
A quiet day yesterday, with just import growth in Colombia hinting at a recovery in consumption and investment in 2Q13. Today the focus will be on the components of GDP in Mexico, to check for continued strength in consumption and how weak foreign demand continues to ...
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Home bitter-sweet home Assanges one year anniversary in Ecuador Embassy
21/08/2012 11:43 CET WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is celebrating a bitter-sweet one year anniversary at the Ecuador embassy in London. In an interview with Reuteurs, Assange said he would remain in the diplomatic building even if charges against him are dropped in Sweden. His lawyers say he could still face arrest and extradition to the US. The forty-one year-old fled to the Ecuadorian ...
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Brazil protesters flood Sao Paulo streets for 2nd night
SAO PAULO Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament -; people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption. That was the repeated message Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 people ...
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AIRSHOW-HGI orders ATR 72-600s for Brazils Passaredo
PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:17am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - HGI Capital Group said it ordered 10 ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft for Passaredo Linhas Aereas to help the Brazilian carrier expand its regional fleet. HGI added that it was also taking 10 options on the planes, giving a total value for the deal of $482 million. ATR is a joint venture of EADS and Finmeccanica ...
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SAO PAULO Brazil - Tens of thousands of Brazilians flooded the streets of the countrys biggest city Tuesday in a widening protest against a slew of problems from bus fares to government corruption. More than 50000 people massed in front of the cit
By Bradley Brooks, The Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil - Tens of thousands of Brazilians flooded the streets of the country's biggest city Tuesday in a widening protest against a slew of problems from bus fares to government corruption.More than 50,000 people massed in front of the city's main cathedral. While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed the rhythm of protests that ...
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61 injured in multiple vehicle crash in Brazil
Sixty-one people were injured, one seriously, in a multiple vehicle crash on early Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, official sources said. The accident involving two passenger buses and a public transportation minivan occurred along the Marechal Fontenelle Avenue, in the Sulacap district of western Rio, the sources said. According to a spokesmen from a local fire ...
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U.S. Secretary of State pays official visit to Peru
Photo provided by Peru's Presidency shows Peruvian President Ollanta Humala (R) shakes hands with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a joint news conference in Lima, capital of Peru, on Oct. 15, 2012. Clinton is on a two-day official visit to Peru. (Xinhua/Peru's ...
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1972 Uruguay air crash victims ate friends to survive
They survived by eating human flesh when the plane taking them to play a rugby match crashed down amid snow-covered mountains. And 40 years on, their cancelled fixture has finally been fulfilled. Old Christians Club players - from Uruguay - reunited to return to Chile, where they were stranded for 72 days in 1972. They and opponents the Old Grangonian Club lived up to their names - with ...
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Chavez proclaimed as elected president of Venezuela
Image provided by the Venezuelan Presidency shows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez participating in the ceremony where he was proclaimed as the elected president of Venezuela for the 2013-2019 term by the National Electoral Council, in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, on Oct. 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Venezuelan ...
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Venezuelas Chavez names new vice-president
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has named a new vice-president, following his re-election on Sunday for another six-year term. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, one of the president's closest advisors, has been appointed for the job. He is a former bus driver who rose through the ranks of Mr Chavez' United Socialist Party. He would replace the president should his battle with cancer ...
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Ecuadors Correa to seek reelection
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Tuesday that he was ready to run again as candidate of the ruling Alianza Pais party in next year's presidential elections. "The family supports me and knows that we have a responsibility to the country," Correa told a gathering of the Ecuadorian Association of Radio-broadcasters in the port city of Guayaquil. "Without the support of ...
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Voters protest against election results in Venezuela
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles hold a protest against election results at Plaza Altamira in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 8, 2012. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was reelected on Sunday. (Xinhua/David de la ...
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Rousseff seeks to calm Brazil protests
The Brazilian army has been ordered into five cities to calm a massive protest movement sweeping the country, after President Dilma Rousseff sought to address demonstrators' anger over social inequality and World Cup ...
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Brazil sends force to quell protest
Brazil's government says it will deploy a national security force to five major cities after a wave of protests which has seen almost 250,000 people demand better public ...
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Brazil trade looks to score from the World Cup
Brazil is using football, one of its greatest passions to boost trade between the South American nation and Europe. The 2014 World Cup takes place in Brazil next June and July, a few weeks after the European elections and the nation is looking to use the sport to increase trade and investment. As Latin America's top economy, Brazil is also the worlds sixth largest and the fifth largest ...
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Brazil UnrestThe Brazilian government has deployed more national security force Latin America News
The Brazilian government will deploy National Public Security Force in five cities hosting the FIFA football tournament in an effort to contain the ongoing protests across the country. The announcement by the Brazilian Justice Ministry comes after a day of violent clashes between protesters and riot police. The ministry decided to deploy the joint federal police force on Wednesday in response ...
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Brazil - Investigation needed into use of violence against protesters in Brazil
The So Paulo state government should honor pledges to thoroughly and impartially investigate the legality of force used by security forces during recent crowd-control operations in So Paulo, Human Rights Watch said today.On June 13, 2013, scores of people were injured when police officers used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators protesting an increase in bus and subway fares in ...
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In pictures Brazil protests continue for another night
Cities across Brazil were rocked by another day of protests against public services, police violence and government corruption. There were clashes between police and ...
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Brazil beefs up policing for Confederations Cup
Riot polce take positions during a protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 18, 2013. Brazil will deploy a special police force to help provide security for the Confederations Cup tournament following mass protests against government ...
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Protests continue to rock Brazil
14/06/2013 11:16 CET Around 50,000 flooded the streets of Sao Paulo for another night of protests in Brazil. Demonstrators took to the streets in some of the largest protests in 20 years over poor public services and the escalating cost of hosting international sporting competitions like the World Cup 2014. President Dilma Rousseff said she was open to social change, but her words may be ...
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