2011年9月28日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil police: 3 families suspected in 95 murders (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:35 AM PDT

AP - Brazilian authorities are trying to extinguish a 60-year-old family feud they say has led to at least 95 murders.

Protesters tell Brazil Congress to stop corruption (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:05 AM PDT

Brooms planted by protestors stand in front of Brazil's house of Congress in a protest against corruption in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday Sept. 28, 2011. The 594 green and yellow brooms are the colors of Brazil's flag, and there is one per representative. They were placed in front of Congress Tuesday night so the 513 members of the House and the 81 senators could see them Wednesday morning. Protesters are demanding that Brazil's legislators 'sweep out' corruption. Four ministers have fallen since January after being implicated in corruption. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Protesters are demanding that Brazil's legislators sweep out corruption. They're making that point by planting 594 brooms in front of Congress.


Boy shoots teacher, then kills himself in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 03:29 PM PDT

AP - Brazilian authorities say a 10-year-old student shot and wounded his teacher with a pistol, then killed himself with two bullets into his head.

Chavez challenger wants Brazil-style changes (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 07:27 AM PDT

Venezuelan opposition governor from the state of Miranda Henrique Capriles Radonski talks to the media during a news conference in Caracas July 6, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsReuters - Whizzing into a Caracas slum on his motorbike, Venezuela's young opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski jumps off to slap backs, toss a basketball and pore over scribbled petitions handed to him by locals.


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