2012年2月3日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Olympics, World Cup preparation bring evictions (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:17 PM PST

In this photo taken Jan. 31, 2012, a man pushes a cart with goods to recycle past a graffiti that reads in Portuguese 'We must resist' in the Favela do Metro shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Residents of communities like Metro, located on the surroundings of the Maracana stadium, are being pushed out of their homes to make way for new roads, Olympic venues, and other projects as part of preparations to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - Like most Brazilians, Evandro dos Santos' devotion to soccer borders on the religious. Even when he wasn't watching a game, he loved hearing the roar of the crowd in nearby Maracana stadium — this nation's temple to the sport.

Police strike hits Brazilian city hard (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:44 AM PST

AP - Some 2,000 Brazilian army soldiers and a contingent of elite federal police are patrolling the nation's third-largest city as a state police strike enters its fourth day.

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