Apple is helping bring education to girls in Brazil
Source: CNN By Heather Kelly Forty students learning how to code in a classroom on the third floor of Pontifical Catholic University in downtown Rio de Janierio got an unusual […]
Rio city council votes against opening impeachment of mayor
Source: Associated Press By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The city council voted Thursday against opening impeachment proceedings against Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella, rejecting accusations he […]
Vatican open to official role for women and married men in Amazon
Source: CNN By Delia Gallagher and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) The Vatican says it is open to discussing the ordination of married men and an official role for women, to address […]
No food, no water: African migrants recount terrifying Atlantic crossing
Men rescued off the coast of Brazil after 35 days at sea tell of harrowing journey that force some to drink urine to survive Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro […]
‘It is strange’: Brazilian church blockbuster plays to empty cinemas
Source: The Guardian By Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Critics call film a ‘programmed success’ as viewers in half-empty shows report being given tickets by controversial church A scene from Nothing […]
Prosecutor: minors at risk of forced labor at Brazil church
Source: Associated Press By SARAH DiLORENZO and PETER PRENGAMAN FRANCO DA ROCHA, Brazil (AP) — Minors remain at risk and are being forced to work against their will by a […]
Brazil: Bishop arrested on corruption charges
Source: BBC News Police have detained the Roman Catholic bishop of the city of Formosa in central Brazil, on charges of corruption. Bishop José Ronaldo and six other priests are […]
Brazilian prosecutors sue to shut church over forced labor
Source: Associated Press By PETER PRENGAMAN, SARAH DiLORENZO and MITCH WEISS SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian labor prosecutors have filed suit to shut down a church and school with ties […]
A Trump-like politician in Brazil could snag the support of a powerful religious group: evangelicals
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Pulliam Bailey November 28 at 10:11 AM Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro (Sebastiao Moreira/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) SÃO PAULO — Corruption scandals that have landed several of Brazil’s leading politicians […]
Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
Source: BBC News Brazil’s government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles), […]
Brazilians funneled as slaves by US church, ex-members say
Source: Associated Press By MITCH WEISS, HOLBROOK MOHR and PETER PRENGAMAN SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — When Andre Oliveira answered the call to leave his Word of Faith Fellowship congregation in […]
Rio’s Valongo slave wharf becomes Unesco heritage site
Source: BBC News Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe old stone wharf is now inland, after successive land reclamation projects in Rio A wharf in Rio de Janeiro where nearly a million African […]
Brazil meat-packing giants ‘exported rotten beef’
Source: BBC The authorities in Brazil suspended 33 government officials amid allegations that some of the country’s biggest meat processors have been selling rotten beef and poultry for years. Three […]
Will Pope Francis Allow Married Men to Become Priests?
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN In an interview with the German magazine Die Zeit this week, Pope Francis spoke about the Roman Catholic Church’s priest shortage, which has left Catholics […]
Greek ambassador killed by wife’s lover
Source:TOI On Friday, police investigator Evaristo Pontes Magalhaes said that 29-year-old police officer Sergio Gomes Moreira Filho had confessed to killing Amiridis, alleging self-defense. He said the policeman was having an affair with the ambassador’s 40-year-old wife, Francoise. Filho’s cousin, Eduardo de Melo, acknowledged taking part in the killing as […]
Half of Brazilian Women Are Avoiding Pregnancy Because of Zika
Source: Time By Alice Park Brazil has undeniably been the country hardest hit by the latest epidemic of Zika virus; it leads the world in confirmed cases of infection with nearly […]
Brazil TV star Domingos Montagner drowns on set of soap opera
Source: BBC Brazilian soap opera star Domingos Montagner will be buried in his native city of Sao Paulo on Saturday following his tragic death. He drowned in a river where […]
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff removed from office by Senate
Source: BBC Brazil’s Senate has voted to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the budget. It puts an end to the 13 years in power of her left-wing […]
The Shot That Healed A Nation
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro Neymar delivered Brazil soccer gold—and a measure of revenge over Germany He was Brazil’s face for theseOlympics, carrying a nation’s expectations on his feet. […]
Usain Bolt Wins Gold in 200M Despite Missing World Record
Source: Time By Sean Gregory/Rio de Janeiro No chest-pumping before the finish of this race. Usain Bolt was clear of the field, by a good body length, down the stretch of […]