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Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
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Northeastern Brazil
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Ecuador |
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Ecuador upholds Chevron oil fine
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| Jan.5 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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4,000 flee after river dike bursts
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| Jan.11 |
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Dozens dead in Brazil floods
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| Jan.21 |
Ecuador |
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Chevron appeals $8.6 billion ruling
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| Jan.22 |
Sao Paulo |
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Brazil police storm illegal slum
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| Jan.25 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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High-rise collapses with reports of 11 dead| Two buildings -- one a 20-story building and the other 10 stories -- collapsed in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro | |
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| Jan.26 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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 Three bodies found in Rio rubble  The bodies of three people have been recovered in Brazil by rescue workers searching through rubble after the collapse of three high-rise office buildings
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Rio de Janeiro |
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Five bodies found in Rio rubble | The bodies of five people have been recovered by rescue workers searching through rubble after the collapse of three multi-storey buildings | |
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| Jan.27 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Search of collapsed buildings intensifies
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| Jan.28 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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2 more bodies discovered in buildings collapse
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| Feb.13 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio strike ends before carnival
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| Feb.25 |
Antarctica |
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Deadly fire at Brazil's Antarctic station
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| Mar.3 |
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Brazil to boycott FIFA official
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| Mar.8 |
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Brazil football boss 'off sick'
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| Mar.17 |
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Brazil to file charges on Chevron
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| Apr.3 |
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Brazil Senate snubs Fifa's Valcke
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| Apr.9 |
Washington |
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Obama and Brazil's president discuss trade, energy
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| Apr.13 |
Northeastern Brazil |
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Brazil suspects' 'cannibal' claim  Police in Brazil say three people arrested on suspicion of murdering at least two women have confessed to acts of cannibalism
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| May.24 |
Argentina |
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Boca, Corinthians reach Copa semis
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| May.27 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio slum dwellers join peace run
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| Jun.6 |
Sao Paulo |
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Police: Brazilian kills, dismembers husband Elize Ramos Kitano Matsunaga, 38, has confessed to shooting her husband, dismembering him and scattering the parts in a wooded area
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| Jun.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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'Seize moment' call at Rio summit Governments must seize the 'historic opportunity' of the Rio+20 summit to put the world on a new sustainable course
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| Jun.22 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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 Rio ends with corporates warning The UN sustainable development summit in Brazil has ended with world leaders adopting a political declaration hammered out a few days previo...
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| Jul.5 |
Sao Paulo |
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Corinthians win Libertadores Corinthians are champions of South America for the first time after a 3-1 aggregate defeat of Argentina's Boca Juniors in the final
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| Jul.17 |
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Natural causes killed penguins along Brazilian coast 745 penguins found washed up along the state Rio Grande do Sul's coastline
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| Aug.7 |
London |
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Mexico, Brazil to play for gold in soccer
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| Aug.12 |
 London |
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  Mexico deny defenseless Brazil Olympic soccer gold| Mexico scored the quickest goal in Olympic football history to ensure five-time World Cup winners miss out yet again on an Olympic gold medal | |
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London |
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 Olympic flag handed over to Rio Map of Olympic stadium United Kingdom The ceremonial handover of the Olympic Games flag from London to Rio has been completed, as part of a spectacular closing ceremony
| 104 medals for the United States, 46 of them gold. China won 87 medals, 38 of them gold, down. Britain won 29 golds, third-most of any nation, and 65 overal. Russia, a winner of 82 medals, 24 gold
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| Aug.13 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Olympic flag arrives in Brazil
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| Sep.10 |
 Venezuela |
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 Reported Venezuelan massacre didn't happen The nonprofit that pushed for officials to investigate reports of a massacre in an Amazon indigenous community now believes there was no attack...
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| Sep.11 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio police hunt killers in slum Brazilian police have occupied a Rio de Janeiro shantytown as they hunt for the killers of six teenagers, whose bodies were dumped at the side...
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| Sep.25 |
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Brazil Google boss arrest ordered A regional judge has ordered the arrest of Google's president in Brazil, Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, after the company failed to take down Youtube...
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| Oct.2 |
Sao Paulo |
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Brazil vigil marks jail massacre Hundreds of people in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo have held a multi-faith ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of an infamous prison ma...
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| Oct.3 |
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Lula aide 'led corruption scheme' A leading figure from the government of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva played a central role in a major corruption scheme, a court...
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| Oct.9 |
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Lula aide guilty of corruption The Supreme Court in Brazil has found a top aide of the former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, guilty of corruption
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| Oct.14 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Police surge into Rio drug slums Hundreds of Brazilian police officers backed by armoured cars and helicopters have moved to take control of two slums notorious for drugs
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| Oct.20 |
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Brazil papers pull out of Google 90% of the circulation in Brazil have abandoned Google News followed a recommendation to ban the search engine aggregator from using their content
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| Nov.19 |
Sao Paulo |
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 Gang's slaughter of police sparks fightback nearly 100 cops murdered in Sao Paulo this year, roughly 50 percent higher than 2011
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| Nov.23 |
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Brazil coach Mano Menezes fired after two years
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| Nov.25 |
Sao Paulo |
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 Vettel takes third F1 world title| Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won a third consecutive world drivers' title by three points in the Brazilian GP. His rival Alonso of Ferrari finished second | |
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| Dec.1 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Protesters march against Maracana privatisation
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| Dec.5 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Architect Niemeyer dies aged 104 Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who designed some of the finest modernist buildings of the 20th century, has died days before his 105th birthday
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| Dec.12 |
Japan |
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Corinthians defeat Al-Ahly
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| Dec.16 |
 Japan |
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Corinthians win Club World Cup over Chelsea Map of Yokohama Japan Benitez failed to win his first trophy as Chelsea manager as his team lost to Brazilian side Corinthians. Guerrero scored the only goal
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