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Rockstar treatment for the Pope in Brazil
Papa do preach: the Pope arrives by helicopter in Brazil before addressing crowds on the beach and in front of a huge neon-lit cross.
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Brazil bomb scare ahead of Pope sanctuary visit
As the Pope arrives in Brazil, police find a small explosive in a parking garage near a Catholic sanctuary in the city of Aparecida where he is scheduled to visit later this week.
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Can Brazil put its football-fuelled awakening to sleep?
The Confederations Cup football tournament in Brazil has sparked anti-government, anti-corruption protests across the country. Will President Rousseff’s concessions be enough to stem the revolt?
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Brazil’s president offers reforms to pacify protesters
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attempts to quell widespread protests by offering a national vote on amending the country’s constitution.
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Brazil protests follow president’s plea for calm
Hopes of an early end to the protests that have swept Brazil in the past week appear to have been dashed as more than a quarter of a million anti-government demonstrators take to the streets.
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SNOWMAIL: Brazil protests – President Rousseff unveils reforms
Here is tonight’s Snowmail from Krishnan, including the latest on the Brazil protests, spying charges for the US whistleblower, and the Lions beat the Aussies.
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Brazil’s President Rousseff pledges reforms
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff pledges urgent reforms for the country, following widespread violence and vandalism that have marred the country’s largest protest in 20 years.
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Police and demonstrators clash as Brazil protests rage
An estimated 1 million Brazilians take to the streets to demonstrate against a government they see as corrupt – leading to violent clashes between police and protesters in the early hours of Friday.
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As Brazil’s protests spread, is this a Tropical Spring?
What began as a protest over rising bus fares has become a far wider movement, bringing more than a million people on the streets of Brazil. How will the government respond?
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Brazil protests continue despite transport U-turn
Protests continue in Brazil despite Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo reversing an increase in transport fares – the trigger for demonstrations. That was just ‘the moment of awakening’ says one protester.
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Brazil protests: ‘the people have decided enough is enough’
Recent protests in Brazil saw 200,000 people take to the streets. British citizen Dominic Parry was in Rio and says he had a “responsibility to protest” against the government’s waste of public funds.
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Brazil hit by violent protests in eight cities
Violent clashes break out across Brazil as around 200,000 people take to the streets in protest over high taxes and poor public services.
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Paracyclist Tom Staniford aims for Brazil
Tom, has a rare condition MPD Syndrome which means he’s unable to store fat under his skin, we spoke about a number of things from para-cycling to people attitudes changing towards disabilty sport.
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Brazil nightclub fire: at least 232 people feared dead
A band’s pyrotechnic show is believed to be the cause of a fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, which has killed hundreds of people. Patrons were reportedly unable to find emergency exits.
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Brazil fights to control its crack cocaine epidemic
Two years ahead of the next World Cup, Rio authorities are struggling to bring the city’s crack cocaine habit under control. Viewers may find the pictures in Jonathan Rugman’s report distressing.