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Oops! Rock in Rio Ticket Buyers Crash Website
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Rock in Rio Web site collapsed Thursday in the first few minutes after starting to sell tickets to the September festival, but once tech personnel solved the problem ticket sales progressed at a rate of about 1,200 per minute. continue reading »
U.S. State Dept. Confirms U.S. Citizen Raped, Kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro
April 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The State Department has confirmed what Brazilian and French authorities had stated earlier, that a U.S. citizen was the victim of a vicious gang rape and kidnapping in Rio de Janiero this past Sunday. continue reading »
21-Year-Old U.S. Student Identified as Victim of Gang Rape in Brazil
April 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian and French authorities are confirming that the victim of Sunday’s horrific kidnapping and gang rape was a 21-year-old U.S. student that was accompanied by her French boyfriend. continue reading »
2 Men Arrested For Raping Tourist in Brazil
March 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two men were arrested for robbing and raping a foreign tourist aboard a microbus in Rio de Janeiro and beating her boyfriend, Brazilian police said Sunday. continue reading »
“Rock in Rio” Adds Alicia Keys to Festival Lineup
March 29, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Alicia Keys, winner of 14 Grammys, is the latest big name confirmed for September's Rock in Rio music festival. The Princess of Soul will perform Sept. 15. continue reading »
LATINO BLOTTER: Brazilian Doctor Suspected of Killing Patients to Clear Beds
March 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A doctor in Brazil has been charged with murdering seven of her patients in order to free up hospital beds. Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza, 56, was charged with seven counts of a continue reading »
Brazil Investing $150M into Nuclear Plant Safety
March 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil's investments to strengthen safety measures at its two nuclear plants after the 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power complex will total 300 million reais continue reading »
Google Art Project Preserving Sao Paulo Street Art
March 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Google’s online platform, Google Art Project, that preserves art including urban art that might disappear at the drop of a hat has added street art from Sao Paulo, Brazil. continue reading »
Brazil’s Awá Tribe Calls on Government to Evict Loggers (VIDEO)
March 27, 2013 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
Earth’s most threatened tribe has sent an urgent appeal to Brazil’s government to evict invaders from their forest, as Brazil soccer fans lend their support for the tribe. continue reading »
Brazilian Chocolate Master Diego Lozano Creates Easter Sculpture Exhibit
March 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian Chocolate Master Diego Lozano has prepared a massive chocolate sculpture exhibit for Easter for the residents of Rio De Janeiro to enjoy. continue reading »
Brazil Seeks Criminal Charges Against 16 in Deadly Nightclub Fire
March 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian police are seeking criminal charges against 16 people in connection with a Jan. 27 nightclub fire in the southern city of Santa Maria that killed 241 people. continue reading »
Brazilian Designer Closes Sao Paulo Fashion Week With Whimsical Collection
March 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A wink and a nod to comfort, freedom of movement and feeling at home in the fabrics constituted the essence of the spring-summer collection that Uma Raquel Davidowicz presented on the final day of Sao Paulo Fashion Week. continue reading »
Brazil Police Evict Indigenous Squatters Living in Former Museum
March 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian cops took by force Friday a building that was once an Indian Museum and had been occupied since 2006 by indigenous people who promised to resist a court-ordered eviction. continue reading »
Alexandre Herchcovitch Shows Edgier Spring Collection at Sao Paulo Fashion Week
March 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchcovitch showcased a summer collection notable for its femininity and distinct winter feel on the fourth day of Sao Paulo Fashion Week. continue reading »
Rio Continues to Progress Towards Becoming Tech Hub of Latin America
March 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The impending arrival of multinationals Siemens and Halliburton marks the emergence of Latin America's largest technological hub here in Brazil's second city, the head of the ambitious project said. continue reading »
Brazil’s Petrobras Looking to Boost Daily Oil Output to 3.4 Million Barrels by 2017
March 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras, which is striving to boost daily domestic crude and natural gas output to 3.4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2017, said it plans to earmark 62 percent of its investments over the next five years to exploration and production. continue reading »
Pope Francis Eagerly Looking Forward to World Youth Day in Brazil
March 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Francis I is "very excited" about his July visit to Brazil to participate in World Youth Day, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said here Wednesday after a meeting with the new pontiff. continue reading »
Brazilian Rains Have Now Claimed 17
March 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian authorities on Tuesday confirmed the death of a young man connected with the heavy rains that fell in the hilly portion of Rio de Janeiro state continue reading »
Latin America News: Powerful Storms in Brazil Leaves 10 Dead
March 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 10 people died in the powerful storm that deluged the hilly portion of the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Monday. continue reading »
Brazilian States Call New Royalties Law Unconstitutional
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The oil-producing states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo on Friday filed a Supreme Court challenge against a new law that distributes royalties from crude and natural gas production more evenly among Brazil's 27 states. continue reading »
