Sao Paulo Brazil

Brazilians may be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She's agreed to march in the nation's famously flesh-baring Carnival parades. Geisy Arruda, who became an instant celebrity after being heckled by hundreds of fellow students because of her dress, said Thursday she has accepted invitations to participate with samba groups in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. "It will be a dream come true for me," Arruda said just before giving a deposition to police investigating the students who harassed her on Oct. 22 at the University Bandeirante in Sao Bernardo do Campo, ... Read Full Story

IndyCar racers will open the 2010 season with a street car race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 14, the IndyCar Series announced Wednesday. The race will be the first IndyCar event staged in Brazil, the home nation of several top IndyCar drivers, including three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves, 2004 IndyCar season champion Tony Kanaan and 2009 Rookie of the Year Raphael Matos. APEX-Brazil was IndyCar's major sponsor last season and the supplier of ethanol fuel for the series cars. A race had been announced for Brazil but an exact site and format for the race had yet to be decided upon. Sao ... Read Full Story

IndyCar racers will open the 2010 season with a street car race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 14, according to the IndyCar Series. The race will be the first IndyCar event staged in Brazil, the home nation of several top IndyCar drivers, including three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves, 2004 IndyCar season champion Tony Kanaan and 2009 Rookie of the Year Raphael Matos. APEX-Brazil was IndyCar's major sponsor last season and the supplier of ethanol fuel for the series cars. A race had been announced for Brazil but an exact site and format for the race had yet to be decided upon. Sao ... Read Full Story

SAO SEBASTIAO DE CUIEIRAS, Brazil (Reuters) - The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers. In jungle so dense it all but blocks out the sun, the lithe 46-year-old shimmies up a thin tree helped by a harness, a strap between his feet, and the expertise gained from a lifetime laboring in the forest. A few well-placed snips later, branches cascade to a small band of researchers and a doctor who faithfully make a long monthly trip to the Cuieiras ... Read Full Story

SAO SEBASTIAO DE CUIEIRAS, Brazil (Reuters) - The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers. In jungle so dense it all but blocks out the sun, the lithe 46-year-old shimmies up a thin tree helped by a harness, a strap between his feet, and the expertise gained from a lifetime laboring in the forest. A few well-placed snips later, branches cascade to a small band of researchers and a doctor who faithfully make a long monthly trip to the Cuieiras ... Read Full Story