Believe it or not, I lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 1990 to 2000 but never had a chance to visit one of the most famous and traditional sites in the city: the Jockey Club. However, I was fortunate enough to visit this glamorous place with dear friends last Sunday. It was a very hot and delightful day.
The Jockey Club of Sao Paulo city was founded in March 14th, 1875. Nowadays, it houses 1,500 pure-blood English horses in addition to other 500 race horses kept at its adjacent training... Read Full Story
Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. Few of the officers have been charged in the extrajudicial killings, which are often labeled in police reports as the deaths of suspects who resisted arrest, the report said. The 122-page declaration echoes a 2008 United Nations' finding that police throughout Brazil were responsible for a "significant portion... Read Full Story
SAO PAULO, Dec. 23 (UPI) --
In a Brazilian study, 76 percent of the patients who died of H1N1 had underlying medical conditions such as heart disease or cancer, researchers say.
However, lead author Dr. Thais Mauad of Sao Paulo University in Brazil said there was no clear complicating medical condition in the remaining one-quarter.
Mauad and colleagues examined 21 patients who had died in Sao Paulo with confirmed H1N1 infection in July and August. Most were 30 to 59.
While previous... Read Full Story
Heavy rain brought Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo grinding to a halt on Tuesday and reportedly claimed the lives of six people in landslides. The bodies of four brothers aged five to 20 were recovered by firemen from a house that crumbled apart in one landslide in a northwestern suburb, CBN radio, Globo Television and the Terra news website all said. Reports also said two more people died in other parts of the city, while authorities evacuated 22 homes in an eastern suburb because of... Read Full Story
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo has been hit by severe floods for the second time in less than a week. Local media report that six people have died in mudslides caused by heavy rain. The floods paralyzed much of the city and stranded motorists on two major highways swamped with water after rivers overflowed. Many people couldn't make it to work because of the high water. The G1 Web site of Brazil's Globo TV reported Tuesday that six people died when their ramshackle... Read Full Story
At least 20 people have died in mudslides triggered by heavy rains across southern Brazil as rivers rose to rooftops and thousands were left homeless Friday. Streets in South America's largest city, Sao Paulo, flooded with chest-high waters, paralyzing late afternoon traffic and shutting down airports Thursday, when the rains started. At least six deaths — including four children — were reported in Sao Paulo's metropolitan area, all caused when mudslides descended on the rickety shacks in... Read Full Story
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... 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... 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... 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... Read Full Story
