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 Brazil, January 2015
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Rio de Janeiro
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Northeastern Brazil
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Rousseff sworn in for 2nd term
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| Jan.11 |
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9 killed, 25 hurt after bus plunges into Brazil river bank
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| Jan.17 |
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 Brazil angry at Indonesia execution Brazil says it is 'outraged' by the execution of Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, 53, one its citizens in Indonesia for drug trafficking
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| Jan.23 |
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Brazilians urged to cut water use  | Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira says the country's most populous states are experiencing their worst water crisis since 1930 | |
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| Feb.8 |
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Near-naked women help 28 escape from jail
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| Feb.11 |
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Union says 3 dead in Brazil oil ship explosion
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| Mar.6 |
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Brazil's Petrobras scandal deepens
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| Mar.11 |
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Brazil grapples with changes amid historic drought A drought is making taps run dry across southeastern Brazil, particularly in Sao Paulo. People they might be asked to cut down on showers
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| Mar.14 |
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Bus plunges down into deep mountain ravine, killing 49  Map of Joinville Santa Catarina Brazil| Police say a bus carrying about 50 passengers plunged down into a deep ravine in the mountains of the country's southeast | |
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| Mar.15 |
Sao Paulo |
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 Big rallies against Brazil president | More than a million have joined demonstrations against Rousseff, with many asking for her impeachment over a corruption scandal at Petrobras | |
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| Apr.12 |
Sao Paulo |
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Hundreds of thousands rally against corruption in Brazil Hundreds of thousands of people have joined peaceful demonstrations across Brazil against government corruption
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| Apr.15 |
Sao Paulo |
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Petrobras scandal: Workers Party treasurer Vaccari arrested The treasurer of Brazil's ruling party, Joao Vaccari, has been arrested in connection with a massive corruption scandal at oil giant, Petrobras
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| Apr.16 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Tonnes of dead fish removed from Rio Olympic rowing venue
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| Apr.19 |
Sao Paulo |
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8 people killed at Brazilian soccer team's fan club
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| Apr.22 |
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Petrobras corruption costs hit $2bn Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras has taken a $2bn (£1.3bn) charge for costs related to corruption
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| Jun.19 |
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 Brazilian lawmakers prevented from meeting Venezuelan opposition Brazilian senators flew into Venezuela to try to meet with jailed opposition leaders, but they barely made it past the airport
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| Jun.24 |
Northern England |
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Liverpool sign Brazil forward Firmino
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| Jun.27 |
Chile |
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Paraguay upsets Brazil in Copa quarterfinals
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| Jul.16 |
Sao Paulo |
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Ex-president Lula da Silva in corruption probe Prosecutors in Brazil have opened a formal investigation into allegations of influence-peddling by the former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da...
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| Jul.18 |
Sao Paulo |
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Pele back in hospital two months after surgery
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| Aug.16 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Protesters call for President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment Tens of thousands of people have taken part in protests across Brazil calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff
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| Sep.6 |
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Brazil bus crash kills 15 near colonial era town of Paraty At least 15 people were killed when a bus crash on a steep winding road. Another 30 people were injured
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| Oct.5 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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 Rio 2016: 30% cutback on Games budget to avoid overspend The organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games are making cutbacks of up to 30% to avoid going over the US$3.6bn budget
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| Oct.30 |
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Brazil indigenous reserve blazes contained Brazilian officials have managed to contain several forest fires that have destroyed half of an indigenous reserve in the Amazon region
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| Nov.5 |
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Brazil dam burst engulfs homes in Minas Gerais Map of Mariana Minas Gerais Brazil| More than a dozen people are feared dead after a dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil burst, flooding nearby homes | |
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| Nov.8 |
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Brazil dams burst: 'Hopes of finding survivors fading' Hopes of finding survivors of mudslides and floods on Thursday in Brazil are fading, Governor Fernando Pimentel of Minas Gerais state has sa...
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| Nov.17 |
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Another two Brazil dams 'at risk of collapsing' Brazilian mining company Samarco says two dams it uses to hold waste water from iron production are damaged and at risk of collapsing
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| Nov.21 |
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Brazil dam toxic mud reaches Atlantic via Rio Doce estuary A wave of toxic mud travelling down the river from a collapsed dam has reached the Atlantic Ocean, amid concerns it will cause severe pollut...
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| Nov.24 |
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Brazil dam breach: Toxic mud 'devastated vegetation' Toxic mud that swamped several Brazilian towns when a dam collapsed earlier this month has devastated forests over a large area
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| Nov.29 |
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Brazil state announces Zika fever emergency Map of Pernambuco Brazil| The Brazilian state of Pernambuco has declared a state of emergency to help speed up the official response to Zika fever | |
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| Dec.18 |
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Brazil's pro-austerity Finance Minister Joaquim Levy replaced President Dilma Rousseff has replaced her finance minister as Latin America's largest economy struggles to recover from recession
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| Dec.21 |
Sao Paulo |
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Sao Paulo fire wrecks historic railway station Map of Station of Light Sao Paulo Brazil A fire in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo has destroyed parts of a historic 19th Century railway station housing a popular museum
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| Dec.26 |
 Paraguay |
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 Flooding 'worst in 50 years', as 150,000 flee Map of Asuncion Paraguay Vast areas in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil are being hit, forcing the evacuation of more than 150,000 people
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