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Impeachment! On Brazilian Front Page

Folha de S. Paulo, April 18, 2016 “Impeachment!” reads the front page of leading Brazilian daily Folha de S. Paulo on Monday, a day after Brazil’s lower house of Parliament voted in favor of starting impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. The embattled president faces accusations that she manipulated budget figures to secure her reelection […]

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Fire Destroys Sao Paulo Historic Museum

Folha de S. Paulo, Dec. 22, 2015 “Fire destroys museum in São Paulo,” writes Brazilian daily Folha de S. Paulo on its front page Tuesday, featuring a photograph of the fire destroying part of São Paulo’s historic “station of Light” on Monday afternoon. The “estação da Luz,” one of the city’s main railway stations, was […]

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Alleged Crack-For-Votes Scandal In Brazil

FOLHA DE S.PAULO (Brazil) Worldcrunch DE TERESINA – Federal Police in the northeastern state of Piauí are investigating allegations of a drugs-for-votes ring. Candidates for the city council in the capital Teresina used crack to lure dealers and addicts to vote for them, accuses a prominent lawyer in the region Lúcio Ribeiro, who heads the […]

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