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Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, who confessed to stabbing Jair Bolsonaro, sits after being detained following the attack in September 2018.
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Brazilian Judge Acquits Man Who Stabbed Jair Bolsonaro

Jun 15, 2019
The judge says Adélio Bispo de Oliveira was mentally ill when he almost killed the then-presidential candidate during a campaign stop. Bolsonaro, now president, vows to overturn the ruling.
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The morning after the fire, people gathered outside the museum to mourn its losses.
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In Brazil's National Museum Fire, Officials Fear 'Incalculable' Loss Of Artifacts

Sep 03, 2018
The blaze started Sunday night, spreading through the 200-year-old building and engulfing some of its 20 million artifacts.
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Latin America
Kurdish mathematician Caucher Birkar (right) received the Fields Medal, math's most prestigious prize, during the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The medal was stolen soon after.
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Prestigious Mathematics Medal Stolen Minutes After It Was Awarded

Aug 02, 2018
University of Cambridge professor Caucher Birkar, who fled Iran for the U.K., was among four people who received a Fields Medal in Brazil. Shortly after, his golden prize was gone.
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Parallels
Police officers look for suspected bank robbers in São Paulo, Brazil, on Feb. 7.
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The Racket In Brazil: Gangs Are Blowing Up Banks For Cash

Feb 26, 2018
Exploding ATMs add another complication to Rio de Janeiro's chronic security crisis, spreading fear among the public and dealing a blow to property prices for residents with homes near banks.
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One of the hundreds of boisterous street parties, known as <em>blocos</em>, underway in Rio de Janeiro this week.
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Rio Carnival: When Brazil Lets Out Its Mysterious 'Inner Chicken'

Feb 17, 2018
"There are people who go through life until they are 80 or 90 years old, desperate to let out their chicken. They die without doing so, which is a mistake," a Carnival reveler says.
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"Merman" Davi de Oliveira Moreira holds a doll of Ariel from Disney's <em>The Little Mermaid</em> at his home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3. The 22-year-old Brazilian is part of a growing mermaid craze in Brazil.
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'Mermaids' And 'Mermen' Of Brazil Refuse To Be Tamed

Feb 03, 2018
Tail-costumed swimmers in the South American nation say they will not bend despite official safety warnings.
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The Two-Way
Soldiers enter Rio de Janeiro's Rocinha favela on Friday after shootouts erupted.
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Soldiers Descend On Rio 'Favela' As Shootouts Erupt

Sep 22, 2017
The operation was prompted by an apparent war among drug lords. Residents were forced to dive for cover on the floors of their homes as several hundred well-armed gangsters roamed the streets.
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In this shot taken Thursday, Maracanã's seating is a little, well, less than at capacity. Chairs have been ripped from their places — but that's not the only problem that has befallen the stadium since its star turn on the world stage.
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Maracanã, Jewel Of Rio's Olympics, Now Languishes In Disrepair

Jan 12, 2017
The iconic stadium has hosted decades of Brazil's most important sporting events. Now, abandonment and looting have left it an eyesore — and no one is accepting all the blame.
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The Torch
In July, work was still going on to construct a subway expansion in Rio de Janeiro before the Summer Games began. The new subway will be one of the benefits to outlast the Olympics.
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Reporter's Notebook: The View From Rio

Aug 17, 2016
As a resident of Rio, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro says the question isn't whether Brazil can throw a good Olympics. It's whether the Olympics are good for Brazil.
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The Torch
In the Alemao <em>favela</em> complex, five people have been shot in the past two weeks.
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Far From Olympics, Violence Rises In Rio's Poorest Neighborhoods

Aug 15, 2016
Gunfire and armed conflicts are a near-daily occurrence in some low-income neighborhoods. Residents in those favelas rely on the WhatsApp messaging service for guidance on where it's safe to travel.
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Alexandre Anderson, president of a fishermen's association, stands near Guanabara Bay, guarded by two policemen, in 2012. He is under federal protection for his role in supporting the fishermen. Fellow fishermen have been killed or have disappeared. He s
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For Olympic Sailors And Fishermen Alike, Rio's Dirty Bay Sets Off Alarms

Jun 17, 2016
Guanabara Bay will host the Olympic sailing competition in August. But it's so heavily polluted, it threatens the livelihoods of those who depend on its waters.
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Data sources: David Ropeik/Harvard University, National Weather Service, World Health Organization, Northeastern University Laboratory for the Modeling of Biological and Socio-Technical Systems, National Geographic, United States Census, Eduardo Massad/U
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Does The Olympics In Rio Put The World In Danger Of Zika?

Jun 03, 2016
There's a heated battle about the Olympics in Rio. Some health experts are calling for the games to be moved because of Zika. Others say attending the games doesn't pose a threat.
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A man performs yoga in the Babilonia <em>favela</em> overlooking Rio de Janeiro in 2014. The Brazilian government made a big push to impose order on the shantytowns in advance of the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics this summer. Babilonia was once cons
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As Olympics Near, Violence Grips Rio's 'Pacified' Favelas

May 31, 2016
Rio de Janeiro made a big push to provide security in its shantytowns. But some, which were touted as models, are again plagued by gang violence that has terrified residents.
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The Two-Way
The Rodrigo de Freitas lake, which was largely cleaned up in recent years, was thought to be safe for Olympic rowers and canoeists. But an investigation by The Associated Press found it to be among the most polluted sites.
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Testing By AP Finds Water At 2016 Olympic Sites 'Rife With Human Sewage'

Jul 30, 2015
The AP commissioned tests over a five-month period. Experts who reviewed the results found that not a single venue is fit for swimming or even boating.
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Parallels

Expats Find Brazil's Reputation For Race-Blindness Is Undone By Reality

May 22, 2015
Brazil is touted as one of the most racially harmonious places in the world, but people of color who move there say they are surprised at the degree of discrimination they face, based on skin color.
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Goats and Soda
Rio has hosted competitions that include athletes with physical impairments (above: the open water swim at Copacobana beach for the Rei e Rainha do Mar). But there's never been an event on the scale of the Paralympics.
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On A Scale Of 1 To 10, Brazil Gets A Zero For Disability Access

Apr 08, 2015
Brazil is hosting not just the Olympics in 2016 but also the Paralympics. And activists for the disabled say Rio de Janeiro has a long and potholed road ahead of it to get ready for the games.
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Olympic Pole Dancing

Aug 21, 2012
Pole dancers are rallying for their participation in the next Olympics.  Pole dancing, a booming fitness regimen, has produced athletes from twenty-five different countries worldwide.
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