Brazil fares move fails to quell protests
Brazilian authorities have failed to halt nationwide protests, despite reversing the public-transport fare increases that sparked the unrest. Crowds blocked main roads in Sao Paulo and Brasilia, and...
View ArticleNew clashes in Brazil's Fortaleza before football game
Brazilian police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters in the city of Fortaleza, as unrest continues across the country. Several people were hurt in the north-eastern city...
View Article'War zone' Brazil still hopeful of World Cup success
Football supporters fleeing tear gas and rubber bullets. Angry mobs torching banks and buses. Gleaming new stadiums encircled by activists. These are images few Brazilians would have predicted they...
View ArticleBrazil: clashes in Belo Horizonte as protests continue
New clashes have taken place in Brazil despite President Dilma Rousseff's attempt to respond to protesters' demands and halt the violence. Trouble was reported in Belo Horizonte and Salvador, the two...
View ArticleDilma Rousseff summon Brazil cabinet over protests
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has called an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the country's most widespread unrest in two decades. Protests began more than a week ago over transport fare rises...
View ArticleProtests break out again in Brazil's biggest cities
SAO PAULO (AP) — Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil early Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange...
View ArticleBrazilians protest against Confederation Cup costs
Brasilia: Youths clashed with police in central Rio Monday as more than 200,000 people marched in major Brazilian cities to protest the billions of dollars spent on the Confederation Cup and higher...
View ArticleFIFA boss touring 2014 World Cup host cities
Arena da Amazonia Stadium in Manaus, Brazil, will be one of the host stadiums for the 2014 World Cup. Reuters SAO PAULO (AP) -- FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke is back in Brazil to continue his...
View ArticleFour Brazil stadiums enough to host 2013 Cup: FIFA
RIO DE JANEIRO: Football's world governing body FIFA said on Thursday four stadiums would suffice for Brazil to stage the 2013 Confederations Cup in view of delays in readying the six arenas initially...
View ArticleSpotlight moves away from WCup as Brazil grieves
SAO PAULO — The 500-day mark to the 2014 World Cup was marked Monday with FIFA President Sepp Blatter leaving soccer aside and offering support to Brazilians mourning the death of more than 230 people...
View ArticleFifa will assess World Cup work in Brazil
Sao Paulo - A Fifa team was due in Brazil on Tuesday to monitor progress in building stadiums and infrastructure projects for the 2014 World Cup amid a blazing row triggered by criticism of the...
View ArticleBrazil sports official: Stadiums will be ready for World Cup - Wire...
The clock is ticking on Brazil's preparations for the 2014 World Cup, and the first important test of the soccer-crazy country's readiness will come early next year. As a tune up to the World Cup,...
View ArticleBrazil's 2014 World Cup: Rights Abuses Revealed In Report
By Andrea Dip, Publica The clip promoting Brazil's 2014 World Cup shows a conference table in a New York office. The cry of "goal!!" echoes from a far away place, and an American in a tie asks, "Did...
View ArticleBrazil to miss deadline for World Cup stadiums
More than half a million tickets have been sold for the Confederations Cup in June, but host nation Brazil has yet to finish the main stadiums to be used in the dress rehearsal for the 2014 football...
View ArticleBrazil World Cup: Minister concerned by stadium delays
Brazilian Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo has said he is worried about delays at five stadiums still being built for next year's football World Cup. Mr Rebelo said the pace of construction must be...
View ArticleRousseff says Brazil can do better, slams violent protests
Related articles Brazilians resort to ‘tactical fouls’ to win games Brazil real slides on US Fed signal Protests planned across Brazil despite bus-fare concessions EMBATTLED President Dilma Rousseff...
View ArticleBrazil to miss FIFA deadline for World Cup stadiums
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO: More than half a million tickets have been sold for the Confederations Cup in June, but host nation Brazil has yet to finish the main stadiums to be used in the dress rehearsal for...
View ArticleBrazil opens first World Cup 2014 stadium
Brazil has inaugurated the first of 12 stadiums being built or extensively renovated to host the 2014 World Cup. President Dilma Rousseff kicked a ball during the ceremony at the Castelao Arena in...
View Article>Protests planned across Brazil despite concessions
SAO PAULO (AP) — Protests are planned in more than 80 cities across Brazil Thursday, a week after the start of massive demonstrations that have sent hundreds of thousands of people into the streets...
View ArticleFIFA says secretary general Jerome Valcke hospitalized in Brazil with...
SAO PAULO — FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has been hospitalized in Brazil because of a kidney infection, forcing him to miss the local World Cup organizing committee board meeting on Thursday....
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