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Rio Olympics 2016 opening ceremony
Aug 09, 2016 02:55The 2016 Olympics have been formally opened with a colourful and pulsating ceremony at Rio's Maracana stadium.
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Demonstrations held for and against Brazil’s Rousseff
Aug 01, 2016 01:11Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Brazil in support of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, calling for her return to office, while some other protesters demanded her removal.
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Brazil arrests group planning terror attacks during Olympic Games
Jul 21, 2016 15:31Brazil has arrested 10 people on suspicion of belonging to a terror group and preparing acts of terrorism during next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the justice minister says.
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Rio in crippling ‘public calamity’ less than 2 months ahead of Olympics
Jun 18, 2016 01:55The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a financial emergency over a major budget crisis, less than two months ahead of the Olympic Games.
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Brazil tourism minister implicated in corruption case resigns
Jun 17, 2016 09:25Another Brazilian minister has resigned from the government of interim President Michel Temer, less than a month after assuming office, over fraud charges.
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Rousseff ‘to call early elections if reinstated Brazil's president’
Jun 11, 2016 04:44Dilma Rousseff, who has been suspended as Brazil’s president, has suggested that she will call early elections if she survives an impeachment trial and is reinstated president.
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Is the US behind the Brazilian coup?
Jun 10, 2016 09:08Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, recently suspended as president of Brazil in an impeachment process that smells of a coup for permanently removing her from power in a few months, seems to be the work of the US, which hates to see large and powerful countries independently running their own policies, determined to derail Washington’s vested political and economic interests in Latin America.
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1000s in Brazil hold protests against rape of teenage girl
Jun 02, 2016 10:49Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets of the country’s major cities to express their anger at the shocking case of a teenage girl sexually assaulted by more than 30 men.
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New Brazil cabinet in trouble after leaks on anti-Rousseff plot
May 24, 2016 03:59Brazil’s interim government has been rattled by a leaked audio tape suggesting a plot against suspended President Dilma Rousseff, a scandal that forced a key minister in the new cabinet to resign.
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Latin American states slam Rousseff suspension as ‘coup’
May 13, 2016 12:40Latin American countries and China have poured criticism on the political turmoil in Brazil that saw President Dilma Rousseff suspended, with some countries denouncing the events as a “coup.”