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Brazil World cup: Brazil brings World Cup to life with thrilling win

YoopyaJune 13, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 13, 2014July 25, 202302

(Reuters) – Seven years a hostage to threats of violent demonstrations and crippling labor strikes, the World Cup broke free on Thursday when Brazil brought...

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Brazil: Brazil preachers minister to addicts

YoopyaMay 28, 2014July 19, 2023

by YoopyaMay 28, 2014July 19, 202300

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dressed immaculately, the evangelical preachers head out to work when night falls. They journey through the gloom into the cracklands...

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Health: Rare skin disease causing Brazilian villagers to melt away

YoopyaMay 8, 2014July 19, 2023

by YoopyaMay 8, 2014July 19, 202301

This is a village where the people melt away. Tucked into the sunbaked rolling hills of Brazil’s midwest, Araras is home to what is thought...

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Lifestyles: Brazil keeps up Carnival pace of parties, parades

YoopyaMarch 4, 2014October 28, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 4, 2014October 28, 202301

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Extraterrestrial toucan birds, neon green spacemen waving Brazilian flags and legions of scantily clad women and men dancing a furious...

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Sports: Troubled Curitiba stadium to stage test in March

YoopyaFebruary 28, 2014June 22, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 28, 2014June 22, 202301

(Reuters) – Owners of the Curitiba stadium, due to be used in this year’s World Cup, said a test game would be played on March...

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Exclusive: Brazil World Cup stadium was structurally damaged by fire

YoopyaFebruary 19, 2014November 1, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 19, 2014November 1, 202300

(Reuters) – An October fire at a Brazilian World Cup stadium caused far more damage than previously reported, according to a report by local prosecutors...

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Baseball in Brazil? U.S. sports rise in the land of soccer

YoopyaFebruary 14, 2014October 30, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 14, 2014October 30, 202301

(Reuters) – Brazil is and always will be a soccer country, especially during a year in which it hosts the World Cup. Nevertheless, the major...

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World Cup fans may soon see relief from pricey Brazil airfare

YoopyaJanuary 10, 2014November 29, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 10, 2014November 29, 202301

(Reuters) – Soccer fans daunted by rising airfares in Brazil during this year’s World Cup would be smart to steel their nerves just a little longer. Relief may be...

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Spain’s Telefonica denies readying joint bid for TIM Brasil

YoopyaJanuary 8, 2014December 3, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 8, 2014December 3, 202303

(Reuters) – Spain’s Telefonica denied on Monday that it was involved in looking at making a joint offer for Telecom Italia’s Brazilian wireless network operator...

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Insight: Brazil’s opening World Cup stadium: Troubled from the start

YoopyaDecember 12, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 12, 2013December 31, 202300

(Reuters) – When Brazil first won the right to host the 2014 soccer World Cup, officials knew they would need a modern stadium with more than 65,000...