http://www.mail.com/locations/8094-sao-paulo.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/8094-sao-paulo.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158726-brazil-protesters-up-pressure-government.html SAO PAULO (AP) — About 50,000 protesters energetically returned to the streets of Brazil's biggest city Tuesday night, a demonstration of anger toward what they call a corrupt and inefficient government that has long ignored the demands of a growing middle class. The protests were well organized via social media and mostly peaceful, like those the night b... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:18:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158726-brazil-protesters-up-pressure-government.html 2013-06-19T02:18:57Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2160538-brazil-protesters-clash-with-police-sao-paulo.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Protesters surrounding the city hall of Brazil's biggest city have clashed with police when a small group of demonstrators tried to force their way into the building. GloboNews television network showed images of protesters in Sao Paulo using metal barriers to smash windows and doors. Municipal guards with shields retreated into the build... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:10:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2160538-brazil-protesters-clash-with-police-sao-paulo.html 2013-06-18T22:10:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2157246-protesters-streets-brazilian-cities.html SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 100,000 people took to the streets in largely peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations that voiced the deep frustrations Brazilians feel about carrying heavy tax burdens but receiving woeful returns in public education, health, security and transportation. In Sao Paulo, Brazil's economic hub, at least 65... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:28:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2157246-protesters-streets-brazilian-cities.html 2013-06-18T03:28:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2154294-brazilians-protest-high-cost-hosting-world-cup.html BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — At least 500 protesters complaining against the high cost of staging the World Cup rallied Saturday in front of the National Stadium in Brasilia just hours before Brazil played Japan in the opening match of the Confederations Cup. Riot police were called up to keep demonstrators from getting too close to the stadium as thousands of... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:22:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2154294-brazilians-protest-high-cost-hosting-world-cup.html 2013-06-15T21:22:43Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2152274-confedations-cup-to-open-saturday-protests.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Confederations Cup begins following protests that turned violent in three of Brazil's biggest cities, while builders were still slapping cement on stadiums. The eight-nation tournament, a test of Brazil's organizational ability a year before the World Cup, starts Saturday in the capital Brasilia when the Selecao hosts Asian champ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:51:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2152274-confedations-cup-to-open-saturday-protests.html 2013-06-14T18:51:25Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2152588-protest-blocks-road-front-brasilia-stadium.html BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — About 200 people burned tires and blocked the main road in front of the Brasilia stadium that will host the Confederations Cup opener Saturday. The protest was organized by local groups complaining of excessive costs of the Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup. A black cloud of smoke was seen near the stadium Friday morning as... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:58:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2152588-protest-blocks-road-front-brasilia-stadium.html 2013-06-14T16:58:53Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2152518-fifa-monitoring-violent-protests-brazil.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — FIFA has "full confidence" Brazilian police can cope with the violent protests and disorder in the streets leading to the country's warmup event for the 2014 World Cup. There were clashes with police on Thursday in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro after thousands protested rising bus and subway fares. Police said 40 people were detained ... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:36:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2152518-fifa-monitoring-violent-protests-brazil.html 2013-06-14T16:36:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2142346-brazil-govt-to-perform-crash-tests-ap-report.html SAO PAULO (AP) — After a decade of spiking fatalities from passenger car wrecks, the Brazilian government said Monday it plans to build its first auto crash test facility in an effort to improve the poor safety record of vehicles built and sold in the world's fourth-largest automobile market. The decision comes a month after The Associated Press published... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:02:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2142346-brazil-govt-to-perform-crash-tests-ap-report.html 2013-06-11T00:02:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2142298-brazil-set-confed-cup-despite-difficulties.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Even if the Confederations Cup goes off without a hitch, the troubled preparations for the tournament have turned up the pressure on Brazil for the year ahead. The World Cup warm-up tournament will begin as scheduled on Saturday, but only after Brazil drew complaints from FIFA and local critics for delays and cost overruns. Few infrastruc... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:32:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2142298-brazil-set-confed-cup-despite-difficulties.html 2013-06-10T19:32:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087752-education-woes-achilles-heel-brazil.html SEROPEDICA, Brazil (AP) — There's a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of years' worth of dissections fill a dozen wading pool-sized vats to the brim. With the veterinary department's inciner... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087752-education-woes-achilles-heel-brazil.html 2013-05-15T17:06:21Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2079150-ap-impact-cars-brazil-deadly.html SAO PAULO (AP) — The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world. What happens once those vehi... Mon, 13 May 2013 02:20:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2079150-ap-impact-cars-brazil-deadly.html 2013-05-13T02:20:25Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2064808-hinchcliffe-wins-indycars-sao-paulo-300.html SAO PAULO (AP) — On the final turn of the final lap, James Hinchcliffe finally saw an opening — and made sure he squeezed into it. Hinchcliffe made a last-ditch move on Takuma Sato, going past the Japanese driver on the inside of the last bend to win IndyCar's Sao Paulo 300 on Sunday. The Canadian was barely even sure that Sato was finally behind him by t... Sun, 05 May 2013 21:31:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2064808-hinchcliffe-wins-indycars-sao-paulo-300.html 2013-05-05T21:31:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027262-lennys-rise-garage-to-brazils-bikini-queen.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Before she became Brazil's bikini queen, with an empire of chic boutiques and legions of VIP fans that include Hollywood A-listers and pop royalty, Lenny Niemeyer was locked away in her garage, making swimwear out of old pareos and sliced cow bones. Sitting before this perfectly coiffed blond businesswoman in a sun-lit corner office ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:21:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027262-lennys-rise-garage-to-brazils-bikini-queen.html 2013-04-18T04:21:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1969210-museum-to-showcase-contemporary-latin-american-art.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Long a cultural backwater, Rio de Janeiro has taken another leap toward becoming an art hot spot with this week's opening of a museum built around one of the world's premier collections of contemporary Latin American art. Casa Daros, a 12,000-square-meter (129,000-square-foot) space in an impeccably renovated 1866 mansion, will house... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:00:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1969210-museum-to-showcase-contemporary-latin-american-art.html 2013-03-21T15:00:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1953792-correction-pope-latin-america-story.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a story March 14 about the significance the election of Pope Francis to Latin America, The Associated Press misidentified the president of El Salvador. His name is Mauricio Funes. A corrected version of the story is below: Latin America sees change under region's 1st pope Latin American homeland sets out tall agenda for change under ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:58:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1953792-correction-pope-latin-america-story.html 2013-03-15T21:58:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1957514-brazils-oil-revenue-law.html SAO PAULO (AP) — A new oil law that gives a greater share of royalty revenues from Brazil's vast oil fields to non-producing states went into effect Friday and producing states filed appeals against it with the Supreme Court. The law was published in the official gazette after President Dilma Rousseff signed it Thursday. The new law shares oil royalties, ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:44:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1957514-brazils-oil-revenue-law.html 2013-03-15T21:44:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945600-conclave-to-elect-pope-opens-amid-uncertainty.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There's no front-runner, no indication how long voting will last and no sense that a single man has what it takes to fix the many problems. On the eve of the vote, cardinals offered wildl... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:15:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945600-conclave-to-elect-pope-opens-amid-uncertainty.html 2013-03-12T00:15:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940182-cardinal-scherer-modern-ways-traditional-message.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Cardinal Odilo Scherer is known for prolific tweeting, appearances on Brazil's most popular late-night talk show and squeezing into the subway for morning commutes — just like most of the 5 million faithful in his diocese. Scherer is Brazil's best hope to be the next pope — and one of the top papal contenders from the developing world. At... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:42:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940182-cardinal-scherer-modern-ways-traditional-message.html 2013-03-08T08:42:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1938830-brazil-police-puzzle-7-gift-wrapped-skulls.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo are baffled by a macabre puzzle: someone has been leaving gift-wrapped human skulls around town. Investigator Paul Henry Bozon Verduraz described the case to the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper in a story published Thursday. The first skull in cherry-red wrapping was found on February 20 in a pl... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:30:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1938830-brazil-police-puzzle-7-gift-wrapped-skulls.html 2013-03-07T18:30:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1927948-catholics-ponder-future-with-pope.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Faithful attending Sunday Mass on five continents for the first time since Pope Benedict XVI's retirement had different ideas about who should next lead the Roman Catholic Church, with people suggesting everything from a Latin American pope to one more like the conservative, Polish-born John Paul II. What most agreed on, however, was the church is in dire ne... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:28:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1927948-catholics-ponder-future-with-pope.html 2013-03-03T21:28:21Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1897958-nadal-wins-1st-title-return-injury.html SAO PAULO (AP) — The last time Rafael Nadal won in Brazil, it was at the very start of the most dominant clay-court career tennis has ever seen. Eight years later, Nadal hopes his second title here will mark the restart. Nadal beat David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-3 in the final of the Brazil Open on Sunday, his first trophy since returning from a seven-month layo... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:15:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1897958-nadal-wins-1st-title-return-injury.html 2013-02-17T23:15:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1890454-brazil-papal-contender-place-birth-irrelevant.html SAO PAULO (AP) — The archbishop of one of the world's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese and a man thought to be a leading Latin American contender to succeed Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that neither geographic origin nor age should matter much in determining the next pontiff. Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, 63, shrugged off questions about w... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:53:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1890454-brazil-papal-contender-place-birth-irrelevant.html 2013-02-14T00:53:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1876776-deadly-fire-fears-carnival-brazil.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Just over a week since a nightclub fire killed nearly 240 revelers in southern Brazil, Carnival festivities hit full stride Friday, raising questions about the safety of those who will pack party spaces across the nation. In the days following the deadly blaze at the Kiss club in the university town of Santa Maria, authorities across Braz... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1876776-deadly-fire-fears-carnival-brazil.html 2013-02-08T05:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855590-brazil-nightclub-owner-blames-country-fire.html SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — The owner of a nightclub in southern Brazil where more than 230 people died in a fire last weekend deflected blame to "the whole country," as well as to architects and inspectors charged with making sure the building was safe, his lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Jader Marques said his client, Elissandro Spohr, "regretted having ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855590-brazil-nightclub-owner-blames-country-fire.html 2013-01-30T23:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852862-brazil-police-outdoor-flare-started-club-fire.html SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — Penny-pinching by a band known for its onstage pyrotechnic displays may have cost more than 230 people their lives at a nightclub in southern Brazil, according to a police inspector leading the investigation into this weekend's deadly blaze. Inspector Marcelo Arigony told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that members of th... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852862-brazil-police-outdoor-flare-started-club-fire.html 2013-01-30T01:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1848786-world-gun-rules-results-vary-wildly.html OOI, Japan (AP) — After a tragedy like the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the statistic is always trotted out. Compared to just about anywhere else with a stable, developed government — and many countries without even that — the more than 11,000 gun-related killings each year in the United States are simply off the charts. To be sure, ther... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1848786-world-gun-rules-results-vary-wildly.html 2013-01-28T00:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1792504-brazil-debates-treatment-options-crack-epidemic.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bobo has a method: Cocaine gets him through the day, when he cruises with a wheelbarrow around a slum on Rio's west side, sorting through trash for recyclables to sell. At night, he turns the day's profit into crack. "Sometimes I don't sleep at all; I'm up 24 hours," says Bobo, a former soldier who doesn't use his given name for safe... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1792504-brazil-debates-treatment-options-crack-epidemic.html 2012-12-30T23:47:00Z