Residents from the favelas of the Brazilian capital say the global showpiece and its legacy project have done nothing but compound their misery.
The death toll from a school shooting in Brazil was raised late on Thursday as authorities said a 13-year-old boy had succumbed to his injuries.
Landslides swept away dozens of houses near Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night, worsening a disaster caused by heavy rains around Brazil’s second city.
Landslides and floods set off by the heaviest rains in decades killed at least 95 people in Rio de Janeiro state, making hundreds homeless.
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/ 23 October 2009
Carlos Alberto Parreira looks set to resume the job he started three years ago as coach of Soccer World Cup hosts South Africa.