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People awaiting care at a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro The financial crisis of the State of Rio de Janeiro, paralyzed hospitals and reaches different sectors of the administration of governor Luiz Fernando Pezão. "The Rio de Janeiro is broken, bankrupt," said the doctor Jorge Darze, president of Sinmed/RJ (Syndicate of Doctors of Rio de Janeiro). The syndicate of doctors and other government agencies that are responsible for oversee the actions of the governor and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, formed a crisis cabinet to monitor the situation. The group wants an audit of accounts to find out, after all, why the state coffers are empty. In practice, they should be experiencing other reasons to justify what is happening today. At the same time, the subway extension works continue, new parks were built  and overpriced works of the Olympics are far from being finalized. The conclusion is that the money which should be allocated to health, was used in infrastructur...

Submarine seized by police: drug trafficking The Pará State Police is investigating the responsible for the construction of a submarine that was seized in the November 16 near a fishing village located in northeastern of Pará. The suspicion is that the construction was financed by Colombians linked to a cocaine trafficking scheme. The police said the submarine structure is about 17 meters long, 3 meters in diameter and about 4 meters high, with a capacity to carry a load of up to 30 tons and carry 30 people. Seized cargo: materials for drug refining According to the investigations of the police, the responsible for building settled in the area since September and held an ostensive vigilance not to allow entry of people. Fuel tanks used by the group were found nearby, as well as electronics boxes with inscriptions in Spanish.

Passenger waiting for help after derailments Few months before of the Olympic Games, the city of Rio de Janeiro faces several problems. Unfinished works of the subway, congestion in the main avenues of the city, assault waves on the beaches and constant police actions in the poorest neighborhoods. But one issue stands out: the constant accidents in the rail system of Rio de Janeiro. Daily circulating more than 1 million people in the subway and metropolitan trains that serve the city. Happen frequent derailments, failure in air conditioning systems, power outage and inadvertent locking of the doors, which has left passengers locked in a composition. Rescue of passenger after train accident Companies who administer this system, the MetrôRio and SuperVia received six fines, the latter for operation failing. Together, the punishment amounted to BRL 499,118.99. Only to the concessionaire responsible for the trains, received four penalties of the state government. In addition...

Governor of São Paulo travelin in a metropolitan train The CPTM (São Paulo Metropolitan Train Company) has 116 employees with remuneration higher than the governor Geraldo Alckmin: maximum value from BRL 21,600 determined by law. The company is obliged to respect the limit for being a public company dependent on government resources - the spend of the company with salaries was BRL 785 million in 2014, 38% of its revenue. In October, however, employees in leading positions, such as directors, managers and department heads, received over BRL 30,000. The governor signed a decree ordering the disclosure of the salaries of 44,000 employees of state-owned enterprises in August, but the state's transparency portal only began to publish the information on October. Right of reply The CPTM said respect the ceiling of functionalism and the highest salary is $ 20,300 (not counting additional funds for unhealthy activities, dangerous ou night work. The Metro (company ...

People gathered in solidarity to France Hundreds of people participate in a act on 15 November in honor of the victims of the attacks in Paris. The act began at 17h and was attended by representatives of the consulate, tourists and French who live in Brazil, as well as samba school members Vai-Vai, that next carnival will sing one samba doing honor to the country, "Je suis Vai-Vai, welcome to France." Member of samba school with French flag "The shock was too great and it is a relief in this time of pain and suffering to know we have friends in São Paulo, we are together and we will not give up being a free and democratic country," said Damien Loras, French consul in Sao Paulo. Damien Loras, French consul in São Paulo

Drivers protesting in highway with bad conservation state Drivers facing the holes of the RS-786 road, on the north coast of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, decided to put a couch in the middle of the track to alert anyone who travels there. A driver passed the spot around noon on 20 November when he saw the sofa in the height of 29 km, between Tramandaí and Cidreira. He stopped to take a picture, that practically viralizou on social networks. According to him, the situation is so critical that many people have risked not very orthodox ways. "People are already using the edge of the beach to haven't to go there, because that stretch is impossible to travel on," he added. There are several reports of drivers who accumulate losses breaking cars in the holes or even getting involved in accidents, because of the poor maintenance of the highway, says the driver. In the months of heat, the stretch gain a much larger movement by the arrival of touri...

The judge of the 5th Civil Court, Airton Pinheiro, condemned the Municipality of Natal to pay BRL 5,000 for pain and suffering, a student who pooped in his pants after hearing the teacher three negative to go to the bathroom during class. The decision was published in the Journal of Justice. The teacher appealed the decision. The boy's mother, who was 11 at the time, filed the lawsuit after the constant constraints suffered by the child in school, which ended up causing the loss of the school year of it, beyond the need for psychological counseling for a year and a half. According to the lawyer Guilherme Martins de Melo, "the boy studying in 6th grade and failed a grade, he had to change shifts and then changed his school. He felt chills when he entered the school." In one of the hearings, the teacher reported that only realized the seriousness of the problem after the student out of the classroom and see feces in his wallet. The judge cites in its decision...

Thieves jumping of bus window after performing assault With less than a year to the start of the Olympics, the violence in Rio de Janeiro is growing at an alarming rate. A crime wave involving stabbing in the streets and squares, gave way to thefts on buses and subways. "It's the worst job that I've ever worked," fumed a driver. The buses is crowded in the first stopping points, although the number of paying persons doesn't reach five. With full bus, a group of about 10 young begin the assaults. When the buses arrive in the city center, the congestion further facilitates theft. From the middle to the back of the bus, they destroy all the seats and rear windshield. They pull the lever and push with your feet. The assaults committed by young people on buses is common during all days of the week. Motorists say that the problems in the bus lines are repeated constantly. Young people that go to the beach to commit assaults are called "sea air"...

Bending down to allow plenty of photos of their peachy behinds, the models were busy raising awareness of the start of the online voting stage of the competition. The public must decide which of the 27 women will be allowed to compete in the November final. Competition is fierce as only 15 gorgeous girls will be allowed to take part in the final. The winner of the competition will be awarded a much sought after cover shoot for a popular men's magazine, a significant cash prize and celebrity status. The Miss Butt's competition was first started five years ago and developed into a major glamour model competition in Brazil. Several spin-offs have been held as well as the world famous annual competition in Brazil.  In a recent news in the British Daily Mail newspaper about the Miss Butt, many English readers have posted misogynistic comments against the participants of the contest. This is not surprising since England is known for having the larg...

Ballistic missile or supersonic fighter? After the end of Soviet Union, several countries have begun to work means to defend themselves from external threats in a multi-polar world. Especially among developing countries, there was an arms race to intimidate their neighbors or even the US. Brazil has become one of them. After negotiating a multimillion-dollar purchase of Swedish fighters and lead a peacekeeping force in Haiti, now Brazil decided to venture in the ballistic missile sector. Common today became the inhabitants of São Paulo see trails of white smoke in the sky. This usually follows a pattern, looking like he was expelled by a supersonic plane. However, there are some facts to support this. Over the past four years, it is common to see at Guarulhos Airport, many aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force. These unload several tons of equipment in a confidentially way, isolating part of the airport only for military use. More traces of the Brazilian missile: ...

Many writers and film critics and literature say the art imitates life, but we can say otherwise. Customers and employees of the agency of the Bank of Brazil of the city Sítio do Conde, located in the state of Bahia, lived moments of panic at the end of the morning of June 2 after about 10 heavily armed men stormed the agency to commit a robbery. After the robbery, the bandits exchanged fire with the military police and fled taking hostages as a shield. In an image disseminated on the Internet, two of the victims appears tied to the windshield of the vehicle used by criminals like the the scene from the movie Mad Max - The Fury Road where the character Max is placed in front of a vehicle and used as a blood bag and especially as a human shield. The group fled towards the state of Sergipe and released the victims in the city of Jandaíra. No information about the amount stolen by the gang.

Teachers: street protests and empty classrooms Two months ago the teachers of public schools of São Paulo stopped their activities claiming salary increase and career plan. After several negotiations between the teachers' sindicate and the Secretary of Education, both sides reached a consensus and signed an agreement on the salary increase and changes in the hiring regime and tenders for years to come. However, most teachers didn't joined the agreement. The vast majority of these professionals are members of political movements of left and are making opposition to the party that currently governs São Paulo. Ie, they are using the strike as a political weapon to damage the image of the State government and are ditching the commitment to education of young people. Currently they make riots every Friday on Avenida Paulista, disrupting traffic in the region and preventing the passage of pedestrians on the streets. Since the beginning of the strike, hundreds of th...

Students use helmet for self-protection An unusual scene took place inside a classroom state school Wanda David Aguiar, in Roraima. Students used motorcycle helmets to protect themselves from ceiling fans. The case occurred on the night of March 19, few minutes after a ventilator almost reach students. No one is hurt. Helen Ruth, 20, is the 2nd year student of the school that is in the west zone of Boa Vista city, she told the "Brazil Unknown" that friends decided to wear helmets' by not withstand more live with the risk of injury inside the classroom'. Another student said that besides the precariousness of ceiling fans, the device of air conditioning installed in the classrooms do not work. On the night of Wednesday (20), students also staged a protest in front of the school. They questioned the reforms made at school and the lack of staff to clean the institution. Because of the protest, the school has run classes on the night shift. "Bes...

X-ray device out of use: harm to the population While waiting lists for examinations increase every day in São Paulo, two large hospitals are keeping expensive CT scanners and X-ray stored, without use. At Children's Hospital Darcy Vargas, a high-tech X-ray equipment is stored in the hospital for almost two years, without even having been withdrawn of the box. The machine valued at BRL 1 million is exposed to temperature changes and technological depreciation. Without the possibility to realize an examination at her daughter, who had just operate the column, the unemployed press operator Cassiano Jose Pantaleon had to spend out of pocket to realize the examination in private hospitals. "If I hadn't the $75, my daughter couldn't to do the X-ray?" He says. In the Southern Regional Hospital, in São Paulo (SP), one scanner valued at BRL 1.5 million is boxed for three months. The tomography device is used in the diagnosis of neurological, cardiac di...

Deputy car parked in bike lane The bike paths are gaining more space in the streets of São Paulo and at the same time, the irregular use of exclusive lanes for bikes is also growing. Ride around the city and find parked cars and motorcycles or traveling by red bands is common scene. In addition to conscientization, one of the reasons is the not application of fine to the offenders. Biker is caught traveling on bike path Recently, a cyclist photographed a car used by State Representative Milton Vieira (PSD) parked in a bike lane in downtown São Paulo. Image was shared by thousands of people on Twitter and Facebook. After the repercussion, Milton Vieira made a video to apologize, said it was cyclist and blamed his chauffeur.  This isn't the first case. In 2014 a driver photographed an official car of the town hall traveling over a stretch of bike path and a few minutes later, the same car was traveling by an exclusive bus lane. Another ...

Candidates doing photo shoot in Paulista Avenue Every year countless Brazilian women apply for the Miss Butt Contest to compete for a symbolic prize money and the opportunity to be considered the ultimate symbol in Brazil in the media, signing advertising contracts and posing naked in magazines. The assessment is the jury and also the public. To participate, women have to be above 18 years and participate in all stages, the first stage is the most eliminates the candidates why they select who really has a nice big butt, but unfortunately in the end is only a vague per State and only one woman can be chosen. The candidates have varied backgrounds and professions. We have since  gym teachers,  dancers of pole dance,  bartenders,  ex-models, university students, gym teachers,  personal trainers,  and even housewives. They are usually middle-class women and many even speak a second language, in most cases English. Most are sing...

Courtyard of automaker crowded: crisis After four years of economic growth close to 0% and clumsy political actions committed by President Dilma Rousseff, the Brazil plunged into an economic crisis without limits: the shares of Brazilian companies fell sharply in international markets, the dollar value rises gradually every day, the industrial production is paralyzed and the purchasing power of the middle class fell for the third consecutive year. But the main sector of the economy that was affected, was the automotive sector. Increase in industry taxes, imported parts more expensive, bureaucratic and inflexible labor laws, labors without skilled labor, lending difficulties and low purchasing power of most of the population, are factors that are contributing to the automakers not able to sell their vehicles and therefore are paralyzing their activities (Fiat and Ford) and firing (VW and GM) and even leaving the country (Mahimdra). Mahindra: end of activities in Brazil ...

Man dressed as Batman argues with mayor of São Paulo Due to the increasing wave of violence that swept the Brazilian urban centers, several groups of people began to take justice into their own hands. Fight with bandits on the streets, arrest offenders on poles with chains and lynch the thieves in public places, became common activity in Brazil. To complete, a group of "vigilantes" began to act dressed as American superheroes fighting crime in Brazilian streets and even doing actions that benefit the environment. One of the points worked by public security experts is that these people are fighting spontaneously against crime because the Brazilian government is inefficient and does not have enough structure to educate young people and fight crime at the same time. In the state of São Paulo there is a deficit of about 100,000 police officers, besides the fact that public schools not form honest citizens due to little investment the federal government in educatio...

ATM destroyed by the gang in São José do Rio Pardo at dawn A young burglar died after blasting an ATM inside the building of the Prefecture of Vargem Grande do Sul (SP). The police knew not report the value of money taken by the gang that two hours before also exploded another ATM inside a supermarket in São José do Rio Pardo (SP). For the police, at least five men participated in both actions. No one was arrested. The ATM was inside a shop in San Antonio neighborhood. The suspects arrived in two pickup trucks and a car at around 1:00 am. Police said that the equipment was already broken, so it is still not possible to know if there was money or not the terminal. The supermarket had been closed, went through expertise and was released for the owner to carry out the cleaning of the site. Gang broke into Prefecture to explode ATMs in Vargem Grande do Sul Two hours later the same gang traveled 33 kilometers and attacked a ATM that sits inside the building of Prefectur...

Accumulated garbage in the streets of Maua Have been for more than two weeks the stoppage of public officials responsible for garbage collection in the cities of the ABC region (Santo André, São Bernardo, São Caetano do Sul and Maua). They demand salary increase equivalent to the inflation of the last 12 months and fairer working conditions. The mayors of these cities do not want to give the increase and claim to have with a deficit budget. Because of this, the waste is already accumulating in the corners, the doors of the school, hospitals and restaurants, indirectly causing the appearance of animals (rats, scorpions, snakes), which generate diseases like leptospirosis (transmitted by water contaminated with rat urine ). A solution found by the residents was to burn the trash, but the main problem faced are the CO2 and sulfur launched into atmosphere far exceeding the target set by the UN.

Medical freshmen from UNESP (São Paulo State University) in Botucatu, were received at a party by veterans of the 6th year who wore costumes similar to those used by the Ku Klux Klan, the American sect that preached the supremacy of the "white race" . The event took place on March 5 at a party called "Baptized of Medicine", organized by students of the 48th class of the course, and was denounced by the Facebook's page called "Oppression in Medicine".  Also on social networks, the page "Network Protection to victims of violence in universities" released on Monday some pictures from the party. "The KKK is an example of hatred, eugenics, intolerance and death. What to make of doctors that predisposes to emulate things which were the worst in human history?" Says the publication on the page. Students agreed to meet with the Director of the medical school to provide explanations, but they have stated in previous years th...

The chlorine seller Adriano da Cunha, 38 years old, went to rock bottom after his wife left him. To make matters worse, his the three children were taken together. Devastated, dirty and tatterdemalion, went to live by the Campo Grande streets. The comeback came after he used the fantasy of The Flash, the superhero created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert. The ragged Adriano could barely get close to people. He was shooed like a mangy dog. The heroic turning point came almost by accident. When passing in front of the appliance stores, he saw on TV the preparations for the International Race of São Silvestre, in São Paulo. In this moment, remembered what he liked doing since childhood: running in the streets, wildly. Then, dreamed to be running fantasized in marathons on TV. Despite the bad appearance, Adriano was able to convince a seamstress to make the fantasy. Making campaigning on the streets, raised enough money to pay for the clothes of the rac...

Until about 1960 Carnival in Brazil was a very different party from the party we know today: families went dressed to small balls and the fun was to throw confetti and dance marches. Today we have a totally different scenario: naked people on the street, on TV campaigns encouraging sex tourism, people defecating in public, assaults, fights and even deaths. Another interesting point to note is the feast of the division established by the media, which requires three different types of Carnival: the traditional parade with floats and closed avenue, street carnival blocks (formed in majority by drunk and drugged) and Carnival of Bahia (comprising the party of other cities in the Northeast of Brazil). An interesting question is due to cleaning costs, values generally passed discreetly via phone bill for local people.

Congressman Eduardo Cunha, author of the law Despite the economic crisis that Brazil is suffering, the Brazilian government insists on increasing public spending. Sunk in scandals, the country is experiencing its worst economic moment, with problems of corruption, lack of water, diplomatic tensions with Indonesia, support to the Islamic State and energy crisis. With the approval of the project, the wives of all Brazilian congressmen will receive a monthly batch of free airline tickets for domestic and international travel, which will be paid with public money. The author of feat was the president of the Chamber of Deputies, the radialist and economist Eduardo Cunha, who is known for his conservative and traditionalist view of Brazilian society. He's political disciple of Anthony Garotinho (former governor of Rio de Janeiro accused of corruption) and of the former President Fernando Collor (sole to be impeached in the history of Brazil). Eduardo Cunha is also suspec...

Brazilian website that helps prevent car thefts Residents of the city of Belém, state of Pará, adopted alternatives to avoid the assaults, and the Internet has been a tool in the prevention of crimes. One is the site "Where was robbed", built collaboratively to netizens mark on an interactive map the points where they were victims of thefts, robberies and car break-ins. The population believes that initiatives such as "Onde Fui Roubado" (Where was robbed) can be very effective to prevent assaults. Some sites like "B.O Coletivo" (Collective police report) also allow the analog record of events: accessing the page, the user can print a poster to indicate where he was robbed. Another application used by smartphone owners is "Waze", which uses the phone's GPS to display routes in the city, allowing the surfer mark points of interest as hazardous locations and stretches where there is visible policing.

Police attack young man with a skateboard It wasn't enough all the aggressiveness with which the Brazilian police treat the population in the last years with rubber bullets and tear gas, police in the state of São Paulo started beating people with other objects such as rocks and even a skateboard. In January, during a manifestation against the increase in bus fares, the state police surrounded a group of protesters who were unarmed and protesting peacefully. After beating in the people with sticks and rubber bullets, cowardly attacked a young man that was isolated from the group, applying blows to the boy's head with a skateboard. The governor was approached by newspapers and magazines but gave no explanation of the fact.

Bus burned in slum Over the last five years a form of protest has become very common in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro: burning bus. It wasn't enough the poor quality of public transportation offered to the population in these two cities, the people began to set fire to these vehicles in protest against any fact: traffic accidents, prision of local traffickers, tax increases, lack of water and lack of electricity. Once, a group of residents set fire to two buses due to the defeat of a local team in a soccer league. This type of crime was common in the poorest neighborhoods and now is spreading, often causing the closure of interstate highways.

Stray bullet victim is buried in Rio de Janeiro A very common fact in Brazil in the last 10 years is the high number of deaths by stray bullet. Occurring generally in locations near slums and drug points located in large urban centers, these deaths usually affect innocent people passing by at the time of an exchange of fire among cops and robbers or drug dealers. But in recent years, this type of crime has been occurring in middle class neighborhoods and affecting people of higher social classes. It's common nowadays cases of people who were shot in college door, in the shopping center or on the subway exit. What makes matters worse is that Brazilian authorities cannot identify the culprits, who always are kept unpunished.

The incident occurred in the city of Curitiba, southern Brazil. A boy of 16 years old robbed a bi-articulated bus in the city center. The vehicle was parked in a bus terminal with some passengers inside. They were waiting for the start of the trip because the driver was returning from the bathroom, so the young man seized the opportunity and stole the bus. The passengers only realized that the vehicle wasn't being driven by the driver, after having traveled about 800 meters and then immediately the young lost control of the wheel and entered within an office building, causing a serious accident that left 9 people injured. According to relatives and friends, the young boy was addicted to the GTA game and had stolen his father's car three times, almost causing another accident at one of the times.

It was two buckets of cold water in projects that benefit electric cars in Brazil. The actions came from the Federal Senate, which cut two bills that would create tax incentives for zero emission vehicles. The first project would establish industrial tax exemption for electric and hybrid cars. The second would give tax benefits related to PIS / PASEP and Social Security Financing. Electric cars, hybrids, parts and components would win these incentives. The projects were being processed in Congress since 2009. Unlike mature markets, Brazil doesn't grant tax incentives for electric and hybrid cars. In 2014, there was only the reduction in the importation tax between 2% and 7% for hybrids without battery recharge in external source. Other than that, all other taxes are normally charged.

Police car for sale at auction Cars of the Civil Police and Military Police of São Paulo are being auctioned by the state the same way they were during the service. That is, characterized in corporate colors and markings for police departments, second a news story of Jornal da Band. A vehicle in these conditions costs around US $ 4,000, are sold legally and the buyer would have no obligation to change the paint or vehicle characteristics, because the car already out of the auction with all documentation in order. From a legal point of view, who concludes and buys a former police car isn't outside the law, but it would be the very state that is selling the vehicles of wrongly way. The vehicles couldn't be auctioned, as well, for they might be totally uncharacterized to be then sold to ordinary consumers. The problem is that these vehicles removed from service and apparently auctioned with the same look when they were still active, can favor organized crime, ...

Jessica Lopes wore a leopard-print lingerie while she burned her dress in front of the Secretary of Education of São Paulo, in downtown. Among the people who walked on the street, the model took off his clothes and left the clothes catch fire while posed for a photographer and pointed the finger to the building. She was protesting because of his resignation a few months ago, when a large number of teachers were laid off to reduce costs in the Department of Education .. Jessica is a friend of Andressa Urach and became known as the "Naked Woman of Congonhas" due she change clothes with the open car door, in the airport parking lot.

A young man died after being hit by a toilet thrown from the stands of Arruda Stadium in Recife. The episode happened after the match between Santa Cruz and Paraná, by the B Series of the Brazilian Championship. According to the police, the victim was identified as Paulo Ricardo Gomes da Silva. He wore a black T-shirt and be a fan of Sport Recife, which is the main rival of the Santa Cruz. The toilet was thrown from the top of the stands during a fight twisted the end of the match. The object fell near the gates 6 and 7, at Rua das Moças, one of the access roads to the Arruda visitors sector. The person who committed the crime wasn't identified and no one was arrested. The match between Santa Cruz and Paraná ended in a draw at 1-1.