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It's not today that the expression "stranded" is frowned upon by society when the fact in question is a man or a woman that not be married, especially when they're people over 30 years of age. So to end with the unlucky and allow women to find companions at the end of the year, a Brazilian Youtube channel decided to promote a kind of "March to Marry", with the goal of reuniting couples and preventing that single people stay alone in the Christmas and in the New Year. The event was posted on a Facebook page and seeks to bring together more than 18,000 people on Paulista Avenue. The march will be on December 20th and all the people who don't have anybody to sleep together are invited. According to the organizers, the intention isn't to form new couples only, but form Christian couples who value the life.

The urban violence in Brazil seems to have no limits. Roberto Bardella, 52, was killed in the Morro dos Prazeres, Santa Teresa neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro. He and his cousin Rino Polato, 59, were on two motorcycles and entered the slum by mistake and were killed by traffickers who confused them with police investigators. The Italian newspaper " Corriere della Sera " heard a friend of Bardella, the councilman Ennio Valiante - from the city of Jesolo, near Venice, where Bardella lived.  "Roberto? He was very cheerful and very cautious, He loved to ride a motorcycle and a year ago he was planning a trip to Rio de Janeiro," the councilor told the Italian newspaper. "A mutual friend said he had heard Bardella a few days ago and said that they would go to a favela to exchange a part of the motorcycle," added Ennio Valiante, adding that the Brazilian police quoted a mistake on the way from his friend until the slum. The news also says that the dead tou

A 27-year-old man, who attempted to steal a house in the Areão neighborhood of Cuiabá, was detained by residents on the morning of November 25. The Military Police found the man tied by ropes on a power pole on Brasilia Street. According to witnesses, the robber tried to steal the plastic cover of a cell phone, believing that it was  a telephone. According to the Military Police, a resident was at home and was surprised by the robber who invaded the place. The suspect was in one of the rooms of the house and held the plastic cover of the cell phone. Upon seeing the resident, the robber ran and tried to escape. Other people and residents who were in the area chased the thief and managed to immobilize him. The suspect stayed tied by his legs, shoulders and had his arms and hands pinned back. According to the G1 , the police took off the thief of the light pole and took him, to the city's central police station.

A teenager was found dead in the afternoon of October 24 at Santa Felicidade State College in Curitiba. The information was confirmed by the State Department of Public Security and Prison Administration of Paraná (SESP / PR). According to the public agency, the death occurred around 4pm. The 16-year-old was a student of the school. The school is one of more than 800, which is occupied in the state. Civilian and Scientific Police teams went to the site to gather information. "The secretariat handles the issue with priority, to clarify as quickly as possible what happened," informed the Public Press. The students occupy the schools in Paraná and in other states of Brazil with the aim of provoking general chaos in the educational system. Leaders of the movement say they are protesting against the Provisional Measure that aims to reshape high school, in addition to claiming the legalization of drugs, the abortion right, the gay marriage and digital piracy in Brazil.

An unusual image comes reverberating on social networks and is already one of the most talked about issues in Brazil. In the town of Bacabal, in Maranhão state, the bandits not forgive the innocent children. A little boy of 7 years old who sells "geladinho" (a kind of popsicle) was robbed. The bandits stole BRL 11 and six "geladinhos" that he had not yet sold. Terrified, the boy arrived crying in a battalion of military police, where the policemens, moved by the situation, donated their money for the boy. The child had fear of be punished by his mother, if came home without money and without the popsicles. In according with the newspaper Folha de Parnaíba , the police doesn't have track of the accused. Moment that the child reported the assault to the policeman

A driver lost control of a car in parking of fake version of the Solomon's Temple, in Sao Paulo, on Sunday evening (16), killing two women and leaving seven people injured. Among the victims is a child. Dilza Maria Chianca, 61 years old, was arrested in the act and will answer for murder. The two fatalities were identified as Iraci Fabri da Silva, 48, and Rosemeire Rodrigues Gunter, 39. Iraci got stuck between the car and the wall and was referred to the Hospital das Clinicas. The student Rosemeire died at the scene. The other victims were taken to area hospitals and aren't at risk of death. Tests proved that the driver had not been drinking. According Dilza, the accident was caused by a technical problem and was unable to stop the car. Through a statement, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, owner of the temple, reported that the event occurred around 18h ​​on Sunday. "One of Solomon's Temple faithful who came to join a cult, lost control of his semiaut

Police arrested on 6 October, the teenager's biological father who gave hazelnut cream poisoned for his daughter in Cangaiba, a neighborhood in the East Zone of São Paulo. After eating the candy, on 27 September, six students that were friends of his daughter, got sick and had to be hospitalized. The criminal, Mason Leoncio Fernandes dos Santos, is appointed by the police as the main suspect of having poisoned the product. According to the police investigation department, he would have done it because he don't want recognize the paternity of her daughter. The girl who was the target of poisoning, however, not ingested the sweet and only shared with friends. Leoncio was arrested temporarily for 30 days. Police began to investigate Mason after Kaíque Vicente de Oliveira, appointed as responsible for delivering the hazelnut cream to adolescents, snitched he. Police arrived to Kaíque, 21, after meeting  testimonials of relatives and send the candy to expertise. Th

The Line 4-Yellow of the São Paulo Metro now has a feature that will make life easier for those who use public transport in Sao Paulo. Before boarding, the passengers will be informed about which cars are more free than others. Simply view the monitor that displays the train design administered by a private company. Each wagon exhibits an occupancy level with some colored bars. The idea is to enable users of the trains can have more comfort during travel. According to the administration of 4-Yellow Line, was necessary three years to develop the tool. 

In the last Sunday (11 September), the inhabitant of Valdete Groff Azevedo received the news that outlaws literally led to his family home in the central area of ​​Cidreira, in the south region of Brazil. An occurrence was registered on Tuesday (13) at the local police station. The delegate Alexandre Souza is already investigating the unusual case and some suspects have already been identified. The surprise of the police to record the occurrence was that it was the theft of an entire house. Valdete received a call from a neighbor, when she was on the beach and he reported on the arrival of some bricklayers on site. She was surprised because they were not doing works, but she didn't care with the fact. "I only believed when I saw personally. I was so sad as surprise. At what level the crime arrived. I've never seen it. It's unbelievable", reported Valdete. The house before the robbery According to the neighbor of the family, two men arrived a

The Brazilian publishing Globe Books announced the launch of a collection of albums in hardcover of the Tintin character, with the title The Adventures of Tintin. The character was created by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé in 1929. The comic will be released as originally published in the 1930s, as a facsimile version of the series - these volumes are in black and white. Remember that, over the decades, Hergé redrew and modified several of his stories, is due to adapt to the new times or to correct some inconsistencies. The first titles that still arrive in this month to bookstores are Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America and the Cigars of the Pharaoh, all in format 21 x 28 cm and priced at BRL 59.90. These albums are already on pre-sale on Amazon Brazil with discounted. In Brazil, the news generated a great controversy due to the announcement of the original publication of the work Tintin in the Congo, because various social groups in the country rank the book as being r

Man confesses to have poisoned the chocolate milk consumed by children On the afternoon of September 1, Adonis Joseph Negri, 61, confessed to having poisoned the chocolate milk that caused the death of a two year old boy in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso. The officer responsible for the case, Darimar Carneiro Aguiar said in an interview that Deuel de Rezende Soares, 27, stole the drink of his house and sold the product to the child's father, who ended up giving to the child unknowingly about the poisoning. According with the expertise reports, the death of the boy was caused by ingestion of rat poison and all other drives found in the family home were also contaminated. After thorough research, the experts ruled out a biological contamination by bacteria or fungus, due to the manufacturing process and identified external contamination through a hole compatible syringe needle on the upper side of each container. The expert examination detected the presence of carbofuran su

Truck used to transport drugs Three soldiers from the Army were arrested in the early hours of last Sunday (28) by men of the São Paulo State Civil Police. They were caught carrying 3 tons of marijuana in a truck of the Armed Forces. The blatant occurred in the SP-101 highway, in the Campinas region. According to police the State Department of Prevention and Suppression of Drug Trafficking (Denarc), there was a exchange of fire with three Army soldiers who were in the truck. The soldiers Higor Abdala Costa Attene and Maykon Coutinho Coelho, members of the 20th Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Campo Grande, were arrested at the time. The soldier Simon Raul, of the same regiment, was wounded and managed to escape, but was captured later in the neighboor city of Limeira. The truck came from Mato Grosso do Sul and was being followed by a civilian car, which would also have participated in the shooting. Two other men were arrested. Drugs seized in the Brazilian army truck

An unusual scene daily draws the attention of drivers and pedestrians passing by Farrapos Avenue, corner with Cairú Street, since 23 August. Unemployed for 11 months, Delcimar Santos da Silva, 35, found a different way to look for a job. After ten interviews, more than 150 resumes sent and several "NO", he decided to go to the streets with a poster that expresses its interest in a job vacancy. - I never said not to work, always did everything they asked me - account while holding the placard in the pedestrian crossing, with the help of his son Gabriel da Silva, 13 years. Residents of the neighborhood Vera Cruz in Guaíba, he and his son they stay from noon to 15h in Farrapos Avenue. Then proceed to the corner of Ramiro Barcelos Street, where they remain until 17h. The honks and shouts of "Good luck!" are serving as support for both. In street, Delcimar makes clear: don't want nothing food or money, need a job. He is one of the 196,000 unemployed in

While Rio de Janeiro breathe the Olympic Games, it seems that not every resident of Rio has been taken by the spirit of the Olympics. One example was the Brazilian Juliana Lima, who gave a testimony in her account of Facebook and eventually became the target of criticism, jokes and compliments. According to the post of Juliana, a foreigner with a shirt printed with the US flag, approached her asking, in English, how to arrive at the Botafogo subway station. She  continued the dialogue in Portuguese and he asked if she couldn't speak English. Juliana replied that "dominated" the language, but the correct was speak in Portuguese, because they were in Rio de Janeiro. Quickly, Juliana's post became a phenomenon in Facebook (and, of course, in Twitter). The main criticism for the girl's reaction was the fact that English is usually the exhaust for any tourist anywhere in the world where there isn't known the local language. Even the Brazilians when vis

Journalists and Chinese athletes stayed stuck among a shooting on the morning of Thursday, as they passed by the Yellow Line, two kilometers from the Tom Jobim International Airport. Four armed men shot at a military police vehicle. According to information from the 21th Police Department (in the Bonsucesso neighborhood), one of the shots hit the bus door, but no one was injured. Through Twitter, the portal " Global Times " published photos that were taken at the time of exchange of fire. Street vendors selling goods on the road lay on the ground to try to protect the shots. Journalists and athletes were heading to the village of Athletes in separate buses. The Civil Police reported that there's no reference in the record of casualties or involvement of Olympic delegation.

External view of the building where the assault occurred A officer of a security company that provide services in the Velodrome of the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, was arrested for sexual assault on a woman. This was reported by Corriere dello Sport . If it is found guilty of sexual assault, he'll to fulfill two to six years in prison. Between 85,000  police and soldiers have been mobilized to ensure security during the Olympic Games (5-21 August).

Car where the New Zealand's tourist was held hostage The Military Police (PM) arrested two military police officers who kidnapped and extorted the New Zealand's fighter jiu-jitsu, Jason Lee. The crime happened last Saturday (July 23), in Duque de Caxias, in the metropolitan area of ​​Rio de Janeiro, when the athlete was returning from a competition. According to the advisory press of the corporation, the case is being determined and if any misconduct proved, the two cops will be subject to administrative disciplinary proceedings and may be expelled. The PM said that "does not tolerate misconduct and acts like this sadden the nearly 50,000 honest police officers fighting crime every day," the statement said. Through its social network, Jason said officers approached him and threatened him with arrest if he didn't get in the police car. The New Zealander, who lives ten months in Rio, also said that the police took him to ATMs, for him to take m

The delegation of Sweden was the most recent team to participate in the Rio 2016 to complain about the Olympic Village facilities, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. In the early hours of Tuesday (July 26), the country's athletes have left the place and complained about the structure of the apartments. The delegation complained about the lack of cleanliness and problems on the floor and walls. Athletes of Sweden took a taxi to the hotel where they will spend the coming days, as the adjustments are made. Last Sunday, newspapers had reported that women's football Swedish team chose to stay in a hotel instead of the Olympic Village. The head of the Australian delegation Kitty Chiller had refused to stay in the Olympic Village, just by problems as reported by Peter Reinebo, the head of the Swedish delegation. On Monday, the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee undertook to leave the "flawless" village until next weekend.

A man took out all the clothes after being stopped by a security guard, when he tried entering a bank branch in Foz do Iguaçu, city of south Brasil. The event was recorded by a video made with a mobile phone and spread on the Internet this week. In a statement, the press office of the Itaú-Unibanco, reported that the security guard was away. Check out the video below: In the pictures, the man appears quite angry and already naked at the door of Banco Itaú of the Vila Portes neighborhood. You can hear him complaining to the security. "It's over? You didn't say to take your clothes off, man? You told undressing to enter.  I'm not a kid, no. I'm not a child. Yeah your voice there, man. I haven't shame of undressing, no. You disrespected me, citizen. I'm a serious guy", he says while others support it attitude. The sequence does not show whether the customer entered the agency later.

The bomb squad of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro was called due to a suspicious bag in the neighborhood of Leblon, a prime area of the city, said the police. The suitcase was abandoned by a man on a busy street in the neighborhood, according witnesses. The man ran off soon after. The area has been isolated and squad experts removed the suspicious bag from the place. The area where the bag was dropped is surrounded by residential and commercial buildings, as well as schools and cinemas.

On May 5, the last day of the regularization of the voter title to vote in 2016, dozens of people formed a queue in the Regional Electoral Court headquarters in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. However, while some were waiting for their turn, others began to share a toddler to pick up the preferential queue, which was lower. According to information from a local radio station, the child was "borrowed" so that at least three people had faster service. The attendant of the preferential queue only realized what was happening when he saw the same child by the third time. The fact generated anger among the other people who were in the queue, reason that made the Regional Electoral Court of Santa Catarina passed to demand documents proving the relationship of the person responsible for the child. The accepted documents are letter of vaccination, identity card or birth certificate. The Electoral Justice registered more than six hours of waiting to meet the people throughout th

The Foundation Brasilia Zoo opened public consultation on Monday (27) for the creation of a theme park based on the movie "Jurassic Park" by Steven Spielberg. The call will collect contributions from the public for possible commercial contributions. No date for the project to be realized. Those interested in bidding should contact the Brasilia Zoo at email:  cpl@zoo.df.gov.br The Brasilia zoo project will be an area of ​​4,800 square meters and will have 30 replicas of dinosaurs in life-size, with movements that simulate life in the Mesozoic era. In the exhibition, you can see and hear the breathing and the roar of the species. The biggest replica should be the Tyrannosaurus Rex, expected to reach 12 meters high. Besides the visit to the images, the park should offer food court, shops and a 5D cinema - with seats that quiver and effects such as wind, water and smoke.

A 16-year-old boy lost his leg while trying to kick a moving train. According to the Fire Department, the young man was treated and taken to hospital in serious condition on Wednesday afternoon, the 29th, in Ponta Grossa, city of Brazil's south. "He told the paramedics, that angry at the delay of the train, kicked him when it arrived at the train station. He wrapped his leg and came to have the amputation of the right limb," said one of the paramedics. This happened in a place where there is large flow of cars and by which also should not be pedestrian traffic. The company responsible for trains lamented in a statement the accident, but stressed that it prohibited the movement of people in operational areas of the railway, which includes the entire area of the rails.

A 27-year-old man was arrested in Maracaju, a city in Mato Grosso do Sul on Sunday (26), after trying to put out the Olympic torch with a bucket of water. According to the delegate Amylcar Eduardo Romero, the incident occurred around 11:25 am (on local time). "The principle would be a joke promoted by the suspect and his friends, and who had been released by Facebook," said the officer. The police found no political motivation for the act, only intention of public disorder. "He played a great amount of water in the athlete who was carrying the torch. As he was far away, he failed to erase the flame, "Romero said. The delegate explained that the young man was apprehended in the act and will respond in freedom. He paid BRL 1,000 bail. The case was registered as qualified damage to society. The penalty for this crime is six months to three years.

A ferry that was doing the way Santos-Vicente de Carvalho, off the coast of São Paulo, had a problem during the trip. Then, as the crew reported the situation and tried to organize the passengers, a person decided to put to play the theme song from the movie "Titanic", the classic "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. The song, which came after warning that the boat wouldn't sink, made the passengers fall into laughter. The scene generated a video that already has over 189,000 views. The recording was published by page "Viver em Santos e Região" on the morning of Monday (20). According to the publication, the ferry, which haven't windows, was temporarily with smoke. Furthermore, there was delay to open the door and move the passengers to another boat.

The refugees who come to Brazil need to deal with various challenges to adapt to life in the new country, such as prejudice, language and culture shock. But a project of São Paulo aims to break down some of these barriers by using a special type of resident to receive foreigners: dogs as Mambo, Nick, Napoleão, Google and Halana. The program, called Best Friend Refugees, takes dogs to visit a shelter facing foreigners in the state capital. Coordination is the Inataa (National Institute of Securities and Animal Assisted Therapy), which has developed therapy dogs in environments such as nursing homes and hospitals. Now, double formed by dogs and their owners will monthly until the Passage House Newfoundland, state shelter located in the center, spend an hour with the locals. Adults and children can interact, play and affection in animals. "A research indicates that the therapeutic lines that using a language not verbal are more efficient for these populations

Homeless persecuted by the Mayor Fernando Haddad São Paulo has recorded five deaths of homeless people from the cold since the beginning of June: two in Santana, North zone, one in Paulista Avenue, in the central region, one in Bom Retiro, in the center, and another in Belém, East zone. The official cause of death can only be confirmed after the results of the autopsy, made by IML (Medical Legal Institute), which had not yet ruled on the specific cases. But both those who live on the sidewalks as the Pastoral Care of São Paulo's Street People (an NGO) accuse the GCM (Metropolitan Civil Guard) and other staffs from the City Hall to remove their blankets, mattresses and even pieces of cardboard they use to against the cold, by order of a policy "hygienist" of the mayor Fernando Haddad, according to  Exame  magazine. The janitorial operations, known popularly as "rapa", are known to whom suffers from low temperatures. In Square 14 Bis, in the Bela V

A family was chased and beaten by taxi drivers on the night of May 31 in Brasilia, after being mistaken for Uber drivers. The episode occurred when four brothers landed in the Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport and followed by car to Ceilândia, a nearby city. The Civil Police investigates the case. According to one of the victims, a taxi driver closed his car and after the collision, pretended he would "solve" the situation. The family was surrounded and attacked, despite the protests that were not Uber drivers. "When we pulled up, more than 50 taxi drivers have arrived at the car, breaking the car glass, knocking on people, and shouting, 'Kill that is Uber, death to the Uber', then I talked about: 'We are a family, we are coming trip, don't, don't', said one of the victims. Sticker says "I'm not a Uber driver" The case was registered at the 10th Police Station and one of the attackers recognized by ph

A woman with 42 year old was raped in a land invaded, on the night of June 4, in the Castro Pires neighborhood in Teófilo Otoni city, in Minas Gerais. According to the military police, two men raped the victim in a wooden tent and canvas and are fugitives. According to the military, the victim, who showed signs of intoxication with alcohol, reported to police that she was in a bar when a man invited to his house. However, the victim was forcibly taken to camp and, according to her, she was forced to make sex into one of the Landless Movement tents. The victim said that when he arrived on the spot, another man was waiting. The woman was referred to a hospital in the city to carry out tests. Until 14:35 the next day, police also performed searches and no one had been arrested. In Brazil, the Landless Movement is a political grouping of communist orientation that aims at the end of private property, the end of the Catholic Church and the destruction of the market economy.

Who ever had a problem with any electronic device and opening, found in addition to a lot of dust, a dead bug ? Well, a technical assistance of the city of Bragança Paulista, in São Paulo, came across something quite unusual: a small snake. The reptile was found inside a Playstation 4, which connected and turned off but gave off a strong smell of burning. According to the technician, at first it was thought that could be blamed on some ray or a change in electric current. But when he opened the unit and found the dead snake trapped between the source of the video game and the cooler. "That's new, that I hadn't seen," said the man in a video that was posted on Facebook.

Two olympic athletes and their coach were robbed, on Friday morning in Santa Teresa, in the Central Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The spanish sailing team composed by Fernando Echávarri Erasun and Tara Pacheco were with the coach, Santiago Lopez Vazquez, in Hermenegildo de Barros street, when they were approached by five assailants. The thieves - who used at least two firearms - took the money, a bag with documents and a digital camera. Missing 76 days of the start of the 2016 Olympic Games, athletes are already in Rio to prepare for the tests. On 27 April, the duo Tara, 27, and Fernando, 46, won the silver medal in the Nacra 17 mode, during the Sailing World Cup, in step in Hyères, France. In 2008, the athletes won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.