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The photo of a group of people praying at a gas station has turned into a viral in the social networks amid the supply crisis prompted by the truckers' strike. The image was made the Sunday before the end of the truckers' strike, at a gas station on Conselheiro Rosa e Silva Avenue, in the Tamarineira neighborhood, city of Recife. The group gathered to ask God for gasoline and all people belonged to a local church. According to one of the owners of the post, the people gathered that day to pray for the Brasil: "We met here to pray and more, more people beginning to arrive. We were praying for the strike to end fast and at least one tank truck would come in to meet our needs", said the owner. After the pray, the people continued the meeting with a worship and singing gospel musics.

To buy a 650 grams pot of Nutella in Brazil, you need to work more than 8 hours. In the UK, a larger pot (750 grams) equals 34 minutes of work. The account is Thayana Triacca Romero, 28, Brazilian who lives in Liverpool. It took into account the value of the minimum hourly wage in both countries. Price comparisons between this and other products are posted on their Facebook page. For example: a 1-liter pack of Listerine oral antiseptic sold at BRL 50.05 in Brazil is equivalent to 11 hours and 32 minutes of work. In the UK, to buy the same product, which costs 4 pounds, you have to work only 32 minutes, that is, 11 hours less than in Brazil. "I already knew that those who receive a Brazilian minimum wage did not have that quality of life, but to see from that angle was very sad. In Brazil, a purchase of the month doesn't leave for less than BRL 500.00 " she told to UOL . Minimum-salary in Brazil X in the United Kingdom In Brazil, the current min...

A man was beaten in front of the Lula Institute after Judge Sérgio Moro ordered the arrest of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva late Thursday, for crimes of passive corruption and money laundering. The senator Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ) was giving an interview in front of the place, in the Ipiranga neighborhood, south zone of São Paulo, when the man not yet identified interrupted the interview with shouts. "Come and fight with me, your thief. You'll not you be reelected again, you idiot?", shouted the protester. The senator then turned to the visibly irritated man and challenged him to talk face to face. At the same time, other supporters of the former president began to beat and kick the protester who ended up banging his head on a truck that was passing by. Lying on the ground, the protester continued to be kicked and then was carried by security guards to the Hospital São Camilo, which is in front of the Lula Institute. The leaders of the PT ...

In a small town in the interior of Brazil, an alderman fell into the joke of "whatsapp's groan". During a discussion of a new law, in the Town Hall of Votorantim (SP) on Tuesday (15), municipal councilman Bruno Martins, was a victim of the famous trick. Not realizing that the sound of the cell phone was on, the councilman was surprised by the sound of "a big female groan" which echoed through the auditorium of the hall where the meeting was being held.  Watch the video: Who stayed very revolted, was municipal councilman Adeilton Tiago dos Santos, who at the moment was talking about increasing his own salary.

The city of Jequié, Bahia, became famous in social networks after distributing giant backpacks to the students. There are almost 18,000 students from public schools in the city, who received backpacks of the same size: both elementary school children and high school adolescents. After the delivery of the school kits in Jequié, in a short time the big backpacks viralized on the internet as a meme. It all started with a picture of children with almost the size of the bag. The bags are so large that a student entered inside his backpack and published a photograph, giving rise to jokes with Brazilian social programs. "The children have already secured a backpack to live in. My Home, My Bag!" wrote a Twitter user. View a tweet about the case: other: other:

A man knowed as Paulo Gusmão (and popularly known as Pagulha) was arrested doing a strange crime. After creating a taxi-bicycle system and setting up a strip club stocked with non-alcoholic beer, he persist in the dream of becoming a wealthy businessman. On May 18, he was caught stealing 20 bidets from a building materials deposit in the city of Santo André, more precisely in the neighborhood of Jd. Oratório. According to Pagulha, the objective was to set up a "car wash" for the prostitutes of Dom Pedro II Avenue, but he was without capital to start the new venture.

The traffic is chaotic in all major metropolises, but in Brazil taxi drivers often disregard traffic laws, being equal the robbers who challenge the police.. In this Thursday (04/20), a taxi driver caused an accident involving an articulated bus, in one of the main avenues of the city of São Paulo.  The bus of the 4313-10 line - which was in its exclusive strip and within the speed allowed - gets ready for a turn to the right and park in one side of the Belém subway station, when suddenly a taxi entered in front of you without signaling and made a abrupt stop. Even when the brake was applied, the bus driver don't got avoid a crash, which caused slight injuries in their passengers: a woman carrying a small child was thrown against a seat, a man injured his knee and a girl was thrown on the floor of the bus, staying with bruises on the arm.  While the passengers and the  bus driver seek help, the taxi driver continued in his vehicle, without self bothered with ...

A Uber driver lived moments of terror in Belo Horizonte, in the interior of Brazil. The man was thrown into an area of ​​about 20 meters high, in the Belvedere neighborhood, after being robbed. Tiago Souza da Silva, 29, had been missing for nearly a week after to do a run around the neighborhood. There is no information yet about the robber. The investigations began in the night when Tiago disappeared and his car was found in the morning in Mariana, in the central region of Minas Gerais. The police are still investigating to get to the criminal. The victim was on a background of a cliff, with 20 meters high, beside the Jose Maria Alkmin Avenue, in Belvedere neighborhood. The Fire Department was called and rappelling techniques was used to get to Tiago, in a location that was difficult to access. The victim was placed on a stretcher and suspended by a rope to reach a high point, near the site. The driver was injured and was taken by the Mobile Emergency Service to the João XX...

A vigilante is terrorizing the bandits of the Jardim Centro Oeste, in the city of Campo Grande. With posters posted by the neighborhood poles, he says that he has killed 237 criminals in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro, and another 4 in the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul, but his goal is to reach 300 "insects" (as he quotes the bandits). With several errors of grammar, the justiceiro still says that he belonged to the BOPE (Operational Battalion of Special Police) of Rio de Janeiro, a corporation of which he claims to have been expelled, as well as his specialty is to exterminate all types of criminals, especially rapists and traffickers. In addition, he states that neighborhoods of Dom Antonio, Los Angeles, Parque do Sol, Bálsamo, Jardim Canguru, Itamaracá and Moreninhas are his "areas" of action. All the residents, with whom the Midiamax News reporting team talked, preferred to identify only with the first name. His visual resembles the look of t...

Five people were arrested at the Depac (Civil Police Department) at dawn on the 7th, after a fight at the restaurant in downtown Campo Grande, in the Mato Grosso do Sul state. It all happened because of a burp from one of the customers. Two boys caught the eye to the "burping-man" and started the discussion. Minutes later, after leaving the scene, the "burping-man" returned with a friend and started the aggressions. Victims and aggressors were taken to the police station, less than 500 meters from the site. According to the bulletin of occurrence disclosed in Campo Grande News portal, the event occurred in the snack bar located on Rua Barão do Rio Branco, between Padre João Crippa and José Antonio Pereira streets, in Campo Grande city, around 4:20 am. Heard by the delegate of duty, João Eduardo Santana Davanço, victims and aggressors were released on Saturday morning.

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.

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 ...

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).

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.

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.