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Couple with eggs is expelled by leftist militants in protest

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A couple carrying two boxes of chicken eggs were expelled by militants from the PT (Workers' Party) of Santos Andrade Square, in the center of Curitiba, where the caravan of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) around the South region of Brazil. Entrepreneur Fabio Monroe, 44, and commercial manager Rosângela Araújo, 47, were forced to leave the square under threat from PT militants who said "bourgeois here, no." One of them poured water on the couple. Asked about what they were doing in the act with the boxes of eggs Monroe replied: "If they are doing their democratic exercise, we also want to. Eggs are to do what the people of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina have done in the last few days." Lula and his caravan were greeted with eggs in almost every city they passed through in the caravan that ends today after nine days. The couple came to the police after the expulsion, but the police said they couldn't do anythi...

Students kill classmate during school occupation in Brazil

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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.

Young player of GTA steals bus and causes accident in downtown

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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.