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Brazil's Bolsonaro, Who Downplayed Covid, Against Carnival Resumption
President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he was against Brazil resuming carnival celebrations in February, a rare nod to Covid-19 social distancing measures from the far-right leader.
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No Vaccine, No Carnival, Warn Rio's Samba Schools Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Some of Rio's biggest samba schools say they will not participate in next year's Carnival unless a coronavirus vaccine is widely available, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
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Brazil's President Tweets Video Of A Man Urinating On Another In Carnival
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sparked shock and outrage by tweeting a video showing one man urinating on another during his country's massive annual street carnival.
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Carnival Opens In Rio, Defying Growing Zika Fears
Rio's Carnival -- a five day festival of dancing, bared flesh and wild costumes -- go underway in the face of warnings that the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous.
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Brazil Takes Advantage of World Cup Crowds to Test for HIV
Brazilian health officials handed out condoms to World Cup fans in Sao Paulo on Friday and took advantage of festivities in the city to test people for HIV.
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Brazil keeps up Carnival pace of parties, parades
Extraterrestrial toucan birds, neon green spacemen waving Brazilian flags and legions of scantily clad women and men dancing a furious samba opened the final round of Rio de Janeiro's extravagant Carnival parades on Monday night.
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Rio carnival: facts for the serious samba student
Most of the more than two million revelers at the Rio carnival are simply out to have a good time.
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Rio de Janeiro's raucous carnival begins
Rio de Janeiro's mayor has opened the seaside city's raucous Carnival, the self-billed biggest party on the planet and Brazil's last big bash before it hosts this year's World Cup football tournament.
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Rio Carnival: party and network at the same time
Sipping champagne, corporate executives in shorts and company T-shirts ogle Carnival samba queens as the women clad in sequins, feathers and glittery make-up strut their stuff at Rio's Sambodrome.
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Brazil ushers in the annual Rio carnival
It's all electric. Rio de Janeiro's annual carnival parade opened to the beat of drums and roar of fireworks on Sunday, with samba school Sao Clemente in focus. Strutting in a rainbow of glittering colours, Rio's samba group, The Portela group also made a dramatic entry into the throbbing Sambadrome stadium, its 300-strong percussion section ...
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95 dead in road accidents during Brazil carnival
At least 95 people have died and over 900 have been injured in traffic accidents during Brazil's most important festival, the carnival, police said.According to figures cited in Sunday's traffic police bulletin, 58 people died and 555 were injured in the 1,046 accidents that occurred on the country's roads on Saturday alone.This was in addition to ...
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Thousands gather for gay pride parade in Brazil
A crowd of thousands gathered on Copacabana Beach on Sunday for Rio de Janeiro's 15th annual gay pride parade.Despite the occasional rain showers, supporters of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities crowded the Brazilian city's Atlantica Avenue to dance to the sound of trucks blasting out music.People dressed in symbolic rainbow co...
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Brazil's Bolsonaro, Who Downplayed Covid, Against Carnival Resumption
President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he was against Brazil resuming carnival celebrations in February, a rare nod to Covid-19 social distancing measures from the far-right leader.
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No Vaccine, No Carnival, Warn Rio's Samba Schools Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Some of Rio's biggest samba schools say they will not participate in next year's Carnival unless a coronavirus vaccine is widely available, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
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Brazil's President Tweets Video Of A Man Urinating On Another In Carnival
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sparked shock and outrage by tweeting a video showing one man urinating on another during his country's massive annual street carnival.
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Carnival Opens In Rio, Defying Growing Zika Fears
Rio's Carnival -- a five day festival of dancing, bared flesh and wild costumes -- go underway in the face of warnings that the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous.
-
Brazil Takes Advantage of World Cup Crowds to Test for HIV
Brazilian health officials handed out condoms to World Cup fans in Sao Paulo on Friday and took advantage of festivities in the city to test people for HIV.
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Brazil keeps up Carnival pace of parties, parades
Extraterrestrial toucan birds, neon green spacemen waving Brazilian flags and legions of scantily clad women and men dancing a furious samba opened the final round of Rio de Janeiro's extravagant Carnival parades on Monday night.
-
Rio carnival: facts for the serious samba student
Most of the more than two million revelers at the Rio carnival are simply out to have a good time.
-
Rio de Janeiro's raucous carnival begins
Rio de Janeiro's mayor has opened the seaside city's raucous Carnival, the self-billed biggest party on the planet and Brazil's last big bash before it hosts this year's World Cup football tournament.
-
Rio Carnival: party and network at the same time
Sipping champagne, corporate executives in shorts and company T-shirts ogle Carnival samba queens as the women clad in sequins, feathers and glittery make-up strut their stuff at Rio's Sambodrome.
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Brazil ushers in the annual Rio carnival
It's all electric. Rio de Janeiro's annual carnival parade opened to the beat of drums and roar of fireworks on Sunday, with samba school Sao Clemente in focus. Strutting in a rainbow of glittering colours, Rio's samba group, The Portela group also made a dramatic entry into the throbbing Sambadrome stadium, its 300-strong percussion section ...
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95 dead in road accidents during Brazil carnival
At least 95 people have died and over 900 have been injured in traffic accidents during Brazil's most important festival, the carnival, police said.According to figures cited in Sunday's traffic police bulletin, 58 people died and 555 were injured in the 1,046 accidents that occurred on the country's roads on Saturday alone.This was in addition to ...
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Thousands gather for gay pride parade in Brazil
A crowd of thousands gathered on Copacabana Beach on Sunday for Rio de Janeiro's 15th annual gay pride parade.Despite the occasional rain showers, supporters of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities crowded the Brazilian city's Atlantica Avenue to dance to the sound of trucks blasting out music.People dressed in symbolic rainbow co...
