News: Brazil

We have started to collect the most important news related to Brazil in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Brazil: news

Football: Brazil reach Copa final

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 5:56
related countries: Uruguay

Brazil beat Uruguay 5-4 on penalties after a bad-tempered 2-2 draw to reach the Copa America final.
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Pan-American Games open

Saturday, July 14th 2007, 4:36
related countries: United States
related places: Rio, Janeiro

Thousands of people attend the opening of the Pan American Games in Brazil, amid heightened security.
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Brazil victorious in Copa America

Monday, July 16th 2007, 5:57
related countries: Argentina
related places: Maracaibo

Brazil retain the Copa America after beating favourites Argentina 3-0 in a one-sided final in Venezuela.
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Brazilian plane crash 'kills 200'

Wednesday, July 18th 2007, 8:48
related places: Congonhas, Sao Paulo

Up to 200 people are killed when a plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Brazil jet 'too fast on runway'

Thursday, July 19th 2007, 15:00
related countries: Botswana

Video of the Brazil air crash seems to show the plane moving down the runway at higher than normal speed.
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Calls for Brazil airport to close

Thursday, July 19th 2007, 17:22
related places: Congonhas, Sao Paulo

Pressure mounts for Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport to close in the wake of a crash which killed some 200 people.
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Brazil jet thrust reverser 'off'

Friday, July 20th 2007, 9:31

A jet which crashed killing some 200 people had only one thrust reverser working, Brazilian officials say.
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Lula vows to act after air crash

Saturday, July 21st 2007, 2:51
related places: Sao Paulo

Brazil's leader promises to improve air safety, after a Sao Paulo air crash that killed nearly 200 people.
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Brazil radar fault stops flights

Saturday, July 21st 2007, 20:24
related countries: United States
related places: Sao Paulo

A radar breakdown in northern Brazil causes five flights between Sao Paulo and the US to turn back.
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Brazil rejects outside air help

Tuesday, July 24th 2007, 7:42

Brazilian officials dismiss calls for foreign experts to help with the air traffic system after the Sao Paulo crash.
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Brazil's defence minister fired

Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 16:09

Brazil's president sacks his defence minister, whose ministry oversees air traffic control.
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Brazil claims WTO cotton victory

Friday, July 27th 2007, 23:19
related countries: United States

Brazil claims a victory over the US after the WTO upheld many of its complaints over subsidies for cotton farmers.
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Brazil air crash runway re-opened

Saturday, July 28th 2007, 2:20
related places: Congonhas

The main runway at Congonhas airport re-opens 10 days after a plane overshot it in Brazil's worst aviation disaster.
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Cuban athletes leave games early

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 5:23
related countries: Cuba, United States
related places: Pan American

Cuban athletes make a hurried exit from the Pan-American games in Brazil, apparently amid fears of mass defections.
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Brazil hopes for Rio Games boost

Monday, July 30th 2007, 9:29

The Pan Am Games close in Rio with organisers hoping they boosted Brazil's chances of staging more events.
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Brazil pilots' last words aired

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 17:58

Pilots' final exchanges before Brazil's worst aviation disaster are revealed to a congressional hearing.
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Brazilian airports chief sacked

Sunday, August 5th 2007, 1:17
related countries: Botswana

The head of Brazil's airports authority is replaced in the wake of the country's worst air crash last month.
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Brazil deports Cuban boxers

Monday, August 6th 2007, 9:48
related countries: Cuba

Fidel Castro says two Cuban boxers sent back by Brazil will not face arrest for deserting their team in Rio.
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Lula tour pushes Brazil biofuels

Tuesday, August 7th 2007, 1:35
related countries: Mexico

Brazil's President Lula meets his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon at the start of a tour to promote ethanol.
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'No glitches' on Brazil crash jet

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 22:39

An airliner that crashed in Brazil in July showed no signs of mechanical or computer error, an Airbus boss says.
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