Brazil claimed a 3-0 win over Iran in a friendly match in the United Arab Emirates and continued their winning streak since their World Cup quarter-final exit.
Goals by Dani Alves, Alexandre Pato and Nilmar gave Brazil their second win in as many games under new boss Mano Menezes, who coached the five-time World Cup winners to a 2-0 friendly triumph over the United States two months ago after he succeeded Dunga.
In the first ever meeting between the sides Brazil showed no mercy with their opponents right from the start as they recorded five shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes, including a Robinho attempt which hit the left-hand post.
They took an early lead as Alves fired a free-kick into the top-left corner via the upright in the 13th minute.
As soon as the second half started, Menezes decided to give reserves the opportunity to play so Elias came in for debutant Philippe Coutinho, Giuliano for Carlos Eduardo and Sandro replaced Ramires, while Robinho came off for Nilmar.
Twenty-four minutes into the second half, Elias showed Menezes’ decision was right as he set up Pato, who burst into the box to beat Mehdi Rahmati with a right-foot strike. (more…)
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When Google Street View launched in Brazil last week, it seemed as if it revealed so much about life in one of the world’s most vibrant and fastest-growing countries.
Images of four dead bodies, in Rio and Belo Horizonte, were, for some, stunning and, for others, sadly normal.
A Tumblr feed called Street Viu was set up so Brazilians could offer their most interesting images from the new service. In just a few days this feed has offered quite a fascinating look at what the Google cameras captured.
Tumblr contributors have sent in shots of more bodies, lying in alleyways or on sidewalks.
Though Google has worked hard to erase these images as soon as it is alerted and has asked the public to use the Street View tools to flag difficult sights, one particularly disturbing image, which, at the time of writing, is still up, shows a man using a public telephone while a body lies beneath him, totally ignored. It is not clear if it is a dead body or merely someone who is passed out, but it is extremely jarring.
When Street View was released in other countries, one heard of the occasional Brit vomiting in the street, and the occasional drunken Australian sleeping on the curb. But the Brazilian experience seems to suggest that Street View isn’t merely a useful encyclopedia of street images, but a snapshot of a society. (more…)
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A Sao Paulo court has ordered a university to pay $23,600 to a female student who was briefly expelled after she wore a pink minidress to school.
The case became a topic of national discussion in the South American country where skimpy clothing is normal on beaches and in nightclubs, but less so in school and elsewhere.
Geisy Arruda – whose dress provoked jeers and insults from hundreds of fellow students last November – was readmitted to Bandeirante University after the institution reversed a decision to expel her over the tumult under pressure from the Education Ministry and negative media attention.
A Sao Paulo court said the civil court in Sao Bernardo do Campo ruled that award was enough to compensate Arruda for damage she suffered without endangering the financial health of the private school.
Arruda’s lawyers said they would appeal. They are seeking $591,000 for what they say was her trampled dignity.
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Brazilian clown Tiririca will have to prove he is literate before he can take office in Congress. Picture by Sebastiao Moreira / EPA
Court says he has to prove he can read and write if he wants to take office
The clown who got more votes than any other candidate for Congress will have to convince authorities he can read and write if he wants to take office.
In a ruling posted on the Sao Paulo electoral court‘s website Tuesday, a judge found there is sufficient doubt about whether comic performer Tiririca — which means “grumpy” in Portuguese — meets a constitutional mandate that federal lawmakers be literate.
Tiririca, whose real name is Francisco Silva, will have 10 days after being notified of the ruling to prove his literacy through a written defense. If it fails, he will be barred from taking up his seat representing Sao Paulo in Congress.
Silva’s run for office attracted wide coverage in the news media, and his online campaign videos drew millions of viewers, with slogans such as “It can’t get any worse” and “What does a federal deputy do? Truly, I don’t know. But vote for me and you’ll find out.”
But a week before the election, Epoca magazine reported that people who worked with Silva on his TV shows and a book credited to him say he is illiterate, as is 10 percent of Brazil‘s population.
A video on Epoca’s website shows a reporter reading questions from an election poll to Silva. He is then asked to read one of the questions himself. Visibly shaken, he hesitates before campaign aides rush to the rescue. (more…)
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Four people died while voting over the weekend in Brazil’s general elections, the press reported.
A retired woman, whose age was not released, fainted in front of a voting machine in Frutal, a city in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, the Uol Web site reported.
A man identified as 43-year-old Jose Carlos Nascimento Souza died from a massive heart attack while standing in line to vote in Igaci a city in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Uol reported.
A 38-year-old woman died from a heart attack in Diamante, a city in the northeastern state of Paraiba, after appearing nervous while waiting to cast her ballot, eyewitnesses told Uol.
The election precinct’s supervisor asked the woman to not vote because of her condition, the eyewitnesses said.
A 62-year-old woman passed out in front of an electronic voting machine in Guarulhos, a city in the Sao Paulo metropolitan area, and died at a hospital.
Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff and opposition member Jose Serra will face off in a runoff election for Brazil’s presidency on Oct. 31 after the leading candidates failed to win a majority of the vote in Sunday’s balloting.
Rousseff, of the governing Workers’ Party, or PT, won 46.9 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election, while Serra, the standard bearer of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, or PSDB, garnered 32.61 percent of the vote, with 99.99 percent of the ballots counted, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal said.
Green Party candidate Sen. Marina Silva came in third with 19.33 percent of the vote.
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