According to itv.com, a British woman has been killed in a boating accident during a holiday to Brazil. Gillian Metcalf, 50, from Kent, was travelling with her husband and two daughters when their boat was struck at high speed by another vessel. She died instantly from head injuries during the collision on the Rio Negro river on September 5. Read article
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Globo reported on September 3, 2013 that a 55-year old Argentinian tourist was raped in Buzios, Rio de Janeiro after visiting her daughters. Police located the suspect, a 31-year old man, after descriptions were given of the vehicle used. The victim was hospitalized after being found disoriented and with injuries. Read Article
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As reported by Networkedblogs.com, a young tourist has died after being attacked by a shark as she swam off a beach in northeastern Brazil. Bruna Gobbi, an 18-year-old resident of Sao Paulo, was rushed to the Restauracao hospital in Recife after attack. “She lost a lot of blood” and died of her injuries after her […]
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According to laht.com, Brazilian police killed one of the criminals trying to rob a Spanish tourist outside a hotel in an affluent Sao Paulo neighborhood, authorities said Saturday. Civil Police of Sao Paulo state, who did not reveal the name of the robbers nor of the tourist, said Friday that a Spanish citizen who was […]
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According to xinhuanet.com, at least 10 people have been killed in a bus crash on their way to a religious gathering in southeast Brazil, local media reported on Saturday. The driver of a tourist bus lost control of the vehicle late Friday, as it was carrying 42 church members at the time of the crash […]
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According to dgstandard.co.uk, a Dumfries backpacker was robbed at gunpoint in Brazil. Busker Adam Nash was sightseeing in Salvador with a group of friends when armed muggers pounced. The 32-year-old said: “It was surreal. When I saw the gun I was scared but I tried to stay calm. Read article
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Fox News reports that a Massachusetts woman and her six-year-old daughter have been stuck in Brazil for more than a month after police seized their passports as part of an international custody dispute with the child’s father. Shauna Hadden, 33, and her daughter, Ava Machado, have been in Brazil since late May, when they began […]
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As reported by Nbcnews.com, a teenager died as more than a million people took to the streets late Thursday in Brazil’s biggest protests for two decades. The 18-year-old man was killed when a Jeep smashed through a barricade in the small city of Ribeirao in the state of Sao Paolo during latest wave of anti-government […]
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As reported by Gov.uk, there have been protests in a number of Brazilian cities, including Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte. Although generally peaceful, there have been violent incidents and injuries. See Political situation .Levels of crime and violence are high, particularly in major cities. You should be particularly vigilant before and during […]
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According to a newsok.com report, football’s governing body FIFA said Thursday that police are investigating an incident in which Spanish national football team players say they were robbed at their hotel in the northern Brazilian city of Recife. FIFA spokesman Pekka Odriozola said he had no details of the alleged robbery, which Spanish media reports […]
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