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Brazil 2006 ● Magic Times ● Ronaldinho ● Adriano ● Ronaldo ● Kaká ● R.Carlos ● Robinho ● Juninho RIO DE JANEIRO -- As the sun set on Copacabana Beach, joggers, dog walkers and stroller pushers slowed down their pace or stopped to gawk at a massive,...

NOVANEWS By Mike LaSusa Global Research The Brazilian government and big business wanted the World Cup very badly. But the people wanted better public services – especially the majority that identify as non-white.“Government studies have shown that...

Since Germany’s stunning lopsided victory over their national team last Tuesday, many Brazilians find themselves negotiating the bittersweet taste that likely comes with hosting a sports tournament that they did not win. In having their sense of national...

RIO DE JANEIRO ― Seven years ago, Vila Autódromo was little more than a tranquil fishing village on the edge of Jacarepagua Lagoon, next to the racetrack for which it was named. Like the hundreds of other favelas that dot Rio de Janeiro’s landscape,...

The Morro da Providencia favela. Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images The granite hump of Providencia gazes down like a stern guardian on the old port of Rio de Janeiro. It offers probably the finest viewpoint over any city I know. Rio’s great...