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    Apr 24, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Panetta: Marines punished for prostitute attack

    BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says four Marines were demoted and severely punished for allegedly pushing a prostitute out of a car in Brasilia late last year after a dispute over payment. The incident is similar, but...

    Tags: U.S. Secret Service, Defense, Leon Panetta, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    2. Jun 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Protests mar start of Confederations Cup in Brazil

    Reuters
    BRASILIA (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters before the opening Confederations Cup match in Brazil on Saturday, leaving more than 30 people injured outside the stadium in an ugly start to the tournament. The activists...

    Tags: Dilma Rousseff, Brazil, Television Networks, FIFA World Cup

    3. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Sluggish Brazil economy erodes Rousseff's popularity

    Reuters
    * Approval rating slips from 57 pct to 54 pct -CNT poll * Rising inflation a worry even amid tepid growth * Second poll in a week showing Rousseff less popular By Peter Murphy and Carl Patchen BRASILIA, June 11 (Reuters) - Growing pessimism over...

    Tags: Economic Indicator, Elections, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Government

    4. May 31, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. Biden says U.S. and Brazil ready for deeper relationship

    Reuters
    * U.S. vice president says Brazil a model emerging democracy * Rousseff to make state visit to Washington on Oct. 23 * Businesses push for better investment, tax and travel ties By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe...

    Tags: Hugo Chavez, United Nations, Government, Venezuela, White House

    5. May 29, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. U.S. vice president warns Brazil not to lag behind on trade

    Reuters
    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden encouraged Brazil on Wednesday to open its economy further to keep up with free trade trends worldwide as he started a visit aimed at boosting business between the two largest economies in the...

    Tags: Dilma Rousseff, United Nations, Brazil, Boeing Co., Politics

    6. May 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Biden invites Brazil's leader to pay a high-profile visit

    SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Vice President Joe Biden praised Brazil as a rising power and extended an invitation to better relations with the U.S. during a three-day visit that ended Friday.
    SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Vice President Joe Biden praised Brazil as a rising power and extended an invitation to better relations with the U.S. during a three-day visit that ended Friday. “We’re ready for a deeper, broader relationship across...

    Tags: American Red Cross, Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil, Venezuela

    7. Dec 9, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Remembering the whimsical, electrifying work of a genius

    Just this once, I wish I could write with pictures instead of words. That would make it easier to explain why the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who died Wednesday at 104, was one of my heroes. Not for his politics, of course — he was, to the...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Dilma Rousseff, United Nations, Brazil, Architecture

    8. Dec 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Oscar Niemeyer dies at 104; modernist Brazilian architect

    Oscar Niemeyer, the architect whose soaring buildings form the heart of Brasilia, the instant modernist capital built in the wilds of Brazil in the late 1950s, has died. He was 104. Niemeyer, who had outlived his contemporaries to become the world's...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, United Nations, Architecture, Fidel Castro, France

    9. Apr 25, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  9. Secret Service prostitute scandal: Homeland Security boss says Obama never in danger

    WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no risk to President Barack Obama as a result of a prostitution scandal at a Colombia hotel that involved a dozen Secret Service officers, Homeland Security Janet Napolitano told a Senate panel Wednesday.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no risk to President Barack Obama as a result of a prostitution scandal at a Colombia hotel that involved a dozen Secret Service officers, Homeland Security Janet Napolitano told a Senate panel Wednesday. Napolitano, who...

    Tags: U.S. Secret Service, National Security, Carl Levin, Patrick Leahy, Leon Panetta

    10. Apr 26, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  10. Brazilian prostitute to sue US Embassy over injuries

    It seems like our secret service is having some trouble staying secret lately. You've heard of President Obama's body guard’s scandal in Colombia, and now, second time's the charm!  But this round we're talking about a more serious incident. 
    KIAH
    It seems like our secret service is having some trouble staying secret lately. You've heard of President Obama's body guard’s scandal in Colombia, and now, second time's the charm!  But this round we're talking about a more serious incident.  In...

    Tags: Leon Panetta, Prostitution, Health, U.S. Department of State, Sex Crimes

    11. Jan 4, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. A growing list of Latin American nations moving to recognize a Palestinian state

    La Plaza
    Joining a widening trend across Latin America, Chile and Paraguay are poised to recognize a Palestinian state based on borders before the 1967 Middle East War, reports in Israel and Latin America said. In recent weeks, several countries in the region have...
    12. Apr 23, 2011 |Story| Daily Pilot

  12. Misty wins silver, Ross bronze

    BRASILIA, Brazil — It was just like old times in the gold medal match of the beach volleyball Brasilia Open. Newport Harbor High alumna Misty May-Treanor has reunited with her old partner, Kerri Walsh. They came close to winning yet another...

    Tags: Beijing Games, Brazil, Human Interest, Volleyball, Awards and Prizes

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