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Sucesso! Brazil welcomed more than ONE MILLION tourists over World Cup period (and the final was the most talked about topic in the history of Facebook)

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They may not have managed to win the trophy, but Brazil’s World Cup has been declared a success after attracting 70 per cent more visitors than expected.

A record 1.35 million visitors flocked to the South American country during the competition, from a total of 203 different countries.

Brazil had been expecting just 600,000 visitors during the run-up to the World Cup and for the competition itself.

But instead a daily average of 485,000 passengers passed through 21 airports in the 12 host cities – a higher number than is normally recorded during Carnival.

According to data from the Brazilian Forum of Hotel Operators, hotel occupancy was also at an all-time high. Statistics showed that 108,000 new daily bookings were registered during match days and the day before the games.

And it wasn’t just tourists who put Brazil on the map, the World Cup final was also the most talked about event in Facebook history.

During the whole competition, the  social networking site recorded more than three billion interactions about the World Cup.

In total, around 3.6 billion people around the world watched the final, staged at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã stadium.

It is estimated the World Cup has contributed a total of £9 billion to the Brazilian economy, according to research from the Institute of Economic Research Foundation (FIPE) commissioned by the Ministry of Tourism.

 

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Brazil fan dies of a heart attack during tense penalty shootout against Chile which the host nation won 3-2

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A 69-year-old football fan suffered a heart attack and died during Brazil’s tense penalty shootout against Chile.

The man was watching the end of the World Cup game at a bar inside the 62,000-seater Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte last night when he complained of feeling unwell.

He was taken to a hospital south of the city centre but died a short time later.

According to the Brazilian newspaper Estado de Minas, the victim was one of 98 people to receive medical attention during the second round fixture.

Around 60 of them were treated at their seats by staff on duty inside the stadium.

The match went to penalties as the South American teams were drawing 1-1 after 90 minutes.

A 50-year-old woman also suffered shock during the game while a 20-year-old fan had his nose broken after getting into a fight.

A 20-year-old was treated by paramedics after getting into argument with a rival Chile supporter.

Brazil’s striker Neymar sent the host nation through to the quarter finals after scoring his side’s final penalty.
The man who died at the stadium is not the first casualty of the World Cup.

One man in China died after staying up for three days to watch the opening group matches.

While another fan from Mexico jumped to his death following his nation’s successful start to the tournament.

 

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Brazil Ready to Finally Get World Cup Underway

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Previews - Final Draw For The 2014 FIFA World Cup

It’s almost time. The day Brazilians have been anxiously waiting for is finally arriving.

Brazil plays Croatia on Thursday to get the home World Cup underway, beginning its quest for a sixth world title almost seven years after the nation was picked as host.

After so much talk about delays, protests and problems, fans at last are getting a chance to cheer for the national team on home soil in football’s showcase tournament.

If Brazil wins the opening game, the fact that the stadium in Sao Paulo isn’t even fully finished yet will quickly be forgotten. A loss, quite simply, is unthinkable.

Brazil hasn’t hosted the World Cup since 1950, when it endured a heartbreaking loss to Uruguay in the final. This time, everybody knows that only the title will be enough to please the home crowd.

 

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Brazil Has 100 Days to Get Ready for World Cup

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Brazil is running out of time.

World Cup organizers will mark 100 days to go on Tuesday with work still to be done on stadiums and infrastructure in the 12 host cities.

As national teams enter their final phase of preparations — Wednesday in the only date this year before mid-May that all players are available to national teams — the Brazilian government is trying to ensure the country will be prepared for the 32-nation tournament, which opens June 12.

There are four stadiums still under construction, and work outside many of the venues is far from over. Doubts also remain about whether host cities will be able to meet FIFA’s requirements for fan areas with outdoor viewing screens.

 

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Floods Kill 41 People in Southeastern Brazil

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Brazilian officials say floods and mudslides have killed 41 people and driven close to 70,000 from their homes in two southeastern states.

The civil defense department in the state of Minas Gerais says the floods and mudslides caused by more than 10 days of heavy downpours left 18 people dead and forced 9,420 to flee their homes.

In Espirito Santo state, officials place the death toll at 23 and say that more than 60,000 were forced to seek shelter in public buildings or the homes of friends and relatives.

Troops are helping distribute food, water and medicine in Espirito Santo and Army engineers have been called in to help repair highways, roads and bridges damaged by the floods.

 

Large Oil Reserves Discovered in Brazil

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Oil Platforms Off The Coast of Brazil

 

Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency says large reserves of oil are located off the coast of the northeastern state of Sergipe, representing a new frontier in petroleum development in Latin America’s biggest country.

Agency director Magda Chambriard said Wednesday that numbers on how much oil is in the reserves would not be announced before 2016.

Most of the country’s oil production is concentrated in southeastern Brazil, where over the past several years billions of barrels of oil have been discovered in offshore reserves, mostly in deep, pre-salt fields.

On Monday, a consortium including Shell, Total, two Chinese firms and Brazil’s state-run petroleum company Petrobras won the right to develop a field off the cost of Rio de Janeiro that could hold up to 12 billion barrels of oil.

 

Brazil Grants Visas to Syrians Fleeing Conflict

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brazil-statueThe government says it will grant special visas to Syrians who want to leave their conflict-wracked nation and travel to Brazil.

The government’s says Tuesday that the foreign ministry has been authorized to issue the visas for “humanitarian reasons,” allowing Syrians affected by the conflict and the “deterioration of living conditions” to enter the South American country.

Brazil has a Syrian immigrant community estimated at about 3 million.

 

Brazil Army Must Recognize Same-Sex Civil Union

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Brazil-Same-sex-civil-unionsA court has ordered Brazil’s Army for the first time to recognize a same-sex civil union between a sergeant and his companion.

Judge Elio Siqueira says that the couple is entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples in terms of things such as alimony and retirement benefits.

The sergeant’s attorney said Friday it was “the first time a court ordered the Army to recognize a same-sex union of one its officers.”

Attorney Laurecilia de Sa Ferraz, says turned to the court after the army refused to recognize his civil union with his companion, a computer science student.

The army said it had no comment because it has not been officially notified of the ruling.

 

Centuries-old trees destroyed as rainforest is chopped down for Pope’s visit to Brazil to allow pilgrims to celebrate mass

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PapaAuthorities in Brazil have denounced church leaders as criminals for chopping down more than 300 centuries-old trees in a national park – so pilgrims can celebrate mass during the Pope’s visit to Rio de Janeiro.

Pope Francis will make his first international trip to the world’s largest Roman Catholic country later this month.

Organisers of an event in the diocese of Sao Sebastiao de Itaipu, in the city of Niteroi, claimed they needed to clear an area of Atlantic rainforest to accommodate the expected crowd of up to 800 pilgrims.

Serra da Tiririca national park1A total of 334 trees at the edge of the Serra da Tiririca national park, but also on church-owned land, were felled.

Niteroi’s vice-mayor, Axel Grael, claimed the church did not seek permission to ‘deforest’ the land.

He told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper: ‘The incident is lamentable. An event for youth should be educational and demonstrate a commitment to the environment and the future. This removal is a criminal act.’

Andre Ilha, from Rio de Janeiro’s state environment institute – which is responsible for the forest – said the destruction would never have been allowed.

He said: ‘What was razed was the buffer zone of the Tiririca park. We would never have authorised that. It is a fragment of the endangered Atlantic rainforest. We will charge them with a crime.’
The diocese has reportedly offered to replant trees in the area following the event.