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BRAZILIANS REJECT BAN ON GUN SALES

Brazilians - whose country ranks second in the world in per capita gun deaths - appear to have voted solidly against a proposed ban on retail sales of guns and ammunition.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200...guns051023.html

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It's sad. Brazil has a real HUGE problem with crime and violence. It's out of control. Many times I thought Argentina was bad and it is, but Brazil is terrible. I am not sure how this ban will help to reduce crime but if I was in charge I would implement any thing that may help to reduce illegal guns and crime from the country.

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BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT FACES RUNOFF AS SCANDAL GROWS

Brazil's president, engulfed in a growing corruption scandal, faces another month of campaigning to win a second term after results from Sunday's polls forced him into a runoff with his chief rival.

Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200.../01/brazil.html

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Brazil's Amazon minister resigns

Brazil's environment minister resigns, after conflicts with the government over Amazon development.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/a...cas/7399715.stm

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The former guerrilla set to be the world's most powerful woman:

The world's most powerful woman will start coming into her own next weekend. Stocky and forceful at 63, this former leader of the resistance to a Western-backed military dictatorship (which tortured her) is preparing to take her place as President of Brazil. Ref. Source 6

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Picking Lula's Replacement: Brazil's Presidential Race Heads to Runoff

In Brazil, some 135 million voters cast ballots on Sunday in a closely watched presidential election. Dilma Rousseff, the leading candidate to succeed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, won the race but failed to gain the 50 percent of votes needed for an outright victory. If Rousseff wins the runoff, she will become the first woman to lead Brazil, the world's fourth most populous democracy. For the last five years, Rousseff has served as Lula's chief of staff. During the 1960s and 1970s, she was involved in the armed struggle against Brazil's military dictatorship. She was imprisoned for nearly three years and tortured. Ref. Source 8

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No joke as clown is Brazil's most voted

Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, better known by his clown name Tiririca, received more than 1.3 million votes in Sao Paulo state in Brazil's presidential and congressional elections. That was more than double the votes of the second-placed candidate in Brazil's most populous state. Ref. Source 4

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Dilma Rousseff is the new President of Brazil. I don't know much about her but in a search for online photos I saw a lot of them made fun of her. She has to be liked though if she won. The main Thread on Dilma Rousseff herself is: Source 3