Brazil
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To Celebrate the World Cup, Brazilians Take To the Streets—To Paint Them
For the first time ever, Google Street View is letting users experience the artwork from anywhere
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Deadly Flooding Hits Brazil Two Days Before World Cup Begins
Flooding in southeastern Brazil has killed at least nine
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Statistics Say That Brazil Will Probably Win the World Cup
Analyzing players' transfer values to calculate a team's overall market value, however, predicts that Spain will win
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Will Brazil’s World Cup Stadium in the Middle of the Amazon Pay Off?
The city of Manaus hopes that a new soccer stadium, built for the World Cup, will become a post-tournament boon to the economy
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Black Orpheus: How a French Film Introduced the World to Brazil
Decades later, the movie's legacy lives on in popular culture and in the music videos of Arcade Fire
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Why Do Environmentalists Keep Getting Killed Around the World?
The brutal 2011 slayings of two local rainforest defenders in the Amazon underscore the risks of activism in Brazil and the rest of the world
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Rio's Giant Christ Statue Damaged by Lightning
Repairs will begin on Christ the Redeemer's fingers and head
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Scientists Discover a New Species of Tapir; Locals Say, “We Told You!”
The new tapir is the smallest of the world's five known species but it still counts as one of the largest mammals found in South America
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Rio’s Music is Alive and Well
Brazil’s music scene may be known for beats such as bossa nova, but newer sounds are making waves on the streets of Rio
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An Illuminated View of Iguazu Falls
A series of 200 separate waterfalls, Iguazu is best viewed when the river is high and the moon is full
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Exploring the Amazon Rain Forest
With an ecosystem under siege, every moment in this wild wonderland is one to savor
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