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The Guardian - 20-Dec-2013

s more worrying is that fatal cases have been rising steadily in the past few years. Between 1999 and 2008 there were 42 football-related deaths, but in 2012 the number reached 29 for a single year. It is important to understand that the vast majority of those cases occurred outside stadiums and that the experience of watching a football match in Brazil has improved significantly in terms of safety...

The Guardian - 20-Dec-2013

s flagship poverty relief strategy as a weapon for political campaigning has led to criticism that it fuels inequality • Bolsa familia : a decade of pioneering poverty relief • Bolsa familia : a source of empowerment for women Vote buying is a common practice in Brazil's north-eastern state of Maranhão, which has been run as a fiefdom by a handful of privileged families for as long as anyone can remember....

The Guardian - 19-Dec-2013

s oil wealth – had powered the resurgence of the Latin American left in the 21st century. With Chávez gone, the crowds returned again and again during the following weeks either to support or condemn his successor, Nicolás Maduro, who was always going to find it difficult to fill the huge political space left by his predecessor. As some clashes turned violent, there were a handful of deaths. But despite...

The Guardian - 19-Dec-2013

s biggest favela and the world's largest urban forest. Geographically mirroring their social position, the family's small brick home is on the periphery of the periphery – dangerously close to the landslide zone and discomfortingly distant from roads, shops and social services. During a recent storm, the roof collapsed; their home was flooded and they were forced to evacuate. The same thing happens...

The Guardian - 18-Dec-2013

s five deadliest countries for the media. They were joined by India and the Philippines, which replaced Mexico and Brazil, although the number of journalists killed in Brazil, five, was the same as last year. Almost 40% of the deaths occurred in conflicts zones, defined as Syria, Somalia, Mali, the Indian province of Chhattisgarh, the Pakistani province of Balochistan and the Russian republic of Dagestan....


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