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RUSSIAN WORLD CUP VENUE BUILDS SEATS OUTSIDE STADIUM TO MEET FIFA CAPACITY STANDARDS
To host World Cup games, stadiums need to hold at least 35,000 spectators, according to FIFA, which approved the reconstruction plan at 60-year-old Ekaterinburg Arena... READ MORE›
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HUNGRY VENEZUELANS FLEE IN BOATS TO ESCAPE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
About 60 percent more Venezuelans fled the country this year than during the year before, he added... READ MORE›
56 KILLED, MANY BEHEADED, IN GRISLY BRAZIL PRISON RIOT
Sao Paulo, Brazil - A prison riot in the Brazilian Amazon has left at least 56 people dead with some bodies decapitated and burned, officials said... READ MORE›
FROM HEATWAVES TO HURRICANES, FLOODS TO FAMINE
Global warming will not affect everyone equally. Here we look at seven key regions to see how each is tackling the consequences of climate change... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TO TRANSFER GANG LEADERS AFTER PRISON MASSACRE
Four inmates were found dead in another prison in the rural area of Manaus on Monday... READ MORE›
SYRIAN SUSPECTED OF PLANNING TRUCK ATTACK IN GERMANY ARRESTED
Syrian suspected of planning truck attack in Germany arrested prosecutors... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL CITY OF MANAUS
In another prison in Amazonas, 87 inmates escaped in the first hours of Monday, Fonte said... READ MORE›
MACAP JOURNAL THERES NO LAW ON THE AMAZON RIVER PIRATES TERRORIZE SHIPS BY NIGHT
Macap Journal Theres No Law on the Amazon River Pirates Terrorize Ships by Night... READ MORE›
BRAZIL DRUG GANGS SPARK PRISON RIOT, 56 DEAD
The Anisio Jobim prison complex currently houses 2,230 inmates despite having a capacity of only 590... READ MORE›
RECORD BRAZIL PROTESTS PUT ROUSSEFF'S FUTURE IN DOUBT
The corruption scandal has already strained Rousseff's ties with her main coalition partner, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party PMDB ... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SUPREME COURT JUDGE CALLS FOR DRUGS LEGALIZATION TO BEAT GANGS
A rising number of Brazil's conservative and evangelical politicians are vowing a tougher stance on drugs, however... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | SOUTH AMERICA'S INDIGENOUS GROUPS USED TO LINE UP WITH THE LEFT. NOT ANYMORE.
As indigenous leaders in states such as Amazonas have defected to Venezuela's opposition, the strains with the government have worsened... READ MORE›
AROUND 60 KILLED AS DRUG GANGS CLASH IN BRAZIL PRISON MASSACRE
Image provided by A Critica journal on Jan. 2, 2017 shows smoke rising from the Anisio Jobim Prison Complex during a riot, in Manaus, northern Brazil... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PRISON RIOT A BUTCHERY FORETOLD SPARKS FEAR OF MORE KILLINGS
That same month, clashes between gang members in three prisons elsewhere in Brazil's Amazon left 22 dead... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TO TRANSFER GANG LEADERS AFTER PRISON MASSACRE
Four inmates were found dead in another prison in the rural area of Manaus on Monday... READ MORE›
MANAUS RESIDENTS LIVE IN FEAR AFTER PRISON BREAKS
Between January 2-9, another 10 inmates were killed in smaller prison clashes in Amazonas and the northeastern state of Paraiba... READ MORE›
PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL LEAVES DOZENS DEAD, AUTHORITIES SAY
Prisons, which have always been tinderboxes, are manifesting the reorganization of organized crime in Brazil, he said... READ MORE›
DRUGS GANG 'KILLS 33 INMATES' IN BRAZILIAN JAIL
At least 33 prisoners have been killed in a prison in northern Brazil, just days after 56 died during a jail riot in a neighbouring state... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN BEAUTY PAGEANT RUNNER-UP WRESTLES CROWN OFF WINNER BEFORE STORMING OFF STAGE
Miss Amazonas 2015 Brazilian beauty pageant runner-up wrestles crown off winner before storming off stage... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PRISON RIOT LEAVES AT LEAST FOUR DEAD
A prison uprising in the neighbouring state of Roraima left at least 33 dead... READ MORE›
NEW BRAZIL PRISON CLASH KILLS FOUR IN AMAZON REGION
56 killed, many beheaded, in grisly Brazil prison riot Five days later, PCC members killed 33 people at a Roraima state prison... READ MORE›
BRAZILS DEADLY PRISON RIOT IS JUST ONE PIECE OF A BIGGER DRUG GANG WAR
Historically, the Sao Paulo-based PCC has largely left Rio de Janeiro's lucrative drug trade in the hands of the Red Command, Muggah explained... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED AND WOUNDED IN ALCACUZ PRISON RIOT
The outbreak of violence at Brazil's prisons began January 1, when 56 inmates were killed in the northern state of Amazonas... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA HELICOPTER CRASH SURVIVORS RESCUED AFTER SIX DAYS
Venezuela's El Nacional paper says that the military crew members were alive and will be transferred to the capital of Amazonas state, Puerto Ayacucho... READ MORE›
SEARCH FOR FUGITIVES AFTER DEADLY JAIL RIOT IN AMAZONAS
Police in northern Brazil are searching for dozens of inmates who escaped from an overcrowded prison complex during a riot that left 56 dead, officials say... READ MORE›
BRAZIL AND COLOMBIA PLEDGE TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING
We cannot let peace in Colombia be cause for concern in the region, said Colombian Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas... READ MORE›
AMAZON JAGUAR SHOT DEAD AT OLYMPIC TORCH CEREMONY
No request was made to authorise the participation of the jaguar Juma in the event of the Olympic torch, Ipaam said in a statement... READ MORE›
RIOT POLICE OPEN WAY FOR OLYMPIC TORCH THROUGH PROTEST
A representative for the local organizing committee called the incident isolated and said the protesters had held up the torch but its route was not changed... READ MORE›
JAGUAR SHOT DEAD AT RIO 2016 OLYMPICS TORCH CEREMONY
In Brazil, the Rio de Janeiro-based animal rights group Animal Freedom Union asked the same question... READ MORE›
HAITIAN QUAKE SURVIVORS WELCOMED IN BRAZIL'S AMAZON
Manaus is a nicer city in comparison with the other cities in Brazil, he said... READ MORE›
BRAZIL 'TO GIVE RIO $850M' IN AID FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
Rio de Janeiro to receive emergency funds to pay for infrastructure and security during August games, reports say... READ MORE›