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Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil

Courier Newsroom - June 9, 2023

Astrud Gilberto backstage at New York City’s Birdland Jazz Club in 1964. Popsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images by Mario Higa, Middlebury Astrud Gilberto didn’t set...

Sports

Funniest Ryan Lochte memes about allegedly lying to Rio authorities about robbery

Editor - August 19, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO — Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is coming under increasing international scrutiny that he has fabricated parts or all of his story of…

Sports

LeBron James congratulates ‘The Simones’ for making history at Rio Olympics

Editor - August 14, 2016

Simone x2 ?? @simone_manuel pic.twitter.com/4ktpvKECV7 — Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) August 12, 2016 RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles and Simone Manuel, now known as…

International

Plan to launch Brazil’s only slave memoir, revisit dark past

Courier Newsroom - July 18, 2015

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) _ Taken from Africa and sold into slavery in Brazil, Mahommah Baquaqua's tale of escape to freedom in New York...

International

Battling racism theme of some Rio Carnival parades

Courier Newsroom - February 17, 2015

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Racial pride and the fight against racism in Brazil were the themes of samba group presentations and street parties...

International

Robberies on Rio beaches worry bathers, spark debate

Courier Newsroom - February 9, 2015

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bianca D'Aquino adjusts her parasol to block the blazing sun and settles into her beach chair, sinking her painted...

Sports

Brazil's World Cup dream turns to nightmare

Courier Newsroom - July 9, 2014

SAO PAULO (AP) — It wasn't just a bad dream. Brazilians woke up Wednesday to dreadful headlines describing the shame and humiliation of their soccer...

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Facebook, Twitter brace for World Cup fever

Courier Newsroom - June 10, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's World Cup will play out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and messaging apps like WhatsApp just as it progresses...

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