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Brazil's World Cup may go well for the wrong reasons

Thomson ReutersMarch 18, 2013 15:46

By Brian Winter SAO PAULO (Reuters) - It's the catchphrase of the year in Brazil: "Imagina na Copa!" The Portuguese phrase, which basically means "Imagine what it'll be like during the World Cup," has become a favourite among Brazilians stuck in traffic, or in line at their woefully overcrowded airports. The underlying belief is that the chaos will be worse when Brazil hosts the football tournament in June 2014, and hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors fly in to see the games.

Strike shuts down 36 Brazilian ports

Agencia EFEFebruary 26, 2013 11:24

Rio de Janeiro, Feb 22 (EFE).- A strike to protest the Brazilian government's plan to privatize several ports shut down at least 36 terminals for six hours on Friday, union spokespersons said. Stevedores did not show up for work on Friday's first shift as part of a bid to pressure the government to modify the port-overhaul plan. The strike affected several of the country's main ports - including Santos, Latin America's largest - Paulo Pereira da Silva, a lawmaker and president of the Força Sindical trade union, said.

Soccer-Portuguese fans entranced by Cape Verde v Angola duel

Thomson ReutersJanuary 27, 2013 19:45

By Daniel Alvarenga LISBON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - As Cape Verde Islands tussled with Angola in a nerve-shredding contest that ended with a last-gasp winner in South Africa, soccer fans in Portugal were left biting their nails as they followed the twists and turns of the first African Nations Cup clash between the two former colonies.