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• Brazilian president in intensive care after emergency brain surgery

  10-12-2024 14:37
  
  Hospital statement says Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had operation after brain bleed detected during scanThe Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is recovering in intensive care having undergone emergency surgery after a brain bleed was detected during an MRI scan.At about 9.20am local time (1220 GMT) the medical team at Sírio-Libanês hospital in São Paulo held a press conference to announce that surgery to drain a haematoma caused by bleeding in the pre
  
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• Why did ‘Brazil’s George Floyd’ receive less public outcry – even in Brazil?

  10-12-2024 12:30
  
  Genivaldo de Jesus Santos was asphyxiated in a police car – but his killers’ lengthy sentences received little attentionStopped at a checkpoint for riding a motorcycle without a helmet, Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, was forced into the boot of a police car by three police officers, who sprayed pepper spray and teargas into the confined space.With dozens of bystanders watching – some of them shouting “You’re going to kill him” and warning that De Jesus was men
  
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• Endless work, little money, occasional UFOs: my father’s five decades driving Brazil’s roads | Long read

  10-12-2024 06:00
  
  As a sociologist, my career couldn’t be further from that of my father, who spent his life on the road as a truck driver. It’s only in recent years, as illness has struck, that I’ve started to truly understand himRemember, your dad helped build this airport so you could fly.I hear my father’s words every time I catch a flight from São Paulo’s main airport. And while I always remembered those words, it has taken me some time to truly understand them. Continue
  
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