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Brazil judge sentences Pele’s son to 33 years

Brazil judge sentences Pele’s son to 33 years

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 2, 2014 9:54 pm

In this May 14, 2014 photo, a horse walks in a field near the Jaguari dam, which is part of the Cantareira System, responsible for providing water to the Sao Paulo metropolitan area, in Braganca Paulista, Brazil. The worst drought in more than 80 years is hitting Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city just as it prepares for the tens of thousands of foreigners expected at the tournament opener. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Energy and Environment

Drought headaches in Brazil’s WCup opener city

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 28, 2014 5:12 pm

Brazil prosecutors try to halt government WCup ads

Brazil prosecutors try to halt government WCup ads

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 27, 2014 10:52 pm

A member of the Homeless Workers Movement carries a Brazilian flag past burning tires during a protest against money spent on the World Cup near Itaquerao stadium which will host the international soccer tournament's first match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Brazilians are angry at the billions spent to host the World Cup, much of it on 12 ornate football stadiums, one-third of which critics say will see little use after the big event. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil police clash with anti-World Cup protesters

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 16, 2014 2:33 am

Strike hits Brazilian consulates in US, Europe

Strike hits Brazilian consulates in US, Europe

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 13, 2014 9:16 pm

FILE - This Jan. 10, 2014 file photo, released by Portal da Copa, shows an aerial view of the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil. A worker at the World Cup stadium died Thursday, May 8, 2014 in an electrical accident, temporarily interrupting construction at Arena Pantanal, one of the most-delayed venues before the soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Portal da Copa, Jose Medeiros, File)

Another worker dies at Brazil World Cup site

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 8, 2014 7:57 pm

Homeless blame World Cup for high rent in Brazil

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 7, 2014 7:06 pm

Participants carry a rainbow flag as thousands march during the annual Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, May 4, 2014. Gay rights advocates are calling for a Brazilian law against discrimination as they gather by the hundreds of thousands in Sao Paulo for one of the world's largest gay pride parades. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil activists honor gay pride, call for laws

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · May 4, 2014 7:53 pm

Activists: Mexican women giving birth in street

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · March 27, 2014 7:28 pm

Mexico charges vigilante leader with murder

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · March 14, 2014 12:44 am

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2010 file photo, a man holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Nazario will always live in our hearts," referring to La Familia drug cartel leader Nazario Moreno Gonzalez during a demonstration after the government announced he was killed in Apatzingan, Mexico. Years later on Sunday, March 9, 2014, officials say they are trying to determine if a man killed in an early morning shootout is Moreno. Some residents of Michoacan have reported seeing Moreno as his former cartel, La Familia Michoacana, was morphing into the more vicious and powerful Knights Templar. (AP Photo/Primera Plana, File)

Mexico government 100 pct sure drug capo killed

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · March 9, 2014 10:37 pm

Cuaron’s Oscar nod leaves Mexico soul searching

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · February 28, 2014 10:50 pm