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Conservatives gaining force in Brazil Congress
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Conservatives gaining force in Brazil Congress

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In this Aug. 24, 2014 photo, Vieira a Guarani indian gets a view of the Mare slum, next to a dream catcher hanging from the roof, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some 5,000 indians from across Brazil live in Rio's favelas, where many of them fight to keep their traditions alive amidst grinding poverty and rampant violence. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Brazil’s indigenous seek out city, end up in slums

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Residents of the Morro da Mineira favela play in the newly installed soccer pitch powered by player's footsteps, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. The project, sponsored by British oil giant Shell, has around 200 energy-capturing tiles installed along the width and breadth of the field and covered by a layer of AstroTurf. Working in conjunction with solar panels also installed around the field, the player-powered tiles feed electricity to a system of floodlights overhead. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Action on the field powers lights at soccer field

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In this Aug. 27, 2014 photo, a lab technician shows a couple of containers of frozen donated human milk at the Fernandes Figueira Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A group of American doctors are in Brazil to learn how the country's extensive milk bank system works. With more than 200 such banks nationwide, where breast-feeding women can donate milk that is then pasteurized and used in neo-natal facilities, Brazil has cut down dramatically in infant mortality. Doctors in the U.S. are looking to duplicate Brazil's success. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Brazil’s maternal milk banks model for globe

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Brazil: new project to clean Olympic waters
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Brazil: new project to clean Olympic waters

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Brazilian designer Sergio Rodrigues dies at 86
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Brazilian designer Sergio Rodrigues dies at 86

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In this Aug. 7, 2014 photo, a nanny pushes a boy on a swing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A new law fining employers who fail to register their domestic workers is the Brazilian government's latest effort to extend the country's generous labor laws to its around 6 million maids, nannies and other home-care providers. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Brazil expands labor rights for domestic workers

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FILE - In this July 14, 2014, file photo, an Argentina soccer fan waves Argentina's national flag the morning after his team was defeated by Germany at the World Cup final, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Local media reports say tens of thousands of Argentine fans have remained in the country after the tournament ended. But the prospect of a large number of foreigners selling handicrafts, juggling at intersections for handouts or relying on government social services for poor Brazilians has officials worried. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
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World Cup over, but some Argentines won’t go home

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Argentina soccer fans cheer on Copacabana beach the morning of the final World Cup match between Argentina and Germany in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Dejected Argentine fans, elated Germans in Brazil

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A demonstrator shows poster written in Portuguese that reads,
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Brazil protests fizzled, but roots of anger remain

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