Jenny Barchfield

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Conservatives gaining force in Brazil Congress

Jenny Barchfield · October 18, 2014 1:13 pm

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)

Brazil’s indigenous seek out city, end up in slums

Jenny Barchfield · September 16, 2014 4:03 am

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)

Action on the field powers lights at soccer field

Jenny Barchfield · September 11, 2014 2:16 am

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)

Brazil’s maternal milk banks model for globe

Jenny Barchfield · September 4, 2014 1:11 pm

Brazil: new project to clean Olympic waters

Jenny Barchfield · September 2, 2014 11:25 pm

Brazilian designer Sergio Rodrigues dies at 86

Jenny Barchfield · September 2, 2014 4:07 am

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)

Brazil expands labor rights for domestic workers

Jenny Barchfield · August 21, 2014 4:01 am

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)

World Cup over, but some Argentines won’t go home

Jenny Barchfield · July 25, 2014 3:47 pm

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)

Dejected Argentine fans, elated Germans in Brazil

Jenny Barchfield · July 13, 2014 11:08 pm

A demonstrator shows poster written in Portuguese that reads, "Can we go back to the streets now?" during the third place finish World Cup match between Brazil and the Netherlands, outside the National Stadium in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, July 12, 2014. Robin van Persie and Daley Blind scored early goals to help give the Netherlands a 3-0 win over host Brazil in the third-place match at the World Cup. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil protests fizzled, but roots of anger remain

Jenny Barchfield · July 13, 2014 4:54 am

A woman from Brazil and a man from Argentina dance samba at the World Cup Fan Fest 2014, on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The flood of foreign football fans, the vast majority of them men, has been a boon for the single ladies of Brazil, where a demographic imbalance means women outnumber men by more than 4 million nationally. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazilian women celebrate WCup bonanza of men

Jenny Barchfield · July 10, 2014 4:02 am

FILE - In this May 1, 2013 file photo, Placido Domingo performs Siegmund's aria in "The Valkyrie," during a pre-premiere performance, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Spanish tenor has given a concert during nearly every single World Cup since 1990 and is gearing up for a July 11, 2014 presentation in Rio de Janeiro, just two days before the city hosts the final game. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Tenor, soccer fan Domingo to perform at WCup

Jenny Barchfield · July 3, 2014 9:06 pm