Tag: Brazil

Security patrol outside the stadium ahead of the group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Mexico at the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Brazil beefs up security at World Cup stadium

Washington Examiner · June 17, 2014 8:51 pm

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, watches the group G World Cup soccer match between Ghana and the United States at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US VP Biden meets Brazil leader Rousseff

Manuel Martinez · June 17, 2014 7:55 pm

Amazon boat trips beckon World Cup visitors

Jenny Barchfield · June 17, 2014 4:21 am

A man who identified himself as a police officer points his gun at anti-World Cup protesters blocking a road that leads to the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, June 15, 2014. The man told people not come any closer to him, and fired shots into the air which dispersed the crowd. He then continued shooting from a car driven by another person as they left the scene. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Rio police investigate officers’ firing in protest

Bradley Brooks · June 16, 2014 10:10 pm

Vice President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force Two at Buckley Air Force Base, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Aurora, Co., en route Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

White House adds Guatemala stop to Joe Biden’s Latin America tour to discuss surge in illegal immigration

Spencer Brown · June 16, 2014 5:22 pm

Teams bring favorite foods with them to Brazil

Janie McCauley · June 16, 2014 3:27 pm

Argentine soccer fans celebrate, one day before the 2014 Soccer World Cup debut of their team, on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Argentina will play in group F of the tournament. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Argentine soccer fans get rowdy in Rio

Joshua Goodman · June 14, 2014 11:38 pm

Mexican supporters shout in the rain before the start of the group A World Cup soccer match between Mexico and Cameroon in the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Friday, June 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Safety concerns at Brazil stadium before Cup match

Bradley Brooks · June 13, 2014 5:48 pm

Brazil's Neymar celebrates scoring his side's 2nd goal during the group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Croatia, the opening game of the tournament, in the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

It’s finally here! Brazil World Cup begins

John Leicester · June 13, 2014 12:05 am

Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil

Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil

adriana-gomez, liconbradley-brooks · June 12, 2014 10:18 pm

Fans cheer before the group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Croatia, the opening game of the tournament, in the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Beltway Confidential

Human trafficking and sexual exploitation potentially problematic during World Cup

Spencer Brown · June 12, 2014 8:29 pm

In this image from video, Pope Francis records a video message to camera, Thursday June 12, 2014, giving a message for the soccer World Cup: Let football be a showcase for teamwork and solidarity, not an exhibition of racism and greed, Pope Francis says "To play in a team means to think, first of all, about the goodness of the group and not about oneself." The Argentine-born, football-loving pope recorded the video message that will be broadcast on Brazilian television ahead of Thursday's opening soccer match between Brazil and Croatia. (AP Photo/CTV) TV OUT

Pope to World Cup: Overcome racism, greed in sport

Nicole Winfield · June 12, 2014 7:07 pm