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...mountainous southeastern state of Minas Gerais is commonly known as the terra dos machoes, or land of the machos. "Here, if a man sleeps around with other women, it's a sign of masculinity," says Elaine Matozinho, a policewoman in Belo Horizonte. "But if a woman is an adulteress, it's a different story: she pays with her life...
...past 20 years, the murder or beating of women by their husbands or boyfriends was so common an occurrence that legitima defesa da honra (legitimate defense of honor) became a popular and tolerated legal defense. National murder statistics are not tracked by sex, but according to Matozinho, in Belo Horizonte (pop. 1.5 million) 24 women are killed each year by husbands or boyfriends. Many more cases go unreported. Most of the assailants are never convicted. "Regardless of the real reasons she was killed, the man's defense is always the same: she was seeing somebody else," says Matozinho...
...overtaken the Morning News in ads and circulation. But then the paper ran into management troubles. It dipped into the red during the first quarter of this year, while the tightly run News jumped to a formidable circulation lead (390,275 vs. 244,629). The News's owner, A.H. Belo Corp., could rightly claim victory, but perhaps the biggest winner was MediaNews President and CEO William Dean Singleton, 34. As an 18-year-old, Singleton had been turned down for a job by the Times Herald. Said he last week: "I figured the only way to work there...
...lose weight and complain of suffering from constant diarrhea. Others even shunned the private pool where he swam. When he left town to be tested for AIDS, Araguari police advised him not to come back. He is now severely ill with the disease and living with relatives in Belo Horizonte...
...crowd converged on the Palacio da Liberdade, where Neves would lie in state. As the pressure against the palace gates increased, the mass of mourners panicked, and in the ensuing stampede at least five people were crushed to death and more than 200 were injured. The confusion at Belo Horizonte was in contrast to the order that had marked the transition of power to the new President, Jose Sarney, who had been Neves' Vice President. Sarney, a personable, well-read politician, is viewed in political circles as a competent administrator who lacks Neves' talent for building a consensus. Indeed, some...