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They have nicknames like cartoon characters. But Marcola, Starfruit and Macarroni - the men Brazilian authorities believe ordered the most shocking weekend of violence in Sao Paulo's history - are no laughing matter. They're the mafiosi who run the First Command of the Capital (PCC), Sao Paulo's predominant organized crime faction. And now they've proved they are shrewd, ruthless and powerful enough to bring a place like Sao Paulo, Brazil's most important state and South America's largest city, to its knees with just a phone call from their jail cells. Just as important, the five...
...Brazil - especially its second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro - has seen gang rampages before. But the mayhem in Sao Paulo set an astonishing new benchmark. It erupted last week after authorities transferred 756 gang-affiliated prisoners in an attempt to thwart what they believed would be a state-wide prison rebellion on the eve of Mother's Day, when family visits often provoke unrest. The PCC's reaction was swift. On Thursday night, bandits armed with grenades and machine guns attacked police stations and left five officers dead. Over the weekend they stepped up their attacks with a series...
...carefully choreographed violence paralyzed Sao Paulo state and especially the state capital of the same name, a city of 19 million people that is Brazil's financial and industrial center. With hysterical rumors of more attacks spreading via the Internet on Monday, schools, offices and businesses sent people home early and the megalopolis was brought to a standstill by traffic jams on Monday afternoon as frightened citizens rushed home. By evening, the city streets were eerily empty as people cowered in their houses. "This was a landmark event for Sao Paulo in particular and for Brazil as a whole," said...
...Lula doesn't need that much charisma to stand out against his main opponent, the former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin, a dull technocrat jokingly said to have all the appeal of the chuchu, a tasteless vegetable. If Alckmin loses it will probably be more because of who he is than for what he might do. And it will probably be in spite of what Lula's party has done...
...Dude, is this the most James Bond thing you’ve ever done?” MacNiven asked Averell after landing on a Sao Paolo rooftop in a helicopter...