Author: Marco Sibaja
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Brazil defense minister favors French fighter jet
BRASILIA, Brazil — The defense minister said Wednesday he favors the purchase of a French fighter jet for Brazil’s revamped air force over aircraft from Sweden and the United States in the competition for an estimated $4.4 billion order. The Rafale jet from Dassault is competing against Sweden’s Gripen NG from Saab AB and U.S.-based…
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Brazil toddler stuck with dozens of needles in ritual, police say
BRASILIA, Brazil — The stepfather of a 2-year-old boy found with 42 needles in his body confessed to jabbing them into the toddler during weeks of rituals with a woman he claimed received instructions through trances, Brazilian police said Thursday. Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, a 30-year-old bricklayer, told detectives that the woman went into a trance…
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Brazil says negotiating for French fighter jets
BRASILIA — Brazil’s president said Monday his country is negotiating with France for the purchase of 36 Rafale combat jets, a sign that Dassault SA is the clear favorite over U.S. and Swedish companies to win the $2 billion-plus contract. The announcement by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva came during a Brazilian Independence Day…
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Plane debris found in path Air France jet took
BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazilian military pilots spotted an airplane seat, a life jacket, metallic debris and signs of fuel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday as they hunted for a missing Air France passenger jet that carried 228 people. They found no signs of life. The pilots spotted two areas of floating…