Read more Sao Paulo stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5198/sao-paulo.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:47:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69011/brazilian-teens-ride-pink-sporty-bulletproof.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSao Paulo, Brazil, is known as the armored car capital of the world, and for good reason, the Wall Street Journal reports. Brazil's murder rate is 5 times the rate in the US, and the wealthy are historically at risk for kidnapping. Add to that a recent influx of wealth,...http://www.newser.com/story/69011/brazilian-teens-ride-pink-sporty-bulletproof.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 13:06:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53449/museum-tells-brazils-story-in-10000-voices.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost historical museums focus on the rich and powerful, but in sprawling Sao Paulo, an uncommon museum tells the story of Brazil from the perspective of more than 10,000 ordinary citizens. The Museum of the Person gathers the stories of a barber, a coconut breaker, a convicted felon, and...http://www.newser.com/story/53449/museum-tells-brazils-story-in-10000-voices.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 9:43:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35159/booming-brazil-nabs-a-list-ad-campaigns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you want proof that the Brazilian economy is on fire, look no further than the TV ads. While Sarah Jessica Parker professes her love for a Sao Paulo mall, Richard Gere promotes hair care products in dubious Portuguese. What's made the influx of American stars possible, writes Bloomberg, is...http://www.newser.com/story/35159/booming-brazil-nabs-a-list-ad-campaigns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 Aug 2008 9:33:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29895/brazil-thieves-nab-2-picassos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPicasso remains the artist of choice for the criminal elite of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Three armed robbers made off with two of his prints— The Painter and the Model and Minotaur, Drinker and Women —from a city museum today, Reuters reports. The robbery comes just weeks after thieves nabbed Picasso's...http://www.newser.com/story/29895/brazil-thieves-nab-2-picassos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Jun 2008 19:22:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14626/thieves-nab-a-picasso-in-museum-heist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThieves broke into Latin America's foremost museum early yesterday and stole two paintings in a 3-minute heist. They made off with a Picasso portrait and a work by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari from Brazil's São Paulo Museum of Art, the AP reports. The thieves skipped several major works and grabbed...http://www.newser.com/story/14626/thieves-nab-a-picasso-in-museum-heist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Dec 2007 8:48:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10969/brazil-plane-slams-into-homes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt least six people were killed yesterday when a private plane crashed into a residential district of Sao Paolo in the latest tragedy to rock Brazil's crisis-ridden air transport system. A 10-seater Lear Jet operated by an air taxi company had just taken off for Rio de Janeiro when it...http://www.newser.com/story/10969/brazil-plane-slams-into-homes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Nov 2007 2:54:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/5140/brake-failure-pilot-panic-in-brazilian-jet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPanicked pilots of a doomed Brazilian plane are heard struggling to control the aircraft speeding down a rain-slicked runway in transcripts of a cockpit tape released yesterday. "Slow down! Turn, turn, turn!" screams the co-pilot. "I can't," says the pilot. "Oh my God! Oh my God!" The plane crashed, killing...http://www.newser.com/story/5140/brake-failure-pilot-panic-in-brazilian-jet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Aug 2007 7:29:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/4555/officials-demand-sao-paulo-airport-shutdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the wake of Tuesday's catastrophic plane crash, Brazilian officials are calling for the closure of Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport pending a review of safety conditions, the BBC reports. The Tam Airlines Airbus 320 landing in heavy rain skidded off a wet runway that was resurfaced last month and had...http://www.newser.com/story/4555/officials-demand-sao-paulo-airport-shutdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jul 2007 17:39:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2110/brazilians-gather-to-hail-new-saint.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUp to a million spectators will flock to Sao Paulo today to see Pope Benedict XVI canonize the first saint born in Brazil. Friar Galvao, a Franciscan monk who died in 1822, wrote Latin prayers on slips of rice paper that he rolled into "pills," which appeared to cure diseases....http://www.newser.com/story/2110/brazilians-gather-to-hail-new-saint.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 May 2007 7:39:06 CDT