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Anger in Brazil at obstetrics tests for jobseekers

Anger in Brazil at obstetrics tests for jobseekers

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · August 8, 2014 9:28 pm

A fan of the Argentina national soccer team celebrates after his team defeated the Netherlands during a semifinals World Cup match, at the FIFA Fan Fest, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Argentina made it to the World Cup final with a 4-2 shootout win over the Netherlands after the game finished in a 0-0 stalemate. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentina soccer fans celebrate cup final berth

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · July 10, 2014 1:21 am

RETRANSMITTING FOR IMPROVED QUALITY.- A Brazil soccer fan cries as she watches Germany defeat her team in a World Cup semifinal match, via a live telecast in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The tears started flowing before half time, and by the end of a 7-1 shellacking in the World Cup semifinal, millions across Brazil were in dazed, damp-eyed disbelief. (AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes)

Brazil’s World Cup dream turns to nightmare

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · July 9, 2014 5:45 pm

Robbers loot Samsung plant in Brazil

Robbers loot Samsung plant in Brazil

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · July 8, 2014 2:36 am

Paulo Cesar Da Silva, wearing his Brazilian soccer T-shirt with a weathered #10, the number associated with soccer star Neymar, looks out to the ocean as his son Gabriel wades along the shoreline in Fortaleza, Brazil, Thursday, July 3, 2014. For two whole days now, the globe has gone without World Cup soccer matches in this most electrifying of tournaments in decades. There were no matches on Wednesday and Thursday as teams still standing took a break before heading into Friday's quarterfinal matches. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Brazil takes breather on World Cup rest days

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · July 3, 2014 9:10 pm

Mexico’s ‘Louse’ lights it up at World Cup

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 28, 2014 1:02 pm

In Brazil camp for Dutch fans, color helps unite

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 23, 2014 4:07 am

Masked protesters carry a banner and roses while marching in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 19, 2014. The protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city that is hosting a World Cup match, was called by the Free Fare movement, the group that was behind the first protests last year that sparked roiling anti-government demonstrations across Brazil. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Protest draws 2,000 in Brazil on Cup match day

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 19, 2014 11:01 pm

The Trejo family from Los Angeles poses outside of the Arena Castelao before the group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Mexico in Fortaleza, Brazil, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. A great number of fans that have come to Brazil to cheer for Mexico do not come from Mexico but rather from cities in the U.S. and entering Brazil with American passports. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Many fans of Mexico at World Cup come from US

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 19, 2014 6:28 am

Valentine’s in Brazil comes early because of WCup

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 10, 2014 10:40 pm

A police officer pepper sprays strikers and protesters during a clash with riot police in front of the Ana Rosa metro station, in an ongoing subway strike by operators, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, June 9, 2014. Authorities are deeply worried about the strike because the subway is the main means of transportation for World Cup fans scheduled to attend Thursday's opening match when Brazil takes on Croatia. The stadium is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of central Sao Paulo, where most tourists stay. (AP Photo/Mario Angelo)

Subway strike suspended for 2 days in Sao Paulo

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 10, 2014 12:48 am

Metro trains sit parked on the second day of a strike by the operators in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 6, 2014. Overland commuter train operators went on strike Thursday, stranding the millions of people who use Sao Paulo's public transport systems. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Brazil subway strike on in WCup city despite fine

ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON · June 8, 2014 10:55 pm