Soccer fans are saying goodbye to Pelé, the master of the game. After a 24-hour long wake in Santos, Brazil, his coffin was paraded around the city. Pelé will now be buried in his final resting place. Source link
CNN — Brazilians have started paying their final respects to football great Pelé with a 24-hour public wake, which began on Monday at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium, the home of his former football club, Santos. The wake is open to the public and mourners began entering the stadium Monday morning. On Tuesday, a funeral procession … Read more
Brazilian Ieda Ferreira woke up at the crack of dawn to join a long queue in Portugal’s capital Lisbon, her home for the past five years, to vote in her country’s presidential runoff. Brazil, she said, was more divided than ever. “Brazil has become very polarised,” said the 46-year-old, who wore all red, the colour … Read more
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday launched his re-election bid with a colourful campaign rally aimed at burnishing his conservative credentials while making overtures to women voters. In front of thousands of supporters clad in the green and yellow of the Brazilian flag, the far-right leader took to the stage in Rio de Janeiro espousing … Read more