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Curitiba
Curitiba (Tupi: "Pine Nut Land", Portuguese pronunciation: [kuɾiˈtʃibɐ]) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. The city's population numbered approximately 1,879,355 people as of 2015, making it the eighth most populous city in the country, and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area comprises 26 municipalities with a total population of over 3.2 million (IBGE estimate in 2010), making it the seventh most populous in the country.
Curitiba is an important cultural, political, and economic centre in Latin America. The city sits on a plateau at 932 metres (3,058 ft) above sea level. It is located 105 kilometres (65 mi) west of the seaport of Paranaguá and is served by the Afonso Pena International and Bacacheri airports. The city hosts the Federal University of Paraná, established in 1912.
In the 1700s Curitiba possessed a favorable location between cattle-breeding country and marketplaces, leading to a successful cattle trade and the city's first major expansion. Later, between 1850 and 1950, it grew due to logging and agricultural expansion in the Paraná State (first Araucaria logging, later mate and coffee cultivation and in the 1970s wheat, corn and soybean cultivation). In the 1850s waves of European immigrants arrived in Curitiba, mainly Germans, Italians, Poles and Ukrainians, contributing to the city's economic and cultural development. Nowadays, only smaller numbers of foreign immigrants arrive, primarily from Middle Eastern and other Latin American countries.
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Brazil's Lula to bow out of election; Poll rattles markets
This is Money 11 Sep 2018
CURITIBA, Brazil, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Jailed former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will step aside on Tuesday so his running mate can stand for the presidency in next month's election, party sources said, as leftist candidates' strong showing in a poll pulled markets lower ... The Datafolha survey showed far-right law-and-order candidate ......
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Ex-Brazilian president jailed in corruption case
Arkansas Online 09 Apr 2018
CURITIBA, Brazil -- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva woke up in jail Sunday as the first current or former president in Brazil's modern history to be incarcerated, adding a measure of unpredictability to the country's coming presidential elections ... Federal police agents said da Silva did not speak during his transfer from Sao Bernardo do Campo to Curitiba in Parana state ... He is not above the law....
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Still Popular, Brazil's Lula Starts Serving Jail Sentence
Voa News 09 Apr 2018
We are not leaving until Lula is freed.” Federal police agents said da Silva did not speak during his transfer from Sao Bernardo do Campo to Curitiba ... Not considered a formal cell, the 160-square-feet room that has been set aside for the former president is located on the fourth floor of the five-story Federal Police building in Curitiba ... He is not above the law....
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Lula starts jail sentence in a cell with ensuite bathroom
The National 08 Apr 2018
Not considered a formal cell, the 15-square-metre room that has been set aside for the former president is located on the fourth floor of the five-story Federal Police building in Curitiba ... Workers’ Party leader Gleisi Hoffmann said da Silva was in a good mood and that she accompanied him in Curitiba until he entered the room where he will serve his sentence ... He is not above the law. I hope more of those politicians come to Curitiba.”....
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Former Brazilian President Lula Surrenders to Face Prison Time
Hamodia 08 Apr 2018
He has vowed to stage his political comeback from prison ... “I will comply with the order,” Lula told hundreds of supporters surrounding union earlier in the day ... Lula has vowed to run for re-election from prison, which in his case will be a private, 160-square-foot room with unfettered access to lawyers and family members in the southern city of Curitiba. But Brazilian law will likely disqualify him from running ... ....
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With FBI’s Help, Brazil Is Putting ISIS Terrorists Behind Bars
Brazzil 13 Jun 2017
The sentence, handed down on May 4th by Judge Marcos Josegrei da Silva of the 14th Federal Criminal Division of Curitiba in the state of Paraná, was the first in the nation based on Law No. 13.260/2016, known as the Anti-terrorism Law ... For the prosecutor, the Anti-terrorism Law completed a year earlier in March, made it possible to tackle any terrorist act ahead of time....
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Brazil's Shy 'Car Wash' Judge Becomes Loved and Loathed Celebrity
Voa News 06 Apr 2017
The son of two teachers, Moro grew up in Maringa, a city about 265 miles (425 kilometers) northwest of Curitiba in southwestern Brazil. After graduating in law from Maringa State University, Moro began working as a federal judge in 1996 while also earning a doctorate and participating in an exchange program for lawyers at Harvard University ... Curitiba, however, is proud to claim him....
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Brazil's shy 'Car Wash' judge is loved and loathed celebrity
Times Free Press 05 Apr 2017
CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) - A shy federal judge based in a provincial capital has become an unlikely celebrity in Brazil, where he is shaking up the nation's power structure while overseeing what may be the largest corruption probe in Latin American history ... Tourists are bused in to gawk at the office where he works in the Parana state capital of Curitiba ... Curitiba, however, is proud to claim him....
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Brazil’s shy ‘Car Wash’ judge is loved and loathed celebrity
Albuquerque Journal 05 Apr 2017
CURITIBA, Brazil — A shy federal judge based in a provincial capital has become an unlikely celebrity in Brazil, where he is shaking up the nation’s power structure while overseeing what may be the largest corruption probe in Latin American history ... Tourists are bused in to gawk at the office where he works in the Parana state capital of Curitiba ... Curitiba, however, is proud to claim him....
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Brazil judge inspired by Italy probe and media savvy
Richmond Times Dispatch 05 Apr 2017
CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) — A colossal investigation into kickbacks for construction contracts in Brazil has brought down dozens of top politicians and businessmen over the last three years ... 44 years old, married to an attorney, has two children and lives in Curitiba, the capital of the southeast state of Parana ... in law and from universities in Parana....
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Sergio Moro: Local Brazilian judge becomes unlikely hero for anti-corruption campaign
The Independent 05 Apr 2017
Tourists are bused in to gawk at the office where he works in the Parana state capital of Curitiba ... Friends, colleagues and journalists who have covered the case closely say Moro is a deeply private man — a law wonk who voraciously pores over legal cases in several languages ... The son of two teachers, Moro grew up in Maringa, a city about 265 miles (425 kilometres) northwest of Curitiba in southwestern Brazil....
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Brazil investigates crash that killed judge
Rutland Herald 21 Jan 2017
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki attends a session of the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil ... While the “Car Wash” probe has been led by a team of prosecutors and Judge Sergio Moro in the southern city of Curitiba, Zavascki handled cases involving politicians. Under Brazilian law, only the Supreme Court can decide to charge or jail federal politicians ... ....
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Brazil judge dies in crash ahead of corruption probe ruling
The Miami Herald 20 Jan 2017
While the largest corruption probe in Brazil's history has been led by a team of prosecutors and Judge Sergio Moro in the southern city of Curitiba, Zavascki handled cases involving politicians. Under Brazilian law, only the Supreme Court can decide to charge or jail federal politicians ... Moro, the Curitiba judge, issued a statement after the crash saying he was "perplexed" and calling Zavascki a "Brazilian hero."....
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