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Protests in Brazil gathered in intensity over the weekend, and on Monday night over 200,000 protesters took to the streets in major Brazilian cities from Rio de Janiero to Sao Paulo and the capital of Brasilia in what is quickly becoming the largest anti-government movement since the nation turned away from military dictatorship towards democracy in 1985.
But what's causing the unrest? Like with any large-scale protest, the reasons are multiple and evolving, however a few common themes have emerged.
Brazilian Police is tightening security in the city of Fortaleza (northeast), where some thousands of protesters tried to approach the stadium on Wednesday before the game between Brazil and Mexico.
Mexico will look to snap its slump when it takes on Brazil in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday.
As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday.
Brazil started its Confederations Cup campaign with a convincing 3-0 victory over Japan.
Brazil-based Condor Non-Lethal Technologies SA confirmed that it sold the tear gas that Turkish security forces are using against their own people in the 2013 protests that have rocked Istanbul and other cities, adding that the gas is "specifically designed to temporarily incapacitate people without causing them permanent damage or death".
The goalless draw between Mexico and Costa Rica at the Estadio Azteca disappointed all the fans of the 'Tri', that expected a victory from their team to approach the 2014 World Cup Brazil.
A new study claims that toucans are able to help spread special seeds that are the key to helping the rain forest grow.
A newly-discovered underwater shelf off the coast of Brazil could give scientists a deeper look into our Earth's history. A bed of granite and various other minerals has been dubbed the "Brazilian Atlantis," since its existence could be proof of a lost continent that was once part of Pangea, the massive supercontinent that broke into our present-day seven.
President Dilma Rousseff will make the first formal state visit by a Brazilian leader to the United States in nearly two decades, a diplomatic breakthrough for an emerging power that has clashed with Washington but is hungry for closer ties and recognition of its growing prestige.
The good news? A new species of porcupine has been discovered. The bad news? This breed lives in the North Eastern Atlantic forest in Brazil, which is one of the world's most threatened natural environments.
An American woman and her French boyfriend were brutally assaulted in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil over the weekend.
A Brazilian doctor charged with killing seven patients to free up hospital beds may be responsible for up to 300 deaths, according to a Health Ministry investigator.
As throngs of costumed revelers celebrated Brazil's Carnival festivities on Monday, a trickle of decidedly more sober people entered Nossa Senhora da Paz, a Catholic church two blocks from a packed beach in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janiero in Brazil, considered the "Carnival Capital of the World", is wrapping up its four-day celebration before Catholics across the world begin Lent on Ash Wednesday.
