Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

World's oldest person, 114, dies in Brazil

The world's oldest person, a 114-year-old woman, has died in Brazil.

Born in 1896, Maria Gomes Valentim, of Carangola, was just 18 days away from her 115th birthday.

She was declared the oldest living person by the Guinness World Records only last month, beating Besse Cooper of Georgia, in the United States.

BBC


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Monday, May 30, 2011

Dentures save man shot in face - Brazil shooting

An 81-year-old Brazilian was saved from instant death when his dentures deflected a bullet heading for his brain. Zacarias Pacheco de Moraes was shot in the face while working in a bar he owns in Alta Floresta, Brazil.

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