Jenny Barchfield, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this July 5, 2016 photo, the Alegria Sewage Treatment Plant operates alongside Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Olympics, which will put Rio in the spotlight like never before, were widely seen as the last best hope for Rio's beleaguered waterways. Authorities pledged the games would "regenerate Rio's magnificent waterways." However, that promise, like many before it, ended in failure. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Expert to Rio athletes: ‘Don’t put your head under water’

by Jenny Barchfield Associated PressAugust 1, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The…

Brazil's acting President Michel Temer gives a thumbs up during his address to the nation, at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 12, 2016, after the Senate voted to suspend President Dilma Rousseff pending an impeachment trial. In his first words to Brazilians as acting president, the former vice president promised to beef up the fight against corruption, and in particular said he will support the sweeping investigation into a mammoth kickback scheme at state oil company Petrobras. Temer himself has been implicated by witnesses in the probe, though he has not been charged. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Suspended Rousseff blasts impeachment campaign

by Jenny Barchfield Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressMay 12, 2016

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Effort to impeach Brazil’s president thrown into doubt

by Jenny Barchfield Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressMay 9, 2016

Anti-government demonstrators cheer as they watch on a large screen, as lawmakers vote on whether or not to impeach President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Today's vote will determine whether the impeachment proceeds to the Senate. Rousseff is accused of violating Brazil's fiscal laws to shore up public support amid a flagging economy. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Hopes of holding to power fade for Brazil’s Rousseff

by Jenny Barchfield Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressApril 18, 2016

Demonstrators demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff march during a protest next to large inflatable dolls of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison garb and President Rousseff wearing a presidential sash with "Mother of Big Oil" written on it in Portuguese, in a reference to the corruption scandal involving Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Today's vote will determine whether the impeachment proceeds to the Senate. Rousseff is accused of violating Brazil's fiscal laws to shore up public support amid a flagging economy. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Brazil lower house OKs impeaching president, sends to Senate

by Jenny Barchfield Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressApril 17, 2016

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Expert to Rio athletes: ‘Don’t put your head under water’

Suspended Rousseff blasts impeachment campaign

Effort to impeach Brazil’s president thrown into doubt

Hopes of holding to power fade for Brazil’s Rousseff

Brazil lower house OKs impeaching president, sends to Senate

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