Mauricio Savarese, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

FILE - Brazil's soccer legend Pele attends the opening of an exhibit about his life titled King's Marks, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 25, 2008. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ dies at 82

by Tales Azzoni Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressDecember 29, 2022

SAO PAULO — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for…

People attend the reading of one of two manifestos defending the nation's democratic institutions and electronic voting system inside the Faculty of Law at Sao Paulo University in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. The two documents are inspired by the original “Letter to the Brazilians” from 1977 denouncing the brutal military dictatorship and calling for a prompt return of the rule of law. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Manifestos in Brazil aim to head off feared Bolsonaro coup bid

by Diane Jeantet Associated Press, DEbora Alvares Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressAugust 11, 2022

A rescue worker takes a break on the second day of rescue efforts after deadly mudslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Deadly floods and mudslides swept away homes and cars, but even as families prepared to bury their dead, it was unclear how many bodies remained trapped in the mud. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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More than 100 dead in Brazil mudslide

by Mauricio Savarese Associated Press, and Diarlei Rodrigues Associated PressFebruary 17, 2022

FILE - In this Sept. 1968 file photo, Brazil's Pele kicks the ball during a friendly soccer game against Belgium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On Oct. 23, 2020, the three-time World Cup winner Pelé turns 80 without a proper celebration amid the COVID-19 pandemic as he quarantines in his mansion in the beachfront city of Guarujá, where he has lived since the start of the pandemic. (AP Photo, File)

Brazilian soccer great Pelé turns 80, isolated at home

by Mauricio Savarese Associated PressOctober 22, 2020

A supporter of Jair Bolsonaro salutes during a celebration in front of his residence after he was declared the winner of the election runoff, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018 . Bolsonaro, a brash far-right congressman who has waxed nostalgic for Brazil's old military dictatorship, won the presidency of Latin America's largest nation Sunday as voters looked past warnings that the former army captain would erode democracy and embraced a chance for radical change after...

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Brazil elects far-right congressman to presidency

by Sarah DiLorenzo Associated Press, Peter Prengaman Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressOctober 29, 2018

A boy waves a Brazilian flag during a celebration by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Official results showed that Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party will face Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right congressman in a second-round vote. (AP Photo/Ricardo Borges)

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Far-right candidate falls short of election stunner in Brazil

by Sarah DiLorenzo Associated Press, Mauricio Savarese Associated Press, and Peter Prengaman Associated PressOctober 8, 2018

FILE - In this July 5, 2017 file photo, Brazil's Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the inauguration ceremony for the new leadership of the Workers' Party, with ousted President Dilma Rousseff, behind, in Brasilia, Brazil. A Brazilian federal judge has convicted the former president of corruption and money laundering on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

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Brazil’s ex-president Silva convicted of corruption

by Mauricio Savarese Associated Press, and Sarah DiLorenzo Associated PressJuly 12, 2017

A demonstrator holds a photo of Brazil's President Michel Temer that reads in Spanish "Get out Satan!" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, May 18, 2017. Brazil's political crisis deepened sharply on Thursday with corruption allegations that threatened to topple the president, undermine reforms aimed at pulling the economy from recession and leave Latin America's largest nation rudderless. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Brazil’s top prosecutor accuses Temer of obstructing justice

by Peter Prengaman Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressMay 19, 2017

BRAZIL OUT - Heavily armed police officers walk outside the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo, after dozens of inmates were killed, in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Scores of inmates were slain, some with their hearts and intestines ripped out, during a prison killing spree led by Brazil's largest gang, authorities said. (Rodrigo Sales/Futura Press via AP) - BRAZIL OUT-NAO PUBLICAR NO BRASIL

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Hearts, intestines ripped out inBrazil prison killing spree

by Peter Prengaman Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressJanuary 6, 2017

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff waves to supporters before speaking from the official residence of the president, Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. In her first remarks after being ousted as Brazil's president, Rousseff is vowing to form a strong opposition front against the new government, saying, "They think that they beat us, but they are wrong." (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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Rousseff ousted

by Peter Prengaman Associated Press, and Mauricio Savarese Associated PressSeptember 1, 2016