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Brazil High-Rise Erupts in Flames and Collapses

May 2, 2018 By administrator

An abandoned high-rise in Sau Paulo, Brazil, burns before collapsing on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Sau Paulo Fire Department

Firefighters say at least one person was killed when an abandoned 26-story building in Sau Paulo caught fire early Tuesday and collapsed.

Firefighters say at least one person was killed after an abandoned high-rise in Sau Paulo collapsed following an explosion that sparked a massive fire early Tuesday morning.

NPR reports that 150 firefighters were on scene after the 26-story structure erupted in flames due to a gas explosion on one of the lower floors at around 1:30 a.m. The ensuing collapse, which was captured on cell phone video, showered the surrounding streets with fiery embers and killed at least one person.

Reports say at least 50 families were squatting inside the building since it was abandoned as the headquarters of the South American nation’s federal police.

Armenia hopes for Rio Olympics one to two Olympic gold medals

August 5, 2016 By administrator

olympic-opening Today August 5 until August 21, 10,500 athletes from 205 countries will participate in the 31th Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Games that will extend to 47 sports. 45 heads of state are announced at the opening ceremony Friday, August 5th at the Olympic Stadium in Rio. Among the distinguished guests, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will be present, accompanied by personalities including Gagik Dzaroukian the President of Armenian National Olympic Committee. Armenia scroll with a delegation of about forty members, athletes, managers and coaches, the largest delegation ever recorded by Armenia since its first participation in the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996).

Between 1952 -date of the first participation of the USSR in 1988 and JO- dozens of Armenians athletes had won Olympic titles in the colors of the Soviet Union, Armenia is one of the 15 republics of the USSR .

In ancient times, Armenians were distinguished in the Olympics. Thus at the time of the ancient Olympics two kings Armenians were crowned with victory at Olympia. This is Tiridate, fighting (281 AD) and Varazadat, in boxing (369 AD).

The Olympic team of Armenia will be in Rio with 33 athletes also recorded a record number of participants. These athletes compete in nine sports: athletics, gymnastics, rifle shooting, judo, boxing, weightlifting, Greco-Roman wrestling, the free wrestling and swimming. This is boxing with six athletes in weightlifting (8 athletes) and above all self-control and anti-Greco Roman (10 athletes in total control) that Armenia hopes for medals. Specialists consider especially that Armenia can get one to two Olympic titles in wrestling. Mihran Harutyunyan (66 kg), Arsene Julfalakyan (75 kg), Maxime Manoukyan (85 kg) and especially the largest Armenian Artur hope Alexanyan (98 kg) double world champion and triple European champion, has serious medal chances Olympic.

Receiving the Armenian team before leaving for Rio, Gagik Dzaroukian, president of the Armenian Olympic Committee said that among the 33 members of the Olympic team of Armenia, a score could claim a medal.

Since its first participation in the Summer Olympics (Atlanta 1996) Armenia has only one gold medal -remportée in Greco-Roman wrestling Armen Nazarian to Atlanta- two silver and 9 bronze or 12 medals in total. In 2008 Armenia won in Beijing … 6 medals, all bronze. London 2012 Armenia had returned with 3 medals, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Gold therefore seriously lacking in Armenia. And all the Armenian sports experts say that gold will shine for Rio Armenia.

Krikor Amirzayan

Brazil’s State of Rio de Janeiro recognizes Armenian Genocide

July 25, 2015 By administrator

The State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recognized the Armenian Genocide on Friday, July 24 by a law that declares all April 24 as “Day of recognition and memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide”, Prensa Armenia reports.

The law was enacted by the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão.

Rio de Janeiro is the fourth State in Brazil that recognizes the Genocide, along with Parana, Ceara and Sao Paulo. Months ago, the Brazilian Senate passed a vote of solidarity with the Armenian people for the centenary of the crime against humanity.

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

Present-day Turkey denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide, justifying the atrocities as “deportation to secure Armenians”. Only a few Turkish intellectuals, including Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk and scholar Taner Akcam, speak openly about the necessity to recognize this crime against humanity.

The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, the Italian Chamber of Deputies, majority of U.S. states, parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina, Belgium and Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Chamber of Commons of Canada, Polish Sejm, Vatican, European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.

Turkey recalls ambassador to Brazil over Armenian genocide legislation

June 8, 2015 By administrator

ISTANBUL

(Reuters) The Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Brazil for consultation, after the Latin American country’s Senate passed legislation recognizing the massacre of Armenians during World War One in Turkey as genocide.

The ministry also summoned Brazil’s ambassador to Ankara on June 3 over the matter, it said in an emailed statement.

Muslim Turkey accepts that Christian Armenians died during the upheaval of World War One but rejects declarations or legislation by foreign governments that classify the deaths as genocide.

“We view the decision by the Brazilian Senate that distorts reality and overlooks the law as irresponsible and we condemn it,” the Foreign Ministry said.

Armenians, two dozen countries and most Western scholars consider the killings genocide.

(Reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)

Armenia MFA welcomes Brazil Senate resolution acknowledging Armenian Genocide

May 29, 2015 By administrator

Armenia’s FM Edward Nalbandian

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s FM Edward Nalbandian issued a statement regarding the acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide by the Federal Senate of Brazil.

The statement reads:

“The irrevocable process of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is in the process.

Armenia welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide by the Federal Senate of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

By the adoption of this resolution, Brazil made a significant contribution to the efforts of the international community in preventing genocides and crimes against humanity.”

The Federal Senate of Brazil unanimously adopted a resolution officially recognizing the Armenian Genocide on Wednesday.

Brazil becomes 24th country to recognize Armenian Genocide

May 29, 2015 By administrator

The Federal Senate of Brazil has passed a resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide.
“Brazil has become the 24th country to recognize the Armenian Genocide,” the head of Armenian President’s Chief of Staff, Vigen Sargsyan, said in a Facebook post.
According to the RA Foreign Ministry, the resolution adopted unanimously says that the “Federal Senate recognizes the Armenian Genocide, the centennial of which was marked on April 24, 2015. The Senate honors the memory of Genocide victims and highly appreciates the contribution to the economy and culture by the Genocide survivors and their heirs, who found shelter in Brazil,” the document says.
It also emphasizes that no genocide should be forgotten.
Commenting on the decision, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said that “the irreversible process of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide continues. Brazil made its contribution to the prevention of crimes against humanity.”

Source: panarmenian

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The Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.