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Sao Paulo, Sep 16 (EFE).- Standout Afro-Brazilian gymnast Angelo Assumpcao says he put up with years of racist jokes and insults at his club before finally deciding enough was enough.(CAMERA: Wallace Carvalho)
New York, Sep 27 (EFE/EPA).- American singer R. Kelly was found guilty on Monday of sex trafficking and racketeering after a six-week trial in New York City in which dozens of witnesses offered graphic testimony.The jury announced its verdict after nine hours of deliberations over two days.The 54-year-old Kelly, a major recording artist who won three Grammy Awards in 1998 for his most famous song, "I Believe I Can Fly," is due to be sentenced on May 4 by the same federal judge who presided over his trial in Brooklyn. He faces a sentence of 10 years to life in prison. (Camera: JUSTIN LANE). SHOT LIST: THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, WHERE R. KELLY WAS FOUND GUILTY ON MULTIPLE CHARGES OF RACKETEERING AND SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US.
Montevideo, Sep 10 (EFE) .- (Camera: EFE) Without losing sight of the extra weight that the pandemic has placed on the world of science, Uruguayan neuroscientist Emiliano Trías is optimistic about achieving his great goal: a treatment that mitigates the damage of diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS.FOOTAGE OF A LAB IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
People protest in Porto Alegre after the death of a Black Brazilian man beaten by white security guards at a supermarket run by the French group Carrefour in the southern city. The incident has sparked outrage across Brazil as the country celebrates Black Consciousness Day. IMAGES
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya reacts to the movement winning the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for human rights. Belarus has been gripped by unprecedented protests since Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in an August election over Tikhanovskaya. SOUNDBITE