31.  Wonder participated at the march in Washington before flying to Brazil to headline a jazz festival in three Brazilian cities.

32.  A meeting was set for Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, and Peruvian Foreign Minister Eduardo Ponce was dispatched to the Brazilian city overnight.

33.  Alencar said the abductions carried out Wednesday were intended to destabilise his government which has vowed to root out the mafia in the Brazilian city.

34.  Argentine capital Buenos Aires tops the Brazilian cities Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo as the most expensive in the Americas.

35.  Visitors also took to carnival celebrations in other Brazilian cities.

36.  State police stormed a home west of this southern Brazilian city Saturday, shooting to death three kidnappers and freeing their seven hostages, including three children.