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Guanabara Bay

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Gua·na·ba·ra Bay  (gwän-bär)
An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the southeast coast of Brazil. The city of Rio de Janeiro is on its southwest shore.


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The initiative, called Baia Limpa (Clean Bay) and sponsored by Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras, is just the latest attempt in a long string of operations to clear Rio's Guanabara Bay of pollution.
The teams departed on the sixth stage of the world's most gruelling offshore yacht race, a distance of 4,900 nautical miles, which is expected to last 15 days, at 3:00 pm (1800 GMT), aided by the moderate winds blowing in Rio's Guanabara Bay.
Emerson de Oliveira Abreu, 36, was fishing underwater with a friend in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara bay when the accident occurred.
 
 
 
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