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In this Feb. 19, 2017 photo, musicians of the Sou Cheio de Amor or "I am Full of Love" block party pray before they perform during a service at the Attitude Baptiste church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Evangelicals have enjoyed a growing role in politics in Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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In this Feb. 19, 2017 photo, a couple dances during the "If you don't give me....then you lend me" Carnival street party on Ipanema beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The typical view of Carnival in Brazil is anything goes, with no headdress too big, no outfit too small, no song too ribald, but this year some organizers of the world's best known party are drawing the line at lyrics that are sexist, homophobic or racist. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, Brazil international soccer player Lucas Silva poses with the ball during his official presentation at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain after signing for Real Madrid. With Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid banned from registering new players and Barcelona not looking to make any blockbuster additions to its squad, the final day of the transfer window in Spain was marked by low-key transactions involving smaller clubs. Madrid, which along with Atletico was sanctioned by FIFA for violating transfer rules while signing underage players, made the lone move of sending defensive midfielder Lucas Silva on a loan to former club Cruzeiro in Brazil, it was reported on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, a person is vaccinated against yellow fever at a public hospital in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil’s Health Ministry has ordered millions of doses of yellow fever vaccines to reinforce its stockpiles amid the largest outbreak of the disease the country has seen since 2000, the ministry said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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Police officers enter the Alcacuz prison amid tension between rival gangs in Nisia Floresta, near Natal, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Military police took control of the prison in northeastern Brazil after fighting between rival gangs left 26 inmates dead, the latest in a spate of violence in the country's penitentiaries. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Inmates, top, watch as police officers enter the Alcacuz prison amid tension between rival gangs in Nisia Floresta, near Natal, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Military police took control of the prison in northeastern Brazil after fighting between rival gangs left 26 inmates dead, the latest in a spate of violence in the country's penitentiaries. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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National Guard soldiers stand guard overlooking the Alcacuz prison as workers, top left, use a container as they start to build a wall to separate two rival gangs in Nisia Floresta, near Natal, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Military police took control of the prison in northeastern Brazil after fighting between rival gangs left 26 inmates dead, the latest in a spate of violence in the country's penitentiaries. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Special Operations Battalion Police officers enter the Alcacuz prison amid tension between rival gangs in Nisia Floresta, near Natal, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.Military police took control of the prison in northeastern Brazil after fighting between rival gangs left 26 inmates dead, the latest in a spate of violence in the country's penitentiaries. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2017 file photo, the wife of an inmate who was killed in a prison riot cries outside Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex in Manaus, Brazil where dozens of inmates died in the northern state of Amazonas. Brazilian authorities are scrambling to find ways to stop a wave of prison violence that has killed at least 125 inmates in two weeks, many decapitated and with their hearts and intestines ripped out. (Edmar Barros/Futura Press via AP, File) NAO PUBLICAR NO BRASIL
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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2017 file photo, inmates stand surrounded by police after a deadly prison riot at the Alcacuz prison in Nisia Floresta, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil. Brazilian authorities are scrambling to find ways to stop a wave of prison violence that has killed at least 125 inmates in two weeks, many decapitated and with their hearts and intestines ripped out. (Frankie Marcone/Futura Press via AP, File) NAO PUBLICAR NO BRASIL
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This Dec. 25, 2016 photo shows a girl in costume taking a selfie at the port in the fishing town Braganca, Para state, Brazil. This small city in northern Brazil pays tribute to St. Benedict with dance, horse competition and colorful costume. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2016 file photo, flowers hang from a soccer net at the Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco, Brazil. Colombia and Brazil have scheduled a friendly match on Jan. 25, 2017 to raise money for the victims of the air crash last month that killed 19 players on Brazil’s Chapecoense football club. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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In this Dec. 5, 2016 photo, firefighters battle a fatal house fire in Brazil, Ind. (Ivy Jacobs/The Brazil Times via AP)
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Argentina's Lionel Messi leaves the field after his team lost 0-3 against Brazil during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Thursday Nov. 10, 2016.(AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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In this 2014 photo made available by the journal Nature, a young bearded capuchin monkey strikes a stone against another in the Serra da Capivara National Park in Brazil. In a report released Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2016, researchers say wild capuchin monkeys in Brazil deliberately break stones, unintentionally producing flakes similar to the ancient sharp-edged tools made by human ancestors. (Michael Haslam via AP)
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This Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 photo shows the convoy transporting Asian elephants Maia and Guida to their new home, Latin America's first elephant sanctuary in Chapada dos Guimaraes, Brazil. The two, along with possibly dozens more elephants in the future, will get veterinary care as they live out their lives in forested areas, pasture lands with hills, large boulders, streams and springs in western Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Maia, an Asian elephant who spent most of her life as a circus performer, looks out from her new home at the first elephant sanctuary in Latin America in Chapada dos Guimaraes, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Maia is one of two elephants who will get veterinary care as they live out their lives in forested areas, pasture lands with hills, large boulders, streams and springs in western Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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This Sept. 27, 2016 photo shows Lucas Matheus, who was born with microcephaly, during his physical therapy session at the UPAE hospital in Caruaru, Pernambuco state, Brazil. In Brazil, the government has reported 1,949 cases of microcephaly or other brain malformations in the last year. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Solange Ferreira holds her son Jose Wesley Campos as family friend Sandra Souza, right, holds his nasogastric feeding tube during his 1-year birthday party on Sept. 27 at his home in Bonito, Pernambuco state, Brazil. Learning how to feed is Jose’s latest struggle as medical problems mount for him and many other infants born with small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus in Brazil. (Associated Press)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, United States' Ryan Lochte checks his time in a men's 4x200-meter freestyle heat during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During an Aug. 30, 2016, appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America," Lochte wouldn't say whether he'd return to Brazil to face charges of filing a false police report over an incident at a gas station during the Games. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
