A few days ago, Argentinian Danilo Pereyra became the first Latin American to climb a 9a, and now, Leandro Pardal and, 20 minutes later, Andre "Bele" Berezovski, have climbed O Dia Santo possibly the first 8B+ on Latin American soil at São Bento, a couple of hours drive from São Paolo, Brazil. The steep problems links an 8A start sequence into an 8A+ second part. Source