Friday 18th May, 2012
Chasing a Soccer Dream All the Way to Brazil
It was my first day of practice with Santo Andre and I sat quietly on the team bus, staring out the window as we rode to a practice center. I had no idea where we were going or what kind of soccer I ...
South Korean Foreign Affairs MInister will Tour Latin America
Seoul, May 18 (Prensa Latina) South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, will tour four Latin American countries during the next week, when he will promote economic cooperation as a priority in ...
Brazil - New Access to Information Law comes into effect
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - 16 May 2012 - Braslia, Brazil: The new Brazilian Access to Information Law, approved by the Senate and ratified by President Dilma Roussef in November 2011, comes into force ...
Twitter user in Brazil gets prison sentence for 'inciting prejudice'
General SourcesAfter Brazil's president took office, a law student urged the killing of people in the region of the country who voted for her. Now, a federal judge ruled a prison sentence is in ...
Brazil judge sentences Twitter user
NDTVSao Paulo: A federal judge has sentenced a former law student to 17 months in prison for using Twitter to incite prejudice and discrimination against people from Brazil's impoverished ...
Latin American Markets: Brazilian, Mexican stocks stretch losing streaks
CBS MarketwatchLOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Brazilian and Mexican stocks fell Thursday, with the markets extending a run of losses as anxiety over Europe's debt crisis overshadowed better-than-expected ...
Brazil passes bill to challenge embedded culture of secrecy and bureaucracy
Merco PressA freedom of information law has taken effect in Brazil, challenging an embedded culture of secrecy and bureaucracy. Proponents, including President Dilma Rousseff, said the measure is nothing short ...
Brazil’s Supreme Court confirms university quota system for Afro-descendents
Merco PressBrazil’s Supreme Court voted unanimously to permit a quota system that would favour Afro-descendants in entering universities, ending an eight-year legal ...
Bolivia's Morales wants UN to chew coca leaves
PravdaBolivian President Evo Morales raised many eyebrows with his speech at the meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna. Morales urged the international community to let his country grow ...
March Against Racism and Discrimination in Bolivia
Prensa LatinaLa Paz, May 18 (Prensa Latina) A march in the city of La Paz and the rest of Bolivia against racism and all forms of discrimination was called for May 24, announced the deputy of the Movement Toward ...
Brazil probes oil leak reports, finds nothing
ReutersBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras, its navy, and oil industry regulators rushed to investigate multiple reports of an oil leak from an offshore field on Thursday, ...
For Brazil Investors, Large Cap Stocks A Waste
General SourcesThe best way to invest in Brazil these days is to avoid the value traps of low multiple, large cap names like Petrobras (PBR) and buy the local shares of Brazilian consumer companies most foreigners ...
Gomes becomes first Brazilian-born major leaguer
The Globe and MailToronto Blue Jays batter Yan Gomes watches his single against the New York Yankees during the fourth inning of their American League game in Toronto May 17, 2012. Gomes is the first Brazilian born ...
Canada's road to Brazil starts in Cuba
The Globe and MailCanada's Samuel Piette (8) collides with Cuba's Maikel Chang (10) in the first half of a CONCACAF Olympic qualifying soccer match Monday, March 26, 2012, in Nashville, ...
American Airlines Applies For Additional Brazil Frequencies
Travel BlackboardAmerican Airlines today filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation for the right to fly 17 additional ...
Brazil Fast Food Announces First Quarter 2012 Results
General SourcesRIO DE JANEIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Brazil Fast Food Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: BOBS) ("Brazil Fast Food", or the "the Company"), the second largest fast-food restaurant chain ...
Small Wind Energy Goes Urban In Italy, Korea, Brazil And Texas, Yes Texas
ForbesWind Turbine, eddyGT from UGE in Valladolid, Spain Streetlights usually operate at electricity rates like the ones we pay in our private homes. About one-third of a municipality's electrical ...
Spain supports EU/Mercosur trade accord on a “region to region” basis respecting WTO rules
Merco PressSpain’s Foreign Affairs minister Jose Garcia Margallo said that Madrid supports negotiations for a free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union on a "region to ...
Oil Sheen Spotted Near Brazilian Offshore Oil Platform
IBTimesBrazilian naval authorities are investigating yet another oil sheen seen floating near an offshore platform owned by state oil company Petrobras. Workers returning from work reported seeing a ...
New 'Max Payne' a bullet-time bender in balmy Brazil
The Globe and MailOur brooding hero - a bit craggier, a little greyer, and slightly broader around the waste than you might remember him - leaves his old life behind to start anew as a bodyguard in So Paulo, Brazil ...
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