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Bolivia lashes at Sean Penn over jailed American
Actor Sean Penn arrives at Warner Bros. Pictures' 'Gangster Squad' premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on January 7, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Jason Merritt, Getty ...
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Indigenous Brazilians Learn to Fight for the Right to Food
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 21 2013 (IPS) - Indigenous communities in remote areas of Brazil have begun to recognise that they have the right to not be hungry, and are learning that food security means much more than simply having food on the ...
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Iniesta Facing Brazil at the Maracana would be magical
Brazil at the Maracana, which will host the finals of the 2013 Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup.The Selecao will get the Confederations Cup underway on June 15 with a Group A match against Japan, while the European champions, who have been drawn in Group B, will face Uruguay the following day."For any player to play in Brazil in the Maracana is unique, magical," the 29-year-old ...
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EMERGING MARKETS-Mexico stocks near 8-month low as Brazil leaps
MEXICO CITY, May 21 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks slumped on Tuesday to a nearly eight-month low, while Brazilian stocks rose for the third successive session to hit a key resistance level. Mexican stocks have slumped 12 percent from a record high hit in January, hurt recently after weak first-quarter growth dampened the economic outlook for 2013. Brazil, meanwhile, has rebounded more than 6 ...
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Fitch Realiza Acoes de Rating em Sete Series de CRIs da Brazilian Securities
U.S. Money Funds Return to Eurozone Banks U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April, although asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch Ratings. As of end-April 2013, MMF allocations to eurozone banks represented 15.1% of assets under management within Fitch Ratings'sample of the 10 largest U.S. ...
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Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies opens registration for Tourism Fair of the Americas
The Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies (ABAV) has opened registration for visitors who wish to participate in the 41st edition of ABAV - Tourism Fair of the Americas, which will be held from September 4 to 8 at the Anhembi Exhibit Hall (SP). Those who wish to participate should log on to the event website and click Online Registration on the right side of the home page. After reading and ...
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Brazils Truth Commission says human rights abuses could be brought to trial
Truth Commission investigator Heloisa Starling speaks during their annual progress report in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A 1979 amnesty law protects civilians and military personnel from liability for politically motivated crimes committed during the 1964-1985 military regime. But commission's coordinator Rosa Cardoso says they could be tried by the Costa Rica-based ...
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Prehistoric crocodiles ruled the roost in South America study finds
Modern alligators and crocodiles rarely share the same environments but that was not true of their prehistoric ancestors in South America, paleontologists say. From 9 million to 5 million years ago the deltas of the Amazonas and the Urumaco, a river on the Gulf of Venezuela that no longer exists, boasted an unparalleled abundance of extremely diverse, highly specialized species of crocodile, ...
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Streamlined News Agnels Big Move Brazils World Team
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 21. YANNICK Agnel has been looking around for a place to train in the United States, and it appears he has found it. The French sports newspaper L'Equipe reports that the 200 free Olympic champion will work with Bob Bowman this summer in preparation for a reduced schedule at the world championships. Agnel will only swim relays, stating his search for a place to train ...
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Struggling Spain offers engineers to Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil -; Spain's development minister is urging Brazil to hire some of the engineers that her own economy doesn't have room ...
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Brazil commission says abusers could be tried
BRASILIA, Brazil -; A Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses under the nation's military dictatorship says that those it finds guilty of torture could be brought to ...
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UPDATE 1-Brazil cenbank keeps hawkish tone ahead of rate decision
Tue May 21, 2013 3:52pm EDT BRASILIA May 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief Alexandre Tombini said on Tuesday that policymakers will do whatever is necessary to bring down inflation, maintaining a hawkish tone ahead of next week's monetary policy decision. Speaking to lawmakers at a congressional committee, Tombini said fighting inflation is key to bolstering confidence in the ...
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Despite Stumbles a Promising Path for Start-Ups in Brazil
Kevin Efrusy of Accel Partners says he is optimistic about the long-term prospects for start-ups in Brazil. RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's Internet start-ups were once the darlings of emerging markets, attracting venture capitalists from around the world. But after two-plus years of growth, the sector is facing tougher times. Numerous young companies, even those with prominent investors, ...
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Brazil Immigration Roadblocks Slow Projects as Costs Rise
power lines across the Amazon jungle ran into an unexpected obstacle last year when Brazil took more than six months to grant visas for 200 specialized Chinese workers. The red tape increased costs and brought delays for the 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) of transmission cables on one of the most important energy projects in the world's second-biggest emerging economy, Gilvan Righetti, human ...
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Brazil Argentina US Have Largest Number Registered for WYD
Groups from the United States comprise the third largest national delegation of pilgrims going to the 28th World Youth Day, this year slated for July 23-28 in Rio de Janeiro, ...
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Fitch Latin American National Oil Companies Constrained by Government Involvement
Accounting Rules May Encourage Short-Term Leases The latest lease-accounting proposals from international and U.S. standard-setters, designed to aid transparency and consistency, may encourage companies to shift to short-term leases or structure agreements as service contracts, Fitch Ratings says. This could mean that fewer leases than originally anticipated will be brought onto the balance ...
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Brazil cenbank mulling derivatives to curb FX volatility-Tombini
BRASILIA | Tue May 21, 2013 3:03pm EDT BRASILIA May 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank could use derivatives to reduce volatility in the foreign exchange market, central bank President Alexandre Tombini said on Tuesday. Speaking to lawmakers at a congressional committee, Tombini also said that while Brazil has taken advantage of the improvement in global liquidity, such ...
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Arena Pernambuco the sixth Brazil 2014 stadium to be handed over
The Arena Pernambuco was unveiled this Monday 20 May with a game of football between some of the workers who helped in its construction, thus making it the sixth 2014 FIFA World Cup™ stadium to be handed ...
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Brazil’s Sudene Approves $234 Million for Northeast Wind Farms
Superintendencia do Desenvolvimento do Nordeste , the regional development agency, approved 299.3 million reais for a complex of five wind projects known as Faisa in the northeastern state of Ceara, Brazil's official gazette said today on ...
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Xi to visit Latin America and the Caribbean
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, the foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.Hong Lei, foreign ministry spokesperson, told a press briefing on Tuesday that they will be the first state visits to Latin America and the Caribbean by Xi.Hong said Xi's visit to Trinidad and Tobago will be the first visit to an ...
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In Brazil Industry Suffers While Inflation Hits the Roof
Brazil’s battered economy, bruised by uncompetitive manufacturing and an inflation rate that flirts month-by-month with government tolerance levels, may be heading for the dreaded condition known as stagflation. ';I don’t think Brazil is going to reach even 3.0% growth this year, or next,'; ...
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BP Wins Eight Deepwater Exploration Blocks in Brazil Round 11
BP and partners Total, Petrobras and Petrogal were yesterday named winning bidders for eight deepwater blocks offshore Brazil in the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency’s (ANP’s) 11th bid round. BP will be operator in two of the ...
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Rousseff has support to raise Brazil mine royalty - Governor
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Brazil World Cup venue Arena Pernambuco officially open - video
Recife's Arena Pernambuco is inaugurated on Monday, becoming the last of the six Confederations Cup venues to receive a test event. With a capacity of 46,000, the Arena Pernambuco is set to stage three Confederations Cup fixtures and five more during the 2014 World Cup. Wednesday's match between Brazilian side Nautico and Portugal's Sporting Lisbon will be the first to be open to ...
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H.B. Fuller buys Brazilian partner
H.B. Fuller Company logo. Vadnais Heights-based H.B. Fuller has acquired Brazilian adhesives company Plexbond Quimica in efforts to expand distribution in the South American market. Terms were not disclosed. Plexbond Quimica, which operates a manufacturing facility in Curitiba, Brazil, had 2012 revenue of around $20 million. H.B. Fuller posted net revenue of $1.9 billion last year. >Read H.B. ...
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Brazil fighting the good fight?
Brazil’s recent victory in a trade dispute with the US, which was resolved through the WTO is a victory, not just for the biggest economy in South America, but also for developing nations around the world, showing that the mechanisms of the WTO can be used to further their interests – although it will take years of fighting and unrelenting effort…
Brazil’s ongoing dispute with the United States over the subsidizing of cotton for producers in the US, looks like it may soon be resolved, as Brazil recently indicated it would hold off on slapping a range of 102 US goods with sanctions, if the US agreed to certain measures put forth by the South American country. Read more
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