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Brazil protests for public transportation health education
The biggest protest in the last two decades is being held in State capital and is spreading across the country. Tired of being misled by the economical, cultural and political elite of the country, Brazilians poured on to the streets to demand better public transportation, health and ...
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Colombia Bogota to Host XXII Latin American Congress of Ports
The XXII Latin American Congress of Ports Colombia 2013, organized by the American Association of Port Authorities, will be held in the city of Bogot, June 25th to 28th, ...
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Fares hike reversed in effort to end Brazil protests
City leaders in Sao Paulo say they are reversing a hike in bus and subway fares which has sparked widespread protests across Brazil.Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad and state governor Geraldo Alckmin said at a joint news conference that the fare increase has been abandoned.It is not yet clear what impact the U-turn will have on the street protests that have broken out in several Brazilian cities. ...
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Brazil demonstrators promise biggest protests yet
Reversing public-transit fare hikes failed to defuse Brazil's anti-government protests, with organizers vowing to hold the biggest demonstrations yet Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators -- angry about political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament -- are expected on the streets of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, ...
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Chinese Astronaut Gives Live Video Lesson From Space
Wang Yaping, China's second female astronaut, is one of three crew members sent to space last week on the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft. She delivered her lecture from the Tiangong-1 experimental space lab, which China views as a prototype for a full-fledged space station. Wang participated in a question-and-answer session with students in a Beijing school. She also conducted a series of ...
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Tropical storm heads for Mexican coastal oil installations
By Reuters MEXICO CITY -- Tropical Storm Barry, the second of the Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened as it churned toward Mexico on Wednesday, threatening to bring heavy rains to oil and power installations near the country's Gulf Coast.The Minatitlan oil refinery of state oil monopoly Pemex and the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant, both in Veracruz state, are being monitored closely, ...
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Canada sends soldiers to support UN mission in Haiti
Canada will dispatch dozens of military personnel to support the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Defense Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday.MacKay said a platoon of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will depart on Friday to operate within a Brazilian battalion in Haiti until December.The 34 CAF members come from the Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Valcartier, ...
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Protesters take streets again in Brazils biggest city
SAO PAULO -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament -- people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with ...
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Brazil unveils new mining regulation bill
/enpproperty--> BRASILIA - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday unveiled a new mining regulation bill that outlines how royalties will be distributed. The bill calls for metals-producing municipalities to receive 65 percent of the royalties derived from precious metal extraction, while states receive 23 percent and the federal government, 12 percent. It was scheduled to be submitted to ...
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Video Jozy Altidore scores in fourth-straight USMNT game to beat Honduras 1-0
* * * Here are the video highlights from the U.S. men’s national team’s 1-0 home win Tuesday against Honduras in World Cup qualifying. Here is some coverage ...
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Pele mocked on social media over appeal to end Brazil protests
Brazilian football legend Pele at an event earlier this month in Rio de Janeiro marking one year to kick-off for the 2014 World Cup. Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty ...
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Neymar stars as Brazil reach semis
Brazil's Neymar ran circles around the Mexicans during their Fifa Confederations Cup match in Fortaleza, Brazil. Picture: Clive Mason/Getty ...
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Cristina Fernandez admits defeat to the Supreme Court but promises to fight on
Argentine President Cristina Fernández targeted the Supreme Court on Thursday after its recent ruling against the Council of Magistrates reform and warned that "Argentines will be able to democratically vote for all political branches sooner rather than ...
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Neymar brilliance all but puts Brazil into semis
Brazil superstar Neymar scored one goal and set up the other to give hosts Brazil a 2-0 win over Mexico in their Group A game and all but assure them of a place in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup in Fortaleza on Wednesday.The 21-year-old took his tally to 13 goals in his last 15 games for his country with a superb left-footed volley early in the first-half, and then produced a ...
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China Sentences Uighurs to Jail on Religious Extremism Charges
Chinese courts in the predominantly Muslim, northwest region of Xinjiang have sentenced 19 ethnic Uighurs to prison for inciting religious extremism and other related ...
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Brazil matters - and not because of the World Cup
As massive protests sweep across Brazil, Tim Harcourt and Mark Thirlwell explain why the importance of that country to Australia goes well beyond the World Cup in 2014 and the Rio Olympics in ...
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Protesters Try To Force Way Into Brazil Match
Brazilian protesters outraged over the costs of hosting next year's World Cup have clashed with police outside a football stadium, as the government deployed elite forces to contain the unrest. Violence erupted near ...
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Sao Paulo Rio officials reverse subway bus fare hike that sparked nationwide protests
Protestors destroy ATM machines at a local a bank in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Thousands of demonstrators flooded into a square in Brazil’s economic hub, Sao Paulo, on Tuesday. Sparked earlier this month by a 10-cent hike in bus and subway fares and organized via social media, the nationwide protests are giving voice to growing discontent over the gap between ...
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Star of Acclaimed TV Series The Sopranos Dies
U.S. film and television actor James Gandolfini, who portrayed an emotionally vulnerable crime boss on the groundbreaking television drama "The Sopranos," has died at the age of 51. Statements issued by the actor's managers and U.S. cable television network HBO, which aired the series from 1999 through 2007, said Gandolfini died while on vacation in Italy from a possible heart ...
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Confederations Cup Brazil in emotional win over Mexico
FORTALEZA //Brazil, galvanised by a passionate rendition of their national anthem, produced a high-tempo performance in front of their home fans to beat Mexico 2-0 and plant one foot in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup. ...
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Venezuela to Boost Domestic Natural Gas Production
Caracas, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan oil industry works to boost the production of natural gas, in order to extend the local consumption and exports of that resource. According to the state-run company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), plans include increasing production at the oil field Perla in about 300 million cubic meters per day, by the end of 2014. The aforementioned field, ...
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Paraguayan Dancers will compete in Passo de Arte Contest in Brazil
Asuncion, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay will participate with 30 young dancers in a traditional Brazilian contest named Passo de Arte. The competition, scheduled from July 6 to 15 in Sao Paolo, will gather representatives from Latin America, United States and Europe, and is considered as one of the most important events of its kind in Brazil. The Paraguayans will present several pieces, among ...
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Sao Paulo gripped by ‘Tropical Spring’ revolt
That an event like the World Cup would bring football-mad Brazilians onto the street is expected, but that it would unite tens of thousands in protest has caught authorities by surprise. For the second night running Tuesday they flooded the streets of Sao Paulo waving the same green and gold flags they will surely brandish from the stands next year but also shouting themselves hoarse when ...
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Venezuela - Venezuelan court stops judge from using social media
On June 15, 2013, Marilda Ros, head judge at a Caracas court, issued a precautionary measure prohibiting Mara Lourdes Afiuni (a judge who was jailed pending a criminal suit) from speaking to the national and international media and expressing herself on social media. This prohibition was issued within the framework of the decision of granting her parole on account of health difficulties. Jos ...
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Venezuela reports more H1N1 cases
A total of 1,538 cases of infection with influenza A (H1N1) virus were reported across Venezuela by June 8, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday.The latest number marked an increase of 430 cases from the last official report, issued on June 12.The cases mainly concentrated in Venezuela's coastal and western states and districts, with Merida state leading with 867 cases and followed by ...
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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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