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Fears for the future of the world’s biggest tropical rainforest grew yesterday, after the sudden resignation of Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva.
Environmentalists had seen Silva, 50, who was born in the Brazilian Amazon, as an important...
The U.S. women’s team will play Brazil, its conqueror in last year’s World Cup, in two exhibition games this summer.
Marina Silva brought impeccable credentials to her post as Brazil’s environment minister: The daughter of a poor Amazon rubber tapper, she was a colleague of slain rain forest defender Chico Mendes.
Blacks will outnumber whites in Brazil this year for the first time since slavery was abolished, but the income gap between the two groups may take another 50 years to bridge, according to a government study released Tuesday.
Bishop Flavio Giovenale was crushed by the acquittal last week of a rancher accused of ordering the killing of a crusading American nun _ and not just because he admired Dorothy Stang.
A rancher acquitted of ordering the killing of American nun Dorothy Stang professed admiration for the dead activist and said a key prosecution witness changed his testimony after finding God.
In stories May 4-May 8 about a ferry sinking in Brazil, The Associated Press erroneously described the Solimoes River as a tributary of the Amazon River. It is a branch of the Amazon itself.
InBev SA, the brewer of Stella Artois and Beck’s, posted an unexpected 11 percent drop in its first-quarter profit on Thursday, blaming rising costs for ingredients and shipping and weak sales in Brazil, where it does half its business.
Rescue workers say they have retrieved another nine bodies from a boat that capsized in northern Brazil, raising the death toll on Wednesday to 41 in one of the worst accidents in decades along the Amazon river system.
Profits for Brazil’s Embraer jet maker rose 8.4 percent in the first quarter amid strong global demand for its mid-size passenger planes and new executive jets, the company said Tuesday.
Brazil’s Embraer jet maker says its first-quarter profits rose 8.4 percent amid strong global demand for its mid-size passenger planes and new executive jets.
Here is a design that is right out of the city of ‘Bedrock’ and this must be something out of the lounge of the Flintstones. But in this modern world where every thing is getting metallic and designs are becoming more and more minimalist in nature,...
Brazilian striker Ronaldo’s football career is on the edge after the 31-year old AC Milan player suffered a serious injury on his left knee and his Italian employers fear that it could force the palyer into an unfortunate early retirement from the...
The contemporary and non-conformist interior & exterior designs are setting new milestones in the history of architecture. See for instance this brilliantly designed masterpiece. Located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Hotel Unique is a magnet to many eyes...
Whether you hear people going gaga over the brazilian complexion, their chocolates or most recently their fashion show at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil seems to have taken the centre-stage at many levels!
The Brazilian fashion show saw models of the likes...
Top models like Gisele Bundchen walked the ramp wearing designs of Mara Mac, Colcci collection and many more, during the Fashion Rio in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. This fashion show marked the part of Autumn Winter 2008 collection. Have...
Due to the increasing pressure from international countries, Brazil has taken steps in controlling the deforestation in Amazon region. It has cracked down on the illegal sale of farm products. Since Brazil grabbed a larger slice of the world agricultural...
There is something about Brazil and football. As I might have told earlier when talking about Kaka’s recent accolade, they do not play the game, the dance. Their way of the game is more a way of life. Football is a region in Brazil, the players are...
Brazil is vehemently opposing imposing targets on developing nations’ carbon emissions days before the climate change conference hosted by the UN in Bali, Indonesia. The Bali conference will be the culmination of a momentous twelve months in the...
This year’s Formula One season would be remembered more for the off-track drama rather than the brilliant title-winning performance by Kimi Raikonen in Brazil and the rookie driver Lewis Hamilton’s rise to the racing folklore in his very first season....
A land of soccer and samba, Brazil was struggling to reduce its huge income and social gap until now. A recent study has revealed that the largest South American nation is one of the very few developing nations to have been able to reduce its economic...
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Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, left, and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov smile during a meeting in Yekaterinburg - about 1500 kilometers (900 miles) east of Moscow, Friday, May 16, 2008.
