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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...
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An 11-year old boy is in Brazil’s media spotlight after sinking his teeth into the neck of a dog that attacked him.
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Failure to agree on tropical fruit exports to the European Union would put a global trade deal at risk, the European Commission has warned.
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A Brazilian government laboratory said Monday it will begin producing child-sized doses of a drug commonly used to treat Chagas disease, which kills thousands of people...
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Police in Brazil have recovered an engraving by Pablo Picasso that was stolen from a museum in Sao Paulo.
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Brazilian actress and comedian Dercy Goncalves, known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behavior, has died. She was 101.
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Tension between group of countries led by Brazil in the WTO grows after declaration of Brazil’s foreign minister
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The presidents of Brazil and Colombia vowed Saturday to boost trade and investment between their nations ahead of crucial world trade talks next week.
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Some pre-negotiation jabbing turned into a potentially damaging diplomatic incident Saturday when Brazil’s foreign minister said rich countries’ deception...
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Brazilian police say at least eight alleged drug traffickers were killed during a raid in a Rio de Janeiro shantytown.
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On a night when the United States woman should have been eyeing the upcoming Olympics, they were dealt a crushing blow to their gold medal hopes when Abby Wambach broke...
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Negotiations between striking Brazilian oil workers and state oil company Petrobras stalled late Wednesday with no immediate end of the walkout in sight.
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The result was meaningless. The injury to leading scorer Abby Wambach could have much larger implications for the United States.
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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...
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Brazil’s Environment Minister, Marina Silva, a staunch defender of the Amazon rainforest, has resigned from her post.
In a resignation letter to President Luiz...
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