This week’s preliminary ruling overturned an earlier ruling from a lower court that ordered construction of the dam, which crosses the Xingu River, to be stopped until local indigenous peoples could testify before Congress. Supreme Court President Carlos Ayres Britto’s decision could still be revised, however, when the case is further examined by the court. […]
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Located on the border of Brazil and Colombia, the Special Border Platoon San Joaquin is the most remote military base in the Brazilian Amazon. A fence and a runway of 1,200 meters rarely used separates the trenches and the homes of the soldiers in a village of indigenous ethnicity Kuripaco. Much of the 100 soldiers […]
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Brazil will increase imports of gasoline least 354 percent by 2020, as a result of reduced production of ethanol from sugar cane, according to a report by the Government, local media reported Wednesday. The study, at the request of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, presents three scenarios for the fuel market in the next eight years, […]
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Ultimahora.com reported …. Not only the number of transnational crimes such as trafficking and smuggling of arms and drugs, which are declining these days, the weekend was reported very few acts of violence such as murder, robbery and drug dealing in Foz de Iguazu and hinterland. While on the Paraguayan side, trade in Ciudad del […]
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Officials in Madrid, Spain arrested two individuals who attempted to bring 16 kilograms of cocaine into the country. They had arrived in the airport on a flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Europa Press reports. Both suspects were of Brazilian nationality. They had hidden the cocaine in two cardboard boxes in their luggage. They intended to […]
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The Brazilian Ministry of Fisheries yesterday denied the Argentine authorities and said in a statement that “the import of shrimp from Argentina is not released” and that “the matter is being discussed with the Argentine authorities and Brazilian productive sector.” A few days ago, the Argentine Agriculture Minister Norberto Yauhar had confirmed the entry of […]
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“The new route will open on November 12 and tickets are now on sale. TAM Airlines has received approval from the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC) to operate daily non-stop flights (round trips) between Galeão Airport of Rio de Janeiro and Orlando, Florida . Such regular service between the two cities is unprecedented […]
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The vicious drug cartels in Colombia and Mexico regularly make headlines, but there has been remarkably less public attention to the growing role of Brazil—and Brazilian organized crime —as a major player in the global trade in illicit narcotics. Expanding links between Brazilian criminal groups and their counterparts in West Africa, easy access to European […]
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One of the world’s leading banks, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has been authorised to operate in Brazil, indicates a Brazilian government decision published on Thursday in the official gazette. Read Article
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Experts report that drug trafficking between Paraguay and Brazil has reached new levels of intensity. Weapons and ammunition trafficking is also an issue between the two countries. According to Diario Vanguardia, marijuana was the most trafficked item, followed by crack, cigarettes, and weapons, consecutively. These items were found in Brazil after extended operations near the […]
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Agate triggered operation in Paraná, whose aim is to combat crime in border regions, among them international animal trafficking. Within the actions of the operation in Cascavel, west of the state, IBAMA and the Federal Police seized 103 birds irregular tournament corner. Authorities arrested 35 people in the act and plowed 49 notices of violation, […]
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Over 3.5 tons of high-purity marijuana, presumably from Paraguay, was discovered near Yapeyú, Argentina, along Route 14. The shipment entered Argentina from Brazil on a truck, Diario Epoca reports. The driver, a Brazilian, had left Bernardo de Irigoyen and was headed to the city of Rosario, in the Santa Fe province. The truck was supposedly […]
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For most of its modern history, Brazil has been a nation of the starkest economic divides: Super rich, super poor. Businesses that sold anything but the most basic items trained their sights on the upper strata. Now, Brazil is a major player in a global economic shift that is seeing formerly “developing” nations morph into […]
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The Secretary of the Army of Brazil, Celso Amorim, said Tuesday the displacement of 9 thousand troops to the borders with Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay as part of an operation called Ágata5. Ágata5 operation is to “curb border crime such as drug trafficking and smuggling,” the Brazilian holder. While a professor at the Universidade Estadual […]
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Brazil: Rio de Janeiro police joined the strike The Federal Police of Rio de Janeiro today joined the indefinite strike began yesterday in the rest of the country to demand a wage increase and the removal of its CEO, Leandro Daiello. President of the Union of the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro, agent Telmo […]
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The Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur) will launch the first action Wednesday through Facebook digital associated with tourism promotion campaign in Brazil and abroad, as reported by the agency in a statement. According to the director of marketing for Embratur, Walter Vasconcelos, the campaign slogan is’ The world is in Brazil. Come celebrate the life, ‘and […]
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Officials in Paraguay seized a drug shipment hidden in a vehicle along Route 7 in Ciudad del Este. 350 bricks of cocaine had been transferred from a gray Nissan vehicle to a white Scania truck, Color ABC reports. Authorities believe the shipment was ordered by a criminal gang operated by Tomas Rojas, alias “Toma’i”. Two […]
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The Sao Paulo Brazil Police said yesterday the arrest of seven members of a gang of middle-class youths, aged between 18 and 21, accused of kidnapping ready to buy designer clothes and partying. At least four of them are college students and all members of a gang of 16 youths operating in the Brooklyn district […]
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A Bolivian teenager 16 years appeared yesterday in the Special Force to Fight Crime to report that for two years was the victim of sexual and labor exploitation in Brazil and who escaped with the help of her family. According to them, have other children in the same condition. The child was carried to the […]
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A Brazilian tourist died yesterday while visiting the Colca Valley in the province of Caylloma, Department of Arequipa. Sipou Paula, 24, fell with the mule he rode into an abyss of 200 meters, when the mule walked through the area of Sangay, or better known as the Oasis, in the district of Cabanaconde. Read Article
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The Belo Monte Dam project along the Xingu River had its preliminary plans drawn under Brazil’s military dictatorship and was a highly controversial environmental project from the onset. However, construction of the dam has continued despite its serious backlash, mainly due to the influence of Brazil’s developing economy. But the indigenous population along the Xingu […]
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Currently, there are 53052520 Facebook users in the Brazil, which makes it #2 in the ranking of all Facebook statistics by Country. Total Facebook Users: 53052520 Position in the list: 2. Penetration of population: 26.38% Penetration of online population 69.86% Read Article
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Brazilian authorities have arrested 18 people in connection with the high profile killing of an indigenous leader by masked gunmen. Religious leader Nísio Gomes was murdered in front of his Guarani community in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul last November. His body has never been found. The list of suspects includes the owner […]
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“The Constitution says that the Bolivian state can not grant a safe conduct and can not accept political asylum to a person having ordinary processes of justice for reasons having to do with common crimes, and now Senator Pinto processed” , Davila said the media in La Paz. He reiterated that “deplores” the alleged “pressure” […]
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Its subsidiary in that country signed an agreement with Panatlantic, through which 30 percent have three offshore blocks in the country. The company Ecopetrol Oil and Gas do Brasil Ltda, a subsidiary of Ecopetrol, and Vanco Exploração and Produção Brazil Oil and Natural Gas Ltd, a subsidiary of Panatlantic Energy Group, reached an agreement that […]
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26 people in Brazil were accused of involvement in an illegal mining scheme. According to Globo.com, the mining activity took place in the indigenous Yanomami reserve. Seven of the accused individuals have not yet been found, but the search is ongoing. Five planes believed to transport miners to the site were seized during the operation. […]
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Brazil and the United States announced that it will create a working group to study the possibility of eliminating visas for travel between the two countries, following a meeting between Brazilian Foreign Minister and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Read Article
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Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian airline Gol announced new direct flights in South America and expand its international routes, having canceled their trip to Santiago de Chile. The company will add new flights from Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo to Montevideo, Asunción and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia, according to a statement issued Wednesday […]
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Brazil Report – Death by Non-Natural Causes (From 1-2011 To 12-2011) Date City Cause of Death 11-10-2011 Igarassu, Pernambuco, Brazil Other Accident 04-25-2011 Nova Lima, MG, Brazil Drowning 04-17-2011 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Drowning 04-06-2011 Inconfidentes, MG, Brazil Air Accident 03-25-2011 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Vehicle Accident – Auto 03-20-2011 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, […]
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A Colombian Hernan identified as Daniel Lopez, 22, died today drowned in Copacabana, the most famous beach and tourist area of Rio de Janeiro, on entering the sea in a heavy swell and apparently drunk, fire officials. The body was rescued by Colombian rescuers Fire Department of the State of Rio de Janeiro who were […]
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According to a report published by El Sol, Brazilian drones will be used to help detect narco-trafficking and drug production activity in Bolivia. The two countries share a 1,300 kilometer border through jungle terrain. Drones had been used in a two-day operation in Santa Cruz, in which 240 cocaine factories and a clandestine airstrip were […]
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A total of 11.362 children under five years ill with pneumonia in Peru from January to May, and 130 of them died due to problems of nutrition, hygiene and inadequate housing for the cold, told Efe a source at the Ministry of Health. According to the latest epidemiological bulletin of the Ministry of Health, May […]
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Japanese delegates to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took a wrong turn in the city and wound up in a favela. There, they found themselves surrounded by armed narco-traffickers, Clarin reports. One of the cars was able to flee the area, but another was trapped. Those who escaped […]
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A truck travelling from Paraguay with 300 kilos of marijuana struck a tourist van head-on along Route 277 in Brazil, between Nova Laranjeiras and Guaraniaçu. The tourists were on a shopping trip to Foz do Iguaçu. According to Infobae, the truck driver lost control of the vehicle. He died on the way to the hospital. […]
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The film of the Ecuadorian Tania Hermida cienasta “In the name of the daughter” was recognized in 22 Latin American Film Festival Ceará, held in Fortaleza, Brazil. Juan Carlos Azevedo received the award for best art direction by the belt of Ecuador. This film has received several awards abroad, as reported by The Daily Telegraph. […]
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Brazil’s TAM and Chile’s LAN each reported a 22 percent plunge in first-quarter profits, citing rises in fuel costs and other expenses among other factors. Another Brazilian airline, GOL, laid off 1,200 people to cut costs. Aerolineas Argentinas continues to bleed money, receiving more than $200 million in subsidies during the first quarter of this […]
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Officials are investigating a group of suspicious Arabs in the tri-border area of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, ABC Color reports. Investigations began last year, when security agents began to suspect the Arabs of piracy, drug trafficking, and weapons trafficking. The proceeds of their activity were then transferred to banks in the Middle East. Argentine intelligence […]
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In an effort to reduce and eliminate illegal flights associated with drug trafficking, the Air Forces of Brazil and Venezuela have teamed up to practice joint air exercises. These exercises occur in the airspace between Santa Elena de Uairén (Venezuela) and Boa Vista (Brazil). Both countries plan to develop methods to better share radar control […]
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Romanian citizen arrested on Heathrow airport, London with 2.5 kilos of cocaine on May 11, 2012. The suspect arrived on a flight from Rio de Janerio.He came from Rio De Janeiro, Brasil. Read Article
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In Brazil, water levels on one of the Amazon’s main rivers are rising dangerously fast. Some of the worst flooding in decades has forced many families from their homes. Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo visits Careiro da Varzea, one of the worst hit areas in the northern Amazonas state. Read Article
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A study of the League of Environmental Defense (LIDEMA) identifies a number of impacts and threats to the environment and biodiversity Bolivian border areas and even in protected areas of immense value. The greatest threat area is the border with Brazil, due to the construction of megaprojects, intensive farming and agribusiness, to poaching and deforestation […]
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A collision between two trains on the red metro line in Sao Paulo, Carrão Station (east of the city), left on Wednesday 40 injured, two of them seriously, who were taken to hospitals in the region. The attention of the victims was conducted by a team of 68 firefighters, supported by 23 vehicles. The Red […]
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Communique To the people of St. Gerard and Xambioá! The all farmers! The 3rd Detachment of the Araguaia guerrilla forces, on May 1 held with great success a punitive operation against the farmer Nemer Curi, also known by the nickname Paulista. This individual had committed several crimes against the guerrillas. Last year, when the troops […]
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Twenty stores from the supermarket chain “Rewe” in the Hamburg region, Germany, received spreading actions for Brazilian papaya between the 19 and the 21 of April. The marketing campaign by the Brazilian Association of Papaya producers and exporters (Brapex), in collaboration with the Brazilian Institute of Fruit (Ibraf) and the Brazilian Agency for Exports Promotion […]
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Severe weather and crop failures in south Brazil and increased consumption demand are driving up corn and soybean meal costs in that country, putting pig and poultry farmers on alert. Ariovaldo Zani, executive VP of Brazil’s National Animal Feed Industry Association, Sindirações, said feed production this year will increase by 3.0 to 3.5 percent. Feed […]
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Brazil had an outflow of $1 billion last week as financial capital flows outweighed the trade surplus, the central bank said Wednesday. The country had an inflow of $6.59 billion in April, including an inflow of $786 million on Monday, April 30, and a total outflow of $1.79 billion on May 2, 3 and 4. […]
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Companies from various sectors will make representations to establish contacts and distributors in the country. Brazilian businessmen from 42 companies in the sectors of machinery and equipment, fashion, home and construction, food and beverages, health technology and will participate in a business conference scheduled in Colombia… Read Article
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In the far north, the Air Force (FAB) will participate in Operation Agate with four fighters, reconnaissance, airborne early warning (radar plane), search and rescue and transport logistics. The area of operation is greater than the land area of Portugal and Spain. More than five thousand kilometers on the border of Brazil and Venezuela, Guyana, […]
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Brazil may hinder the entry of products of Argentina in case the neighboring country to maintain its restrictions on Brazilian pork, said today the Minister of Agriculture, Jorge Mendes Ribeiro. In an interview he gave today to a state radio network, the minister threatened to retaliate in the event of failure of the current negotiations […]
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This spa in Brazil fascinates with gentle hills, soft sand, stone streets and its 23 beaches. Only 170 miles, which are covered by road in about two hours, separate Buzios Rio de Janeiro, one of the most popular summer destinations in Brazil. The village, home to 28,563 people, has 23 beaches, including highlights of Ferradura, […]
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The foreign ministers of Argentina and Brazil agreed on Tuesday to cooperate to produce unmanned aircraft used for surveillance of borders and the fight against drug trafficking, said the Brazilian government. The issue was discussed during a meeting of ministers Arturo Puricelli, Argentina, and Celso Amorim, whose country aim to produce craft Israeli technology for […]
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After three months of investigation, the team meshes Caruaru Act unleashed an operation that began on the evening of last Wednesday (11) and lasted until the morning of Friday (13), culminating with the arrest of five male members of a gang specializing in arrobamentos residences located in the suburbs of Caruaru, Pernambuco Agreste. They were […]
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Two women and a man accused of cannibalism, they recorded a movie in Brazil A couple and a woman accused of killing, dismembering and eating their victims in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco (northeast), shot a home movie of terror, entitled “Spirit”, as referred to digital media in Brazil. The authors of this macabre work […]
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The Tam debut flight between airports Confins in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, and Uberlândia, Minas Triangle, next month. The airline will use Airbus A319 in operation. Read Article
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The head of the Joint Chiefs of Brazil, Jose Carlos de Nardi, reported from Caracas to “an operation” against his country illegal border with Venezuela made to protect the area that divides the territories of both nations. “We will do an operation against illegal border crossings, an operation that the President (of Brazil), Dilma Rousseff […]
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Survey released on Tuesday (10) by the Ministry of Health revealed that almost half of the population is overweight. According to the study, the percentage rose from 42.7% in 2006 to 48.5% in 2011. In the same period, the proportion of obese rose from 11.4% to 15.8%. Read Article
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K-pop attracts devoted imitators in South America VITORIA, Brazil–Instead of doing the samba, eight young Brazilian women begin dancing in rhythm to a lively South Korean pop song in a room of a building here on a Sunday afternoon. All of the songs they swing their hips in unison to are those of the popular […]
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BRAZIL, the saying used to go, is the land of the future — and always will be. But when Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, visits the White House next week, she will come as the leader of a country whose future has arrived. With huge new offshore oil discoveries and foreign investment flooding in, Brazil’s economy, […]
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Brazil’s rising stature and influence will be on display when President Dilma Rousseff arrives in Washington this week — as it was when President Obama visited Brazil one year ago, accompanied by his top economic advisors, including several Cabinet members, and about 50 chief executives from the largest U.S. companies. The conundrum that faces the […]
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Foreign tourist visits to the favela Rocinha, the best known of Rio de Janeiro, were suspended due to the outbreak of violence in recent weeks when neighbors reported the alleged actions of death squads and police say the drug traffickers. The Jeep Tour Rocinha, located near the elegant neighborhood of Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro in […]
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Gone are the superpowers. Gone is the time when an empire or a country with great power, imposed on other desires. Of course there are still nations with the strength and resources to compel or induce other nations to behave and not another. But this is increasingly rare or sustainable. Today not even the U.S., […]
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The strategic disbursement of U.S. $ 547 million announced by the company based in San Jose, California, is to encourage innovation, transformation and socio-economic development, which will expand Cisco’s presence in the South American giant. Read Article
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Firefighters found the bodies buried in the mud that moved in Teresópolis. By the constant rains in the mountain region there are 500 evacuees. They foresee any new precipitation. he balance of deaths of heavy rain on Friday in the town of Teresopolis, mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, rose to five. The authorities indicated […]
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In the first three months of this year lost 388 km2 of Amazon deforestation, nearly triple the same period last year (135 km2), according to official figures released today by the government. The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported that were cleared in January 21.89 km2, 306 km2 and 59.6 km2 in February in […]
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Uruguayan president Jose Mujica arrives Thursday in neighbouring Brazil to discuss with his peer Dilma Rousseff trade expansion, productive and energy complementation and above all opening Mercosur to third countries in search of new markets. Read Article
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Established in 2004 by local social entrepreneur Hans Dieter Temp, an organisation called Cidades sem Fome (Cities Without Hunger) is working to reduce hunger and joblessness among some of the most economically deprived areas of Sao Paulo, through urban agriculture. Read Article
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Brazil’s Tourism Ministry asked over 2,000 websites to remove sexual content that promotes Brazil as a prime destination for sex tourism. Associated Press reports that in 2011, the ministry identified 2,169 websites with photos of women in sensual poses and invitations for sexual encounters with minors, the ministry said in a Tuesday statement. Many of […]
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Brasilia – Boys and girls living on the streets of the Federal District police officers accused of physical and sexual assault. Complaints mobilized the Commission on Human Rights and Minorities of the House of Representatives and are similar to those investigated by prosecutors for a little over three years. The latest of these is a […]
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Dengue cases increased 15% in Ceará in a week, says Sesa State Health Department confirms 3,435 cases of dengue in 2012. Two deaths were reported, according to report released on Friday (30). In one week, the state of Ceará increased by 15% of cases of dengue confirmed, according to report released on Friday (30) by […]
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A Brazilian federal prosecutor plans to expand his investigation of a November offshore oil spill in a field run by Chevron to areas operated by other companies in the country’s main oil region. Read Article
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Police say they arrested a woman carrying more than 4 pounds of cocaine stashed inside a fake pregnant belly strapped around her waist. The federal police says in a statement the 20-year-old woman was arrested Friday morning after arriving at the international airport in the northeastern city of Natal. Read Article
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The two Cougar helicopters by Brazil 532UE ready for the unilateral release of 10 held by the FARC reached San Gabriel de Cachoeira, in northern Brazil. Prensa Latina (PL) recorded that from the border with Colombia, will leave on Sunday to the city of Villavicencio, in the center, and on Monday will begin the process. […]
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The teachers of municipal schools approved by the assembly held on Wednesday (28) which will go on strike from Monday (2). The movement is the Sinpeem (Association of Professionals in Education in Teaching Council of São Paulo). Read Article
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Prohibition in check. Decision of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) in Brasilia, limits the powers of operation excluding use for medical or testimonial evidence against motorists stopped on blitzes. According to the text adopted yesterday by five votes to four, only the breathalyzer test and blood tests can attest to a drunk driver. The […]
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A baby ocelot was found by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) in a backpack with a Paraguayan, on the afternoon of Saturday, the Friendship Bridge, the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The man wanted to sell the animal. Read Article
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Military leaders of Bolivia and Brazil began a meeting yesterday in the city of Santa Cruz to plan joint air exercises in the framework of the fight against drugs by the two countries agreed last October. This is the Initial Meeting Planning BOLBRA II operation, which runs until Friday, detailed the Brazilian Embassy in La […]
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President Dilma Rousseff plans to use her New Delhi visit later this week to sound out Indian leaders on the French Rafale fighter jet, which she is considering buying to beef up Brazil’s air force. Read Article
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Brazil announced extended tax cuts on appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines, and reduced levies on other goods, as it seeks to help manufacturers hurt by a slowdown in economic growth and a surge in imports. Read Article
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Brazilian police are investigating whether the fatal shooting of three rural activists was tied to their effort to win rights to land also contested by owners of a sugar mill, officials said Monday. Investigator Samuel Barreto told reporters in Minas Gerais state there was no doubt the three activists were executed, shot down as they […]
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An investment fund Abu Dhabi government, Mubadala Development Company, bought part of the Brazilian group EBX millionaire Eike Batista for 2,000 million dollars. Mubadala’s investment guarantees preferential participation of 5.63% shareholder in Centennial Asset Brazil Equity Fund LLC and other holdings of Batista, considered the richest man in Brazil. Read Article
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Scores of millionaires spend weekends and vacations in homes built in violation of state and federal environmental rules on some of Brazil’s most beautiful — and public — land, the government says. Others receive government permission to build small houses in a nature preserve — and instead build gigantic compounds. Read Article
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The Chevron corporate logo is displayed at a Washington D.C. gas station January 11, 2010. A judge in Campos, Brazil, could shift the criminal charges filed against Chevron and drill-rig operator Transocean to Rio de Janeiro, a decision that would remove a crusading prosecutor from the case. Eduardo Santos de Oliveira, a federal prosecutor based […]
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John of God grabs what looks like a kitchen knife from a silver tray and appears to scrape it over the right eye of a believer. The “psychic surgeon” then wipes a viscous substance from the blade onto the patient’s shirt. The procedure is repeated on the left eye of Juan Carlos Arguelles, who recently […]
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The Brazilian government decided to control the quality of breast implants sold in the country, where a high social value to physical appearance. The measure is particularly geared to imported prostheses are offered in the market without national health checks. Read Article
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Starting on Tuesday, began extending for 90 days in the presence of members of the National Public Security Force at the border. According to the authorities concerned to support the actions of other entities organized crime. According to Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo, the presence of this force will be kept National Amazonas, Acre, Amapá, […]
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Brazil reached an agreement with Brazil on trade dispute over cars, setting a cap on its exports in that sector for three years. Brasilia demand was finally accepted by the Mexican Secretariat of Economy. “For the first year, the amount of exports will be of 1,450 million dollars, the same that will increase in the […]
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The Brazilian Health Ministry announced today that it acquired 20 million female condoms will be distributed for free this year throughout the country, especially among women considered vulnerable to the spread of sexual diseases. Condoms at a cost of 27.3 million reais ($ 15.2 million) and are the first third-generation, made from latex, nitrile, acquired […]
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Brazil gets new antennas to extend the protection of the Legal Amazon satellite The System of Protection of the Amazon (SIPAM), organ of the Ministry of Defense has invested R $ 8.2 million (4.73 million approximately) in the acquisition of three antennas with their respective equipment reception of satellite data, installed in the center of […]
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The soldiers were transferred to the border with Colombia, Brazil and Guyana, as required by new security plan Operation Sentinel. El objetivo es combatir al narco ya los grupos irregulares a lo largo de 4.600 km The aim is to fight the narco and irregular groups along 4,600 km. Rangel Silva Minister did not refer […]
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The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has been replaced by surprise the Minister of Agrarian Development, Afonso Florence, member of the radical wing of the Workers’ Party (PT), and has put in place the deputy Pepe Vargas, also of the PT and , as Florence, to the left of the currently forming the Government. Vargas, […]
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At the headquarters of the Superintendent of the Federal District, which includes Brasilia and 29 satellite towns surrounding, the architect and superintendent [Administrator] Alfredo Gastal discussed with a group of people their illegal status, dating back more than 40 years ago when they occupied the land where they live. The land ownership, land speculation and […]
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The Bolivian Foreign Ministry announced today that defined the mechanism for returning to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Paraguay than 1,400 stolen vehicles were entered Bolivia illegally. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Alurralde, to return it, the countries concerned must require, through its own prosecution, seizure of the stolen vehicles in its territory […]
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Gearing up for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held here, officials celebrated plans for a futuristic “Olympic Park,” replete with a waterside park and athlete villages, promoting it as “a new piece of the city.” There was just one problem: the 4,000 people who already live in that part of Rio de Janeiro, in […]
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There are little over than 800 days remaining until the 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil and the country is far from being ready to host the tournament. Stadium construction is well behind schedule, while urban transport improvements have been all but scrapped by the government, who have opted instead to privatise three of […]
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The first place is Brazil, according to the Security Centre of the OAS. The report was released at an event on the crime in the hemisphere that concluded Friday in Mexico City. That being said across the region came homicides in 2010 to 154,836, meaning that occur daily or 424, which is equal, 17 each […]
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The President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, announced that the country already has a draft law for the protection, promotion and preservation of the ancestral knowledge of the country’s biodiversity, which will face the biopiracy. Biopiracy is a practice whereby researchers or companies illegally used the biodiversity of developing countries and the collective knowledge of […]
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The Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, “dismayed” by the fire that destroyed the base today the country’s scientific research in Antarctica, which left two soldiers dead and one wounded, said the government the rebuild, according to a statement. In the fire at the Antarctic station Comandante Ferraz, occurred this morning, died Brazilian Navy Petty Officer Carlos […]
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