A former model and ballerina is making headlines across Brazil after being identified as John McCain's lover 51 years ago.Maria Gracinda Teixeira, 77, says she is the woman the Republican presidential…

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Las autoridades alertaron el lunes a la población ante pronósticos de incrementos de aguaceros que en las últimas horas han dejado al menos cinco desaparecidos, entre ellos cuatro…

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Brazilian stocks fell nearly 3 percent Monday after the United States announced a US0 billion (euro492 billion) bailout package to rescue teetering financial institutions.Sao Paulo's Ibovespa index…

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That kind of good fortune, divine or not, has helped Lula, 62, a former union leader, become the country's most popular President in half a century. Even without the oil find — which could make B…

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0 posts What The World Congress III will mobilize heads of State, government officials, experts and thousands of activists to move forward the global agenda to stop the sexual exploitation of children…

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Register for Your Views RIO DE JANIERO – A former model and ballerina is making headlines across Brazil after being identified as John McCain's lover 51 years ago.Maria Gracinda Teixeira, 77, says she…

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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Leaders from several South American nations will meet in New York this week to discuss resolving the political crisis in impoverished Bolivia, Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro F…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim confirmed on Monday that the country will sign a military cooperation treaty with France in December. The treaty, to be si…

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You Report SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (AP) – Police say hooded gunmen have killed 15 people on an alleged drug trafficker's ranch in southern Brazil. Federal police officer Claudio Cesar says five assailants …

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BRASILIA, Brazil — Evangelical Christian missionaries have launched a campaign against what they claim is the widespread practice of infanticide among Amazonian Indians. The missionaries, associ…

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THE police officers who shot Jean Charles de Menezes were convinced he was a suicide bomber who could be stopped only by an "instant killing", an inquest heard yesterday.

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A former model and ballerina is making headlines across Brazil after claiming she was John McCain's lover 51 years ago.Maria Gracinda Teixeira, 77, says she is the woman the Republican presidential ca…

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QUITO, Sep 22 (IPS) – Indigenous organisations from several countries in Latin America declared their solidarity with Bolivian President Evo Morales with respect to the crisis in his country, and are …

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A former model and ballerina is making headlines across Brazil after being identified as John McCain's lover 51 years ago.Maria Gracinda Teixeira, 77, says she is the woman the Republican presidential…

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Equity markets across Latin America suffered a broad-based sell-off Wednesday amid growing anxiety about the sea change in the U.S. financial sector and ever-tightening credit conditions.

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Washington — Latin America specialists offered America.gov varying views on the causes behind recent unrest in Bolivia. Former State Department official Roger Noriega said Bolivia is a country with…

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Bangkok: Soccer's world governing body Fifa has found itself tangled in a legal mess after the authority absolved Qatar of any blame for fielding an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier. Fifa's …

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Futebol, or soccer, has for a half century been the very heartbeat of Brazilian national pride as generation after generation of exquisitely talented players has donned the national team's canary-yell…

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in 2009. "It's possible that we could also discover oil there and, starting with seismic tests, we could know whether it's worth exploring the African subsalt layer," Awad said. According to geologi…

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Calgary's Brazilian community is looking for accommodations for the family of a foreign student blinded after a downtown shooting. Jose Ribamar Ribeiro Neto's family arrived in Calgary Sunday from Fo…

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denied Monday that Brazil's government is studying a plan to allow workers to invest in shares of Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR) through the Workers' Unemployment Fund.

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An inquest into the shooting death of a subway passenger mistaken for a suspected terrorist opened Monday with a statement that said police had been so worried about an imminent attack they believed a…

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-(Dow Jones)- Brazil's National Biosafety Commission has given the green light to two new varieties of genetically modified corn seeds, which should further pave the way for the uptake of such produ…

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Sept. 22, 2008) – Aura Minerals Inc. ("Aura Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX:ORA) is pleased to release the first set of 21 drill results from the Caboclo ta…

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Bolivian leaders plan to hold talks designed to bring peace to country Four provinces in Bolivia have declared autonomy from the central government At least 30 people have died in September

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The Balkanizers of Bolivia have committed "hara-kiri" in attempting to impose with bullets the autonomy of corruption By Wilson García Mérida. Translated from Spanish to English by Scott Campbell in…

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GOOD TIMES: Workers at a Honda factory in northern Brazil, where the automaker is one of many foreign firms setting up shop. Foreign firms have flocked to the nation, positioning themselves for what m…

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Latin America needs strong friendship with Russia to help reduce U.S. influence and keep peace in the region. The interview …

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On Sept. 18 Gazprom has signed up to joint gas discovery and mining company together with the Bolivian Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and French Total. Its going to be the firs…

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La Paz, Sep 22 : At least 15 people were killed and several others injured when two buses collided on a highway linking the Bolivian provinces of La Paz and Oruro, the EFE news agency reported Monday …

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Brazilian midfielder Mineiro looks set to join Chelsea with Michael Essien sidelined for several months and Deco being injured on Sunday.Essien ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament playing a World …

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The National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency (ANP) has scheduled for December 18th, in Rio de Janeiro, the 10th Round of Tenders for Exploration Blocks, which will offer 162 continental bloc…

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The production of steel in bulk in Brazil was 3.14 million tons in August, an increase of 6.9% over the same month last year, according to figures disclosed by the Brazilian Steel Institute (IBS).Acco…

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RECIFE, Brazil, Apr 24 (IPS) – The reelection of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is still the best option in the view of Brazil's social movements. But activists would have a "qualitatively…

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Gilead Sciences will slash by half the price of its drug tenofovir, used in an anti-AIDS cocktail, Brazil's Health Ministry said. Gilead Sciences will slash by half the price of its drug tenofovir, us…

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CURITIBA, Brazil, Mar 24 (IPS) – Small farmers and activists celebrated a triumph against Terminator seeds in Brazil Friday, but said they would not let down their guard, and would continue to fight t…

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The report recommends that national and regional policies aimed at improving national firms' capabilities should be implemented and that "policy space" for such policies should be accommodated in bila…

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In the Brazilian state of Paraná, Valmir Mota de Oliveira of Via Campesina, an international peasant organization, was shot twice in the chest at point blank range by armed gunmen on an experim…

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There's a new law being debated in Brazil that threatens to undermine the rights and livelihoods of all Indigenous people in this South American nation. Through twisting the letter and intent of In…

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Rio de Janeiro,Brazil – Destruction of the Amazon seems to be on the upswing, and Brazil's Environment Minister has wasted no time in aiming at a villain: Cattle. The minister, Carlos Minc, says Br…

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"They came from both sides and we were caught in the middle. We weren't in the position to anything against a large group of policemen armed with rifles and machine-guns!" Avelino Germiniano, 51, surv…

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The imminent approval of a law that establishes obligatory quotas for Afro-Brazilians and indigenous peoples at public universities, and of a Racial Equality Statute that defines public policies for p…

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RIO DE JANEIRO – The production of biodiesel from low-quality coffee, from the oils extracted from urban runoff, or from cattle fat is a pioneering initiative in Brazil, where efforts are under way to…

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Between March 13 and 31, La Via Campesina International will organize a camp called "Land Free of Transgenics" to accompany the negotiations of two conferences being held in Curitiba (PR). The camp wi…

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's decision to authorize local companies to exploit 13 million hectares in the Amazon over the next decade keeps controversy simmering. Some experts are saying that intead of pu…

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*RIO DE JANEIRO- Turning sunshine into electricity is still too costly for it to become widespread, but using it to heat water is a viable option that is expanding in many countries, and could make gr…

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BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil will seek sanctions against the U.S. after winning a World Trade Organization ruling on cotton subsidies, a top Brazilian trade official said Tuesday. Roberto Azevedo, the…

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The environmentalist movement, and especially international watchdog Greenpeace, are celebrating a new victory in Brazil: the big companies that process and export soy have decided not to buy soybeans…

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The Brazilian property market is already riding the crest of a boom, but now even the currency is co-operating as the Real has weakened by over 8% against the dollar in the last month alone. This make…

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The central bank was scheduled to make the payments in 2006 and 2007 and will save 0 million in interest costs by paying ahead of schedule, Finance Minister Antonio Palocci said. Repayment would le…

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