Big foreign investors in Brazil are urging stock exchange intervention to halt a deal that would merge two of the country’s low-cost housebuilders. Fifteen investment…

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HAMILTON, BERMUDA–(Marketwire - September 24, 2008) - Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (the "Partnership," and along with its related entities, "Brookfield Infrastructure") (

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Stocks on Brazil's benchmark index rose slightly Wednesday after two days of losses brought on by fears that the U.S. might not pull off a plan to rescue financial companies and prevent a global econo…

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Ecuador may default on a more than US0 million loan granted by a Brazilian development bank to build a hydroelectric plant in central Ecuador, President Rafael Correa said Wednesday.The loan from B…

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Santiago - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean reached a record 126.3 billion US dollars in 2007, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said We…

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Brazil stars Marta, Daniela and Cristiane were selected in the first round of the Women's Professional Soccer international draft on Wednesday.Marta, considered the best player in the world, was taken…

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AIM Exploratory oil wells drilled off Brazil's coastline indicate the presence of a vast pool of crude that could propel this nation into the top tier of world energy producers.

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The Canadian Press September 24, 2008 - 8:47 p.m. Brookfield Infrastructure has exercised an option to sell its minority interests in a group of five related Brazilian transmission investments, TBE. …

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Brazil ranks 80 among 180 countries in the latest report from Transparency International (TI), a non government organization which rates countries according to corruption in the so called Corruption P…

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INTERNATIONAL: September 25, 2008 UNITED NATIONS - Top ethanol producers Brazil and the United States will overlook long-running trade disputes and join forces to promote biofuels, a Brazilian trade…

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The Ecuadorean government has sent in troops to take over the assets of Brazil’s giant construction firm Odebrecht and prevented senior executives from leaving the country

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icordle@MiamiHerald.com American Airlines said Wednesday that it will add several new flights to Brazil for the upcoming winter travel season, including two more flights from Miami.American will …

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September 24, 2008 · President Bush has talked about free trade with Western Hemisphere leaders, but the comments follow an address to the U.N. General Assembly by Bolivian President Evo Morale…

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American Airlines says it has suspended flights to and from Bolivia due to the country's political crisis.The airline's Bolivian sales manager announced Wednesday that American's daily flights to and …

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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - Bolivian President Evo Morales reiterated the charge Tuesday that the U.S. government was plotting to overthrow his government and that Washington had a hand in the rece…

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Chelsea's new Claude Makelele: Mineiro. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty Images Luiz Felipe Scolari has added a third Brazilian player to Chelsea's ranks after completing the signing today…

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TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Sept. 24, 2008) - Brookfield Asset Management today announced the appointment of Thomas Keller as Managing Partner of Brookfield's Latin American infrastructure operati…

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As Bolivia erupted into violence this month over President Evo Morales' leftist reforms, the future of farmers like Julio Mamani hangs in the balance.Mamani, 44, lives in an adobe shack, burns cow dun…

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It is like a nightmare for David Goldman, except that when he wakes up, it is still there. His son Sean, abducted to Brazil by the boy’s mother four years ago, remains almost in sight but always out…

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India, South Africa, Brazil ink tourism pactIndian Express, India - Sep 22, 2008Kochi, September 22 The fifth edition of Kerala Travel Mart, the biennial event of showcasing the state’s tourism, saw good participation of stake holders …Kerala Travel Mart event to promote Kerala tourism domain-BKerala Travel Mart: Showcasing the best TravelBizMonitorKTM a grand success: Kerala Govt Financial [...]

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India, Brazil, South Africa sign tourism cooperation pactHindustan Times, India - Sep 21, 2008India, Brazil and South Africa signed a draft tripartite tourism cooperation agreement Sunday at the fifth edition of the Kerala Travel Mart (KTM). …IBSA to discuss tri-continental tour package Peninsula On-lineIsaac blasts hegemony Express BuzzIndia, Brazil, SA to ink agreement on trade in October [...]

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A United Nations Of Tastes Awaits The AdventuresomeHartford Courant, United States - 2 hours ago(PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT / September 27, 2007) Jetting from Portugal to Brazil to Vietnam would eat up lots of vacation time — not to mention …

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Posted on: Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 09:00 CDT Attention: Technology Editors Sandvine, (TSX: SVC)(AIM: SAND) a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for Cable, DSL, FTTx, fi…

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MANCHESTER, England - Manchester United midfielder Rodrigo Possebon escaped without a broken leg from a tackle that led to a red card for defender Emanuel Pogatetz during the club's 3-1 League Cup vic…

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. He noted, however, that both companies haven't agreed on the financial details surrounding a possible engine supply. Weinmann said MAN is also in talks with U.S. truckmaker

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-(Dow Jones)- Advent International Corp. said late Tuesday that it had bought Frango Assado, a Brazilian highway restaurant chain, continuing its swoop in the region.

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Economic growth, political stability and unprecedented access to bank credit are driving a consumer boom in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, which is benefiting from high international commodity…

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Economic growth, political stability and unprecedented access to bank credit are driving a consumer boom in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, which is benefiting from high international commodity…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — Brazilian police said Tuesday that the massacre of 15 people in southern Parana state was carried out by drug dealers. The massacre took place Monday in a shantyt…

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September 24, 2008, 07:00 Frank Ferro Brazil appears to be losing the Aids fight among senior citizens as many continue to test positive with the HIV virus. Government research shows that rising infec…

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and Petroleo Brasileiro SA president, Sergio Gabrielli, show their hands covered with oil during a visit to the P-34 offshore platform, 120 kms (75…

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Conversation Corps is a great program for people who want to experience life in Brazil and the Brazilian culture in-depth. Travelers will spend 15 hours a week teaching English and they will have the …

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(CZZ) posted the biggest loss, with shares of the sugar cane and ethanol producer down 10% after Moody's Investors Service downgraded its ratings. The agency cited, in part, weaker operating margi…

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez next Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Manaus, according to Brazil's Foreign Ministry. Their meeting …

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The European Union (EU) will provide 54 million euros (79 million U.S. dollars) to Paraguaya in non-repayable aid for education programs, Paraguayan Education Minister Horacio Galeano Perrone said Tue…

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ranch in southern Brazil. Federal police officer Claudio Cesar says five assailants invaded the ranch Monday in Guaira, in the state of Parana. Cesar says the suspected trafficker and two of his sons …

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The amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) entering Brazil remains high this year. According to figures supplied by the Brazilian Central Bank for September, up until Tuesday, September 23, inflow …

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Brazil. Sensational! is the name of a global campaign launched this Tuesday, September 23, by Embratur, the Brazilian Tourist Board, in New York. The campaign should run internationally through June 2…

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Brazilians haven't been discouraged from taking trips abroad due to the rising dollar in recent weeks. According to figures supplied by Brazil's Central Bank, as of September 23, expenditure b…

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Brazil's Frango Assado, the leading operator of highway restaurants in Brazil, has been bought by US-based private equity investor Advent International. Advent informed that it has acquired 100% o…

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for mechanisms of both prevention and control to "provide total transparency to international finance" at a time when an econo…

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ACHACACHI, Bolivia (Reuters) - As Bolivia erupted into violence this month over President Evo Morales' leftist reforms, the future of farmers like Julio Mamani hangs in the balance.

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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ — A bill designed to strengthen energy cooperation in the Western Hemisphere, approved today by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is a positive s…

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-(Dow Jones)- Strategic Sectors Minister Derlis Palacios said late Tuesday that Brazilian company Norberto Odebrecht SA would be expelled from

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called for the reform of multilateral institutions to enable them to prevent a future financial crisis.In a speech Tuesday before the U.N. General Ass…

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Governments must demonstrate decisive leadership if they are to overcome the crisis in global financial markets, the President of Brazil told the General Assembly today, calling for the United Nations…

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MUMBAI: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries is redrawing its overseas acquisitions strategy to include more of producing and discovered acreages in the shopping list, even as the company is on way …

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Rio de Janeiro - At least 15 people were killed and eight others were injured in a massacre presumably perpetrated by drug traffickers in the southern Brazilian town of Guaira on the border with Parag…

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John McCain's lover 51 years ago.Maria Gracinda Teixeira, 77, says she is the woman the Republican presidential candidate fondly described - though never named - in his 1999 book "Faith of My Fathers….

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Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian police arrested in the southern city of Porto Alegre two drug traffickers who are allegedly friends with the football stars Ronaldinho and Anderson, the public prosecutor's …

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