New York Times Modern Motifs, With Echoes of BrazilNew York Times, United States - 22 hours ago… if you didn’t travel, you never would see paintings,” she said. And today, she noted, painting is still only an undercurrent in Brazil’s art scene. …

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LatinExcursions' Founder – Eric Sheets – Named in Travel + Leisure …MediaSyndicate (press release) - Oct 22, 2008Founded by Eric Sheets in 2001 and headquartered in Miami, Latin Excursions arranges custom travel to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador & the …

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AsiaOne Aim: Retire early and travelAsiaOne, Singapore - Oct 21, 2008Tough to pick one, but the most memorable – and counter-intuitive – one was probably when I was working with GE in Brazil in the second half of 1998. …

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Tourism grows in Brazil despite global financial crisisXinhua, China - 20 minutes agoThe world financial crisis also helped boost the home tourism market as a stronger dollar has promoted the Brazilian people's purchase power to travel …

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Luxury Travel Company Latin Excursions Redefines Luxury Travel for …BigNews.biz (press release), MA - 7 hours ago… constructed around Inca foundations, to an intimate lodge set in the Patagonian wilds, to a stylish family villa in Brazil – for your travel experience. …

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Holiday prices soar on back of weak poundTimes Online, UK - 8 hours agoIt's the same in Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Argentina.” He predicted a return to Europe for many travellers, saying that America's tourism could be hit …

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Iruan Ergui Wu now in foster careTaipei Times, Taiwan - 9 hours ago… the boy to return to Taiwan before he turns 18 unless the Brazilian court rules in favor of allowing the boy to travel freely between Taiwan and Brazil.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called for 'urgent' reform in international financial institutions as the ongoing credit crisis has put developing countries at risk.

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China — which trails only the U.S. as Latin America's biggest trading partner — made another commitment to the region by joining the Inter-American Development Bank.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday. She called it unfortunate but necessary because Bolivian President Evo Morales has failed to improve anti-drug efforts. Miss Rice made the annou…

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Brazil's president is defending new rules allowing two state-controlled banks to buy stakes in private financial institutions.The president says the action is not meant to "socialize the losses" of an…

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e-controlled banks to buy stakes in private financial institutions, hoping to limit damage from the global crisis. The Banco do Brasil and Caixa Economica Federal will be able to buy stakes in other b…

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Brazil's Finance minister, Guido Mantega, believes that the Brazilian economy should suffer a little more with the consequences of the global crisis due to the reduction of credit on the internati…

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The Mercosur submitted a free trade agreement negotiation proposal to the Egyptian government last week. The draft document, containing the broad lines for a treaty, was handed over by a delegation fr…

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As in the rest of the world, the tertiary sector is the one that grows the most in Brazil. Its presence in the national economy reflects that reality: between 1970 and 2005, the sector's share in …

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Latin American stocks slipped for a third day Thursday as investors balanced gains in the U.S. with fears that falling commodity prices, losses on currency derivatives and hedge funds' broad unwinding…

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Brazilian group Embramaco, a maker of flooring and wall tiles, is already present in 45 countries and now wants to win the Arab market. For this, the company, from Santa Gertrudes, in the interior of …

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RIO DE JANEIRO : Tensions between Brazil and Paraguay, already high because of land invasions of Brazilian-controlled farms inside Paraguay, intensified this week after Brazil's army began exerci…

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Brazil's Vale mining company says profits during the third quarter rose 64 percent due to record shipments of iron ore and pellets.Under U.S. accounting rules, net profit for the July-September period…

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Brazil's Central Bank (BC) decided this Thursday, October 23, to implement a foreign exchange auction program (contracts that swap interest gains for oscillation of foreign currencies) of up to US…

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Telecom Argentina (TEO) each fell 23% to lead broad-based declines. Banking stocks were soaked in red, with shares of Banco Frances (BFR) down 20% ,

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Thursday turned down possible government bailout of banks and companies bogged down in financial crisis. The authorization for state-owned banks to acquir…

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Brazilian bank workers have decided to end their two-week-long national strike for a salary increase after receiving a proposal from the Brazilian Banks Federation (Febraban), local media reported on …

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BRASILIA, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva demanded on Thursday an urgent reform of international financial institutions to tackle the global financial crisis.

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BRASILIA, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Brazil Thursday eliminated a tax on foreign currency transaction in a bid to halt the depreciation of its currency, local media reported.

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Buenos Aires – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said it best for how much of Latin America holds sees the US presidential elections on November 4. He was upbeat about a victory for centre…

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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Major Latin American markets were mixed Thursday, with Argentine stocks higher following two sessions of sharp declines prompted by the government's plan to nationalize lo…

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A new UN report launched here on Thursday finds that American cities are as unequal as African and Latin American cities. Major cities in the United States, such as Atlanta, New Orleans, Washington D….

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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Authorities say they are investigating whether a death squad formed by police officers is behind the recent killings of four men whose headless and handless bodies were found on …

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Brazil was forced to appeal to 22.9 billion US dollars in the past month, including sales of foreign reserves, derivatives and loans to prop the weakened Real punished by investors fleeing from emergi…

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Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 23, SPA — Brazil on Wednesday eliminated a financial transaction tax on foreign investment and announced the central bank will sell up to US billion in dollar swap futur…

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Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Shares of Belgian beer giant InBev (INB.BT) rebounded dramatically Thursday afternoon from steep declines after the Brazilian government said it would ta…

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October 23, 2008 – 7:20 p.m. SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) – Brazil's Vale mining company on Thursday said profits soared 64 percent in the third quarter as production of iron ore, nickel, aluminum an…

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AMMAN (JT) – Jordan and Brazil on Thursday signed 11 deals to enhance economic, cultural and political cooperation between the two countries. The agreements were concluded during a visit by His Majest…

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, October 23, 2008. Golden Tulip Hospitality Group concretizes its goals to expand in the South American market: The group is taking over Golden Tulip Porto Bali and planning four…

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As leaders in Washington rushed to stem the growing financial crisis in the United States, Latin American leaders thought they'd be unscathed. Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, when ask…

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PUERTO VALLARTA, México — Estados Unidos está retirando a Bolivia de un programa de preferencias comerciales andinas, anunció el jueves la secretaria de Estado Condoleezza Rice,…

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As Brazil's currency slumped in the third quarter, so did Bunge Limited's profits, despite strong sales. Although the company stood behind its year-end guidance on Thursday, it may get harder for it t…

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In Brazil and Latin America markets plunged on Wednesday, October 21, on fears of consequences from Argentina's plan to nationalize retirement funds spread to the region increasing risks of an alr…

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http://www.stefanini-usa.com/ ), one of the main service consulting companies in the information technology area in Latin America, and Salesforce.com (

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markets were mixed Thursday, with Argentine stocks slightly higher following two sessions of sharp declines prompted by the government's plan to nationalize local, private pension funds.

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CARACAS — The U.S. presidential election is attracting outsized attention throughout Latin America. Residents, intrigued by the candidates' backgrounds, are debating what a victory by either Barack …

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Ecolab Inc. , a provider of cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting products to hotels, restaurants and hospitals, said Thursday that its net income rose 11%, helped by gains in Latin America and Asia…

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ASUNCION — Los productores de soja exigieron al presidente Fernando Lugo que garantice "paz y tranquilidad en el campo" en los próximos 30 días para poder terminar la cosecha de la ole…

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LISBON, Oct 23 (IPS) – Mario Soares, two times president and three times prime minister of Portugal, says he is sorry that the European Union has not yet understood the importance of strengthening rel…

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Adios, Señor Bush OF THE two candidates in the American presidential election, it is John McCain who knows something about Latin America. Not only was he born in Panama, he also visited Colombi…

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She wears the No 10 shirt made famous by Brazilian great Pele but at just 14 Beatriz Zaneratto Joao has plenty of catching up to do. No better place to catch the eye than on the Fifa stage.Simply "Bea…

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The president of Brazil's state-run oil company says the financial crisis means investment plans for new oil finds will be delayed.Sergio Gabrielli says some investments for the mas…

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Latin American and Caribbean governments should redouble efforts to widen economic and trade cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLA…

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RIO-DE-JANEIRO, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – Fifty-eight penguins have been released into the wild off the coast of the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, national media said on Thursday. So…

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