erica’s biggest city on Sunday, while an ex-guerrilla who once kidnapped a U.S. ambassador failed in his bid to become mayor of Rio de Janeiro. Incumbent Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab of the conse…
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erica’s biggest city on Sunday, while an ex-guerrilla who once kidnapped a U.S. ambassador failed in his bid to become mayor of Rio de Janeiro. Incumbent Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab of the conse…
|LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Major Latin American markets fell Monday, led by a decline in the commodity-heavy Brazilian benchmark to a three-year low as ongoing worries about recession worldwide cont…
|ging economies on the continent find themselves relatively protected, analysts say. Geoffrey Dennis, a Latin America equity strategist for Citigroup, said the region’s economies are in relatively he…
|10 trends Indian IT services cos must catch CHENNAI: With the US economy in doldrums and companies cutting back on IT spending, Indian tech majors are now turning their radars towards new locat…
|RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) — The Brazilian companies listed in the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) have lost nearly half of their market value since the beginning of this year, according to …
|Brazil assesses impact of currency crisis By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo Published: October 28 2008 02:00 | Last updated: October 28 2008 02:00
|Cafu, the Brazilian soccer player who has suited up most times in the Brazilian national team's jersey, said that his dream is to end his career while wearing the "Yellow and Green". "T…
|Brazilians Cut Back on Travel as Currency Plunges, Globo SaysBloomberg - Oct 24, 2008By Joshua Goodman Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Brazil's plunging currency is discouraging travel abroad with no offsetting increase in the arrival of foreigners …
|Luxury Travel Company Latin Excursions Redefines Luxury Travel for …BigNews.biz (press release), MA - Oct 24, 2008… constructed around Inca foundations, to an intimate lodge set in the Patagonian wilds, to a stylish family villa in Brazil – for your travel experience. …
|Bonnie's South America Travel BlogAbout - News & Issues, NY - Oct 26, 2008Blue sky, warm water, sandy beach and a place to sit in the shade…enjoy Brazil's Tabatinga Beach. Click on the link or the photo for more information …
|Holiday travel: Bookings strong, but airlines seats are downFayObserver.com, NC - 54 minutes agoBy Harry R. Weber and Kristin A. Lee AP ATLANTA — Minneapolis business manager Roque Rossetti plans to make his annual trip home to Sao Paulo, Brazil, …
|Contradictory signals emerged yesterday on the extent of the damage suffered by Brazil’s companies and banks caused by failed bets on the domestic currency, a crisis…
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The Buck Is BackWall Street Journal - 1 hour agoTake, for instance, Brazil, one of the emerging markets hit hard by the flight to safety. In local terms, Brazilian stocks have plunged about 53% this year. …
|BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's Merval index dropped 5.67 percent to close at 839.77 Monday as private pension funds returned to the market for the first time since President Cristina Fernande…
|Ottawa Region Web site OTTAWA–(Marketwire - October 27, 2008) - While global technology analysts are busy slashing corporate spending estimates for European and North American companies affected b…
|BOLIVIA: October 28, 2008 LA PAZ - Bolivia is moving ahead with plans to tap potentially huge lithium reserves at Uyuni, the world's biggest salt lake and one of the country's top tourist attraction…
|A Brazilian student blinded in a downtown Calgary shooting says he's relearning how to do everything in his life. Jose Ribamar Ribeiro Neto visited the CBC's
|BRASILIA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) - The extraordinary meeting of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) Council began on Monday in Brazilian capital of Brasilia to analyze the effects of the international…
|TOM HENNIGAN in São Paulo AFTER A CAMPAIGN in which it was accused of stirring up homophobia, Brazil's ruling Workers' Party suffered a crushing defeat in the battle for control of South America'…
|LA PAZ — La policía informó el lunes que 16 personas murieron y 40 resultaron heridas después que el autobús que los transportaba cayó a un barranco de una regi&oa…
|in 2008. Meanwhile, the market will continue to grow and, as a result, Ford is maintaining its investment plans for Latin America's largest country. The carmaker said it still expects to sell 300,00…
|Mixed signals over Brazilian ‘subprime’ currency bets By Jonathan Wheatley in São Paulo Published: October 27 2008 19:43 | Last updated: October 27 2008 19:43
|PREVIEW: Brazil's Lula looking to lead at Iberian American SummitEarthtimes (press release), UK - 2 hours agoCuban President Raul Castro has not confirmed his attendance, but he has not left Cuba since he has been in power so it seems unlikely that he might travel …
|is ramping up its Caribbean and Latin American service to popular winter getaway destinations. The Atlanta-based carrier said Monday it is adding nine new flights and boosting its schedules to six de…
|Latin America is underappreciated for investment, so it only makes sense that real estate investment mogul Sam Zell plans to put his money there. A longtime investor in Latin American real estate, th…
|Metro Recycling . Terms of the transaction were not disclosed in a release announcing the purchase. Metro Recycling, a scrap processor headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, has three locations, two in G…
|Sao Paulo - The Brazil government will not bailout large conglomerates that have lost money in foreign exchange operations, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Monday. These firms may have lost up to …
|-(Dow Jones)- Brazil's energy consumption for 2008 was revised lower Monday, but consumption will still be higher than in 2007, the Energy Research Agency, EPE, said in its monthly electricity repor…
|BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's Merval index dropped 5.67 percent to close at 839.77 Monday as private pension funds returned to the market for the first time since President Cristina Fernandez…
|. Cheaper credit has enabled thousands of Brazilians to buy new cars again this year, breaking last year's sales records. The scenario has only changed recently, as local banks have reacted to the g…
|markets were mostly lower Monday, with Brazilian stocks leading the downturn as ongoing worries about recession worldwide continued to pull resources prices lower.
|(RTTNews) - President Bush joined Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo Monday in a pledge to bring assistance to the poverty-stricken central American nation while fighting corruption in the ranks of …
|UNICEF's Eminent Advocate for Children, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan, during her visit to the UNICEF-supported Aprendiz City-School in São Paulo, Brazil.
|Posted on: Monday, 27 October 2008, 09:00 CDT The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) announced today that its Energy & Chemicals Group has been awarded contracts by Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) to…
|Published Date: October 27, 2008 SAO PAULO: An ex-guerrilla who once kidnapped a US ambassador has a chance to become mayor of Rio de Janeiro yesterday in nationwide municipal elections that Brazil's…
|Research In Motion (RIMM) said Monday they will sell the Blackberry Curve 8350i smartphone in four Latin American countries starting in the first quarter of next year.
|The Silly Ideas of the SouthNew America Foundation, DC - 11 hours ago… those that originate in the south rarely travel north. Some countries will emerge from the current crisis better than others. Mexico, Chile, Brazil and …
|Ottawa Region Web site OTTAWA–(Marketwire - October 27, 2008) - While global technology analysts are busy slashing corporate spending estimates for European and North American companies affected b…
|NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire - October 27, 2008) - ACTIV Financial, a leading provider of fully managed low-latency market data solutions, and Marco Polo Network, which provides trade order routing and…
|BRASILIA — Los Ministros de Finanzas y Relaciones Exteriores y presidentes de los Bancos Centrales del Mercosur y de países asociados inician el lunes un debate sobre la crisis financiera int…
|Cedar Point Communications Inc ., a worldwide leader in integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) switching technologies for service providers and enterprise telecommunications operators, announced today tha…
|ASUNCION — El gobierno del presidente Fernando Lugo postergó la aplicación de un impuesto a la exportación de soja debido a la crisis financiera mundial, según anunci&oac…
|RESTON, Va. and WATERLOO, Ontario, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — NII Holdings, Inc. and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that Nextel Argentina, Nextel Brazil, Next…
|Standing in a back exhibition space at James Cohan Gallery in Chelsea, the Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes sounded like a rigorous Constructivist as she discussed her four latest paintings, which we…
|BRAZIL - Marking an end to a violent conflict, agrochemical multinational Syngenta has handed over its experimental farm in Paraná state, in the South of Brazil, to the state government.
|Buy, Sell or Hold: iShares MSCI Brazil IndexistockAnalyst.com (press release), OR - 13 hours agoNow, I was very concerned about Brazil succumbing to the “contagion” effect. In fact, I was so concerned that I had used my January vacation to travel down …
|U.S. president will have to come to terms with leftist changes that have swept through Latin America and will face tough choices on issues including trade and drugs. Leftists have been voted into…
|RESTON, VIRGINIA and WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Oct. 27, 2008) - NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced that Nextel Argentina, Nexte…
|Brazil's ruling party lost its chance to retake the mayorship of South America's biggest city on Sunday, while an ex-guerrilla who once kidnapped a U.S. ambassador failed in his bid to become mayor of…
|10/27/2008 Brazil's ruling party lost its chance to retake control of South America's biggest city on Sunday, while an ex-guerrilla who once kidnapped a U.S. ambassador failed in his bid to become ma…
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