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Want Botox but don’t have the bucks? Not a problem in beauty-obsessed Rio de Janeiro – at least if you don’t mind a trainee doing the work. The Brazilian Society of Esthetic Medicine is offering…
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A group of men used dynamite to blow up a police station in a town in Brazil's Sao Paulo state on Monday, after seizing machine guns and a large cache of confiscated drugs f…
Congratulations on the historic US election result have been rolling in for president-elect Barack Obama from both friend and foe alike. There was even a note from Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president,…
Boston Globe Economic powers agree on need to boost growthWashington Post, United States - Nov 9, 2008SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil's president called on Saturday for an overhaul of the global finance system that "collapsed like a house of cards" in the …Home > News > Zoellick to Join G-20 Finance Minister D… World Bank Groupall 752 [...]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian authorities say bandits have blown up a police station with dynamite after stealing drugs and weapons. Police inspector Carlos Juliao Filho says…
LONDON: British-based emerging markets bank Standard Chartered said Monday that it has agreed to buy the Brazilian activities of failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers for an undisclosed amount….
LISBON (AFP) – Real Madrid are in talks to sign a 16-year-old Brazilian playing with Portugal first division side Rio Ave. The youngster, Alipio Duarte Brandao, told Portuguese news agency Lusa on …
Police inspector Carlos Juliao Filho says nobody was injured in the explosion that destroyed the anti-drug police station in Botucatu city in Sao Paulo state. Authorities say the robbers fled with a s…
Brazil's stocks are up on news of China's economic stimulus package.The Ibovespa stock index is up 5.3 percent at 38,635 in early trading Monday.Investors in Brazil and other emerging economies were l…
Tourism BC Receives International Recognition at World Travel MarketMarket Wire (press release) - 50 minutes ago10, 2008) – Tourism British Columbia was honoured today in London, England with a prestigious World Travel Market Global Award. The award is distributed to …
Obama and Latin AmericaLatin Business Chronicle, FL - 1 hour agoI am hopeful that the president-elect will travel to our region before taking office in January, probably to Mexico, Brazil and Canada at a minimum, …
US, EU Agree on Global Financial ReformBusinessWeek - 2 hours agoThe minister will be the first French official to travel to Washington since Obama's election victory, hailed in Europe as a great opportunity to strengthen …
Repsol's advanced seismic imaging project — Kaleidoscope — has begun exploration operations in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. Kaleidoscope is powered by reverse-time migration (RTM), a sophisticate…
RIO DE JANEIRO — For the past two years, rainy Saturdays meant a steady stream of customers to a Renault auto dealership in this seaside city. Rio residents eschewed the beach to open up their walle…
ASUNCION — Líderes regionales de campesinos radicalizados anunciaron el lunes que propondrán al gobierno la prohibición del cultivo de soja en lo que resta de 2008, en los norte…
Developing countries need a greater say in the global economy, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Saturday. "Developing country participation in (international) decision-making mechani…
Keppel Shipyard Limited has delivered the floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Espirito Santo to SBM Offshore. The vessel has left Singapore for deployment in the Espirito Santo fi…
November 10, 2008 – 12:19 a.m. SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) – Brazil's stocks are up on news of China's economic stimulus package. The Ibovespa stock index is up 5.3 percent at 38,635 in early t…
TEVI ), a leading provider of value added products and services to organizations and the financial services industry, today announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Matrix L…
Bradley Brooks November 10, 2008 – 12:17 a.m. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) – A new airline started by the founder of JetBlue Airways has been certified to operate in Brazil, an official said Monday…
Global Financial Crisis ROME, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — The global financial crisis is an "extraordinary opportunity to reflect on what we have done wrong," Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to…
AFP, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008, Page 10 Brazil on Sunday demanded that emerging countries be given a greater role in the IMF and World Bank as part of a major shake-up of global inst…
British-based emerging markets bank Standard Chartered said Monday that it has agreed to buy the Brazilian activities of failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers for an undisclosed amount. "Standard …
-(Dow Jones)- Brazilian utility Tractebel Energia SA (TBLE3.BR) late Friday reported third-quarter net profit decreased 16% from the same period last year due to a decline in exports and a weaker lo…
WTTC announces Florianopolis, Brazil as the venue for its 2009 …Forimmediaterelease.net (press release), HI - 5 hours ago… the Government of Santa Catarina, and Embratur – the national tourism organization of Brazil – in a strategic partnership to enhance the role of travel …
Medical Tourism: The Insurance DebateBusinessWeek - 5 hours ago"A knee surgery operation in the US can cost 000 to 000," says Jagadeesan, the vice-president and CEO of Star Hospitals.net, a medical travel company. …
Embraer Announces Its Long-Term Aviation Market OutlookMarketWatch - 6 hours ago… this year, on November 6 and 7, in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. World air travel demand should grow on an average of 5% per year, from 2009 to 2028. …
CORDOBA, ARGENTINA–(Marketwire – November 10, 2008) – Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) plans to build a 600,000-barrel-pe…
The US-Latin American relationship, tirelessly overlooked and mistreated by the Bush administration, will be among the many broken things the outgoing US president will hand over to Barack Obama in Ja…
Editor's Note: Will Barack Obama go the way of Latin American leaders who came to power on a platform of change and failed to deliver? Obama would do well to learn from their mistakes so he doesn't re…
TAM Announces 3Q08 ResultsFOXBusiness - 8 hours agoThe company flies to 42 destinations in Brazil. Through business agreements signed with regional companies, it reaches 79 different destinations in Brazil. …
Revolutionizing Dog Guide Training With TechnologyMarketWatch - 8 hours ago"One of the overriding themes we hear from our students is the anxiety and apprehension of travel in a new environment. For many, the first time using a dog …
Professional Bull Riding said goodbye to a pair of legends Sunday and welcomed its future as the World Finals came to a close at the Thomas & Mack Center. It was the best attended, highest grossing ev…
S AO PAULO, Brazil – Midfielder Tcheco scored in the second half for Gremio to pick up a crucial 1-0 victory over Palmeiras on Sunday, staying close to the lead with only four rounds to go in the Braz…
On June 16, 2004 David Goldman said goodbye to his son, Sean, at Newark Airport, in Newark, New Jersey. He didn't know it at the time but his wife, Bruna, was in the process of abducting Sean and …
The Brazilian government is going to propose a "Bretton Woods II" at the summit of heads of state and government of the G-20 in Washington next Saturday. The country is referring to the inte…
Two fans of the most popular Paraguayan soccer teams, Olimpia and Cerro Porteno, on Sunday were bullet wounded before the game played in the closing tournament. One of the fans, 21, was standing at a …
The Brazilian government proposed on Sunday to the Group of 20 (G20) that executives who were implicated in frauds or endangered the financial integrity of enterprises be punished. The Brazilian deleg…
The World Bank, United States and Brazil have hailed China's massive domestic economic stimulus plan in the face of the global financial crisis. The move could also benefit other nations in the afterm…
Midfielder Tcheco scored in the second half for Gremio to pick up a crucial 1-0 victory over Palmeiras on Sunday, staying close to the lead with only four rounds to go in the Brazilian league.Gremio h…
LA PAZ — El vicepresidente Alvaro García manifestó el domingo su preocupación por el "incumplimiento" de la empresa brasileña Queiroz Galvao, la cual suspendió la …
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Mexico City – Bolivia has given US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers three months to leave the country – claiming that agents were stirring up political strife in the deeply divided na…
-(Dow Jones)- Brazil's Finance Ministry said Sunday said the Group of 20 should increase cooperation on global financial issues in order to better combat the excessive slowdown in the global economy…
SAO PAULO: Brazil's president called yesterday for an overhaul of the global finance system which "collapsed like a house of cards" in the credit crisis and demanded a seat at the top table for emergi…
Zhou Xiaochuan (R), governor of the People's Bank of China, and Chinese Vice Finance Minister Li Yong attend the meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Sao Paulo, Brazil, No…
Brazil's annual inflation rate rose to a three-year high in October as the currency's significant plunge against the US dollar pushed up costs, according to the latest release from the governm…
SAO PAULO (SW) – A late goal from Ze Luis earned Sao Paulo an important win over local rivals Portuguesa Sao Paulo on Saturday. The Serie A leaders scored early through Borges, but Jonas equalised …
New York: Latin American financial markets gained on Friday as some bargain hunting and higher oil prices offset news that the US jobless rate shot up to its highest level in more than 14 years in a s…
Argentine equities dropped Friday, diverging from advances throughout Latin America after a segment of Argentina's lawmakers approved a plan to take over privately run pensions.