SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Destruction of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest appeared to accelerate slightly over the past year after slowing since 2004, the government said on Friday. The Nationa…

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Brazilian businessmen who participated in the Big 5 Show, a trade fair for the building sector that ended Thursday, November 27, in the Emirates, say that their expectations have been exceeded. This d…

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Gathered in Brazil, a United Nations-backed forum to combat the sexual exploitation of children called this Friday, November 28, for a comprehensive strategy comprising laws, policies, regulations and…

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HAVANA – Russia's president met with ailing revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Friday, winding up a visit aimed at freshening relations with his country's old Cold War ally and raising Moscow's profi…

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ABC News WTTC offers strong support to southern Brazilian state of Santa …Forimmediaterelease.net (press release), HI - Nov 27, 2008The floods have also caused part of a pipeline carrying natural gas from Bolivia to Brazil to be shut, cutting supplies to Santa Catarina and the …Death Toll Reaches 99 In Brazil Flooding Latin American Herald Tribuneall 1,068 [...]

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The Moscow Times Russian president discusses financial crisis, bilateral trade with …Xinhua, China - Nov 25, 200825 (Xinhua) — Visiting Russian President Dmitri Medvedev discussed Tuesday trade between Russia and Brazil and the current global financial crisis in his …Video: Medvedev aims to boost trade with Brazil RussiaTodayFootball, guns and gas – Medvedev’s Brazilian hat trick RTRussia, [...]

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BLUMENAU, Brazil – Forecasters warned Friday that yet more rain could fall this weekend on waterlogged southern Brazil, raising fears of renewed mudslides in a region where at least 100 people have di…

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SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian stocks made their fifth straight day of gains on Friday after a weak start that echoed declines in Europe.Brazil's Ibovespa index inched up 1.1 percent to close at 36,5…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 28 (IPS) – The Brazilian government has announced the creation of a web site to centralise the reception of complaints about child pornography on the Internet, as a further step to…

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Rio de Janeiro: The rains that devastated 30 towns in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina could be an early consequence of global warming, a climatologist from the Brazilian National Instit…

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BLUMENAU, Brazil (AP) – Forecasters warned Friday that yet more rain could fall this weekend on waterlogged southern Brazil, raising fears of renewed mudslides in a region where at least 100 people ha…

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Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels reports that an increasing number of hotel investors are turning to Latin America for counter-cyclical investment opportunities. Hotel companies are researching market entran…

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CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is urging his leftist allies in Latin America and the Caribbean to stop seeking loans from the Inter-American Development Bank.Chavez claims the United Sta…

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LA PAZ — Siete personas murieron el viernes al precipitarse a un barranco un camión en el que viajaban en una región montañosa, informó la policía.Otras dos person…

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MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – Nov. 28, 2008) – Diagem Inc. ("Diagem" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:DGE), through its Brazilian subsidiaries, has successfully disposed of certain of its Brazilian as…

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LA PAZ, Nov 28 (IPS) – Journalists from indigenous communities in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Guatemala and Bolivia came together in La Paz to take the first step towards creating a network to…

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Rio de Janeiro – The rains that devastated 30 towns in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina could be an early consequence of global warming, a climatologist from the Brazilian National Insti…

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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Destruction of the Amazon forest in Brazil accelerated for the first time in four years, the government said on Friday, as high commodity prices tempted farmers and ranchers to sl…

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Brazil's Ibovespa index was up 1.5 percent at 36,771 in midday trading. The market had opened down 0.2 percent to 36,159.Mexican stocks also enjoyed a lift, with the IPC index up 0.2 percent to 20,250…

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SkySports I almost quit footballElectric New Paper, Singapore - 4 hours agoAnd that almost ruined the future of one of the world's most exciting football players – Brazil and Manchester City striker Robinho. …Robinho Dismisses Manchester United, Chelsea Goal.comWhen time and distance yield only to talent International Herald Tribuneall 75 news articles

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Voice of America RUSSIA-LATIN AMERICA: Economic Manoeuvres Overshadow Naval OnesFaxts News, Australia - 5 hours ago… will facilitate business travel, and for further space cooperation (Russia is assisting Brazil in the development of its own satellite launch vehicle. …Video: Raw Video: Medvedev in Cuba, Meets With Castro AssociatedPressChavez and Medvedev vow continued cooperation France24Russia returns to Latin [...]

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Japan recession affects migrant Brazillians (Noriko Namiki/ABC News) "My employer told me about two weeks ago Nov. 28th would be my last day of work," said Freitas, a 38-year-old native of Brazil. Fre…

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UNICEF (press release) High hopes to stop sexual exploitation of childrenThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 8 hours ago… of sexual exploitation of children through the Internet, other new technologies and also the increased mobility of exploiters in travel and tourism. …Nations unite to fight sexual exploitation of children – Feature Earthtimes (press release)all 181 news articles

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(VOW.XE) Brazilian unit said Europe's biggest automaker by sales will cope better than its rivals with the current downturn in the local market due to the launch of a new generation of its best-sel…

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Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau said on Thursday that it will postpone a 4-million investment in a new steel plant in Argentina that had been due to start construction in November. "Gerdau reaffirms i…

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HAVANA, November 28 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev summed up the results of his Latin American tour on Friday by saying that Russia had staged a return to the region. "Russi…

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The Bank of China, one of the four state-owned commercial banks in China, will start its business in Brazil in March 2009, the bank's general manager Zhang Jianhua said Thursday. The decision to oper…

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Brazilian Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles on Wednesday brushed aside suspicion that employment may drop in 2009 amid world financial crisis, saying the country will create more new jobs, tho…

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Tourists 'discovering' BrazilWorld First Travel Insurance, UK - 13 hours ago… that it will be holding its forthcoming world travel and tourism summit in Florianopolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina State in southern Brazil.

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Portugal tourism sector taking crisis in strideReuters - 14 hours agoThe number of foreign visitors to Portugal — 7 million last year — is dwarfed by Spain's 60 million, but exceeds Brazil's 5 million. …

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Brazil's National Foreign Trade Meeting version 28 (Enaex), which started Thursday, November 27, at the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Firjan), in Rio, Brazil, should hav…

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Although Chile is considered the market with the most favorable environment for business, only two out of ten Spanish corporations consider it a priority and focus their efforts in Brazil, Mexico and …

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Brazil's Justice Minister Tarso Genro Thursday presented a project of special penitentiaries to hold young adults aged 18 to 24, in order to tackle the overcrowding in the regular prisons and to avoid…

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Latin American countries Thursday strongly condemned the coordinated terrorist attacks in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai, which have killed at least 125people and injured another 327. The Chilean …

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Edition 2 CARACAS: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has agreed to help Venezuela launch a nuclear energy programme, while President Hugo Chavez has hailed Moscow's deepening ties with Latin Ame…

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A woman gathers her belongings next to a couple who rows in their house direction, after their homes were flooded in Itajai, southern Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Eight cities in southern Brazil r…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Brazilian Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles on Wednesday brushed aside suspicion that employment may drop in 2009 amid world financial crisis, saying the co…

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RIO DE JANEIRO — The Bank of China, one of the four state-owned commercial banks in China, will start its business in Brazil in March 2009, the bank's general manager Zhang Jianhua said Thursday. Th…

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The Brazilian population, which currently totals 190.2 million, will stop growing in the year 2039, according to a study released on Thursday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IB…

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Brazilian stocks briefly tracked gains for European and Asian markets on Thursday before dipping slightly. Other markets rose moderately.Brazil's Ibovespa index was down 0.35 percent to 36,343 in afte…

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Brazil in particular as well as other Latin American countries continue to be attractive markets for businesses looking for opportunities to expand their sales, as their traditional markets are becomi…

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(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 26 November 2008 IAPA press release: IAPA takes 13 year-old case of unpunished murder of Brazilian journalist to the IACHR Miami (November 26, 2008) – The Inter …

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The Paris Club of creditor nations disclosed this week for the first time ever how much it is owed world wide, – 330 billion US dollars -, with Cuba, Argentina and Peru top of the list in Latinamerica…

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Brazil's environment minister has led a crackdown on illegal timber businesses in the Amazon after loggers ransacked government offices and escaped with contraband wood. Environment Minister Carlos M…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazilian authorities say drug traffickers opened fire on police patrolling the streets near a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, shooting six officers. Authorities say the ga…

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SANTO DOMINGO. – Brazil’s ambassador expects the Executive Branch will sign into law in the next few days the US million loan to buy the eight Super Tucano attack planes made in his country. R…

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Brazil secured top spot in Group D with a convincing 3-0 victory over Norway in Coquimbo on Thursday afternoon. Goals from Erika, Daiane and Pamela, the last two coming in the final ten minutes, set …

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LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the United States on Thursday of "political vengeance" for suspending the Andean nation's special trade benefits on grounds that it has not co…

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Workers lay water pipes at the construction site of a housing project in Calabozo, Venezuela. Iran is helping to build cars, tractors and bicycles in Venezuela.

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A woman gathers her belongings next to a couple who rows in their house direction, after their homes were flooded in Itajai, southern Brazil, Thursday, 27 Nov. 2008

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