Authorities say a Swedish tourist was killed in a small beach town in northeastern Brazil during a robbery attempt.Police say 59-year-old firefighter Gert Bjorn Sandgren was shot by a robber who was t…

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Sometimes, a court fight isn't about crime or money. It's about things. And when things involve two religious paintings dating to the Spanish colonial era, the stakes can be pretty high. Two South Ame…

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International Superstar Gloria Estefan has performed to packed arenas worldwide in a career spanning more than two decades, but for the first time she has announced plans to take her greatest hits tou…

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A New Zealand man has sharply criticised Brazilian police who he says delayed for weeks the arrest of a suspect in his three-year-old daughter's rape and murder. Karl Paroli recently moved to Brazi…

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Argentina's Finance Minister Carlos Fernandez, Ibero-American Secretary General Enrique Iglesias, Portugal's Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos and Guatemala's Juan Knight, from left, are s…

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Latin America's stock markets plunged Monday on fears about the state of the global economy and concerns about the health of large international financial institutions.In the region's largest economy,…

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – British pop band Simply Red canceled a TV performance in Brazil after lead singer Mick Hucknall's plane was forced to make an emergency landing, the group said on Monday. Hu…

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Tuesday Mar 03, 2009 A man has been arrested three months after the 3-year-old daughter of a New Zealander was raped and murdered in Brazil.Agence France-Presse reported that New Zealander Karl Paroli…

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CORUMBA, Brazil (Reuters) – Bolivian street vendor Bigmar Arancibia says he became desperate as business went so bad that he could no longer feed his wife and children. Now he sits in jail in this Bra…

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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 2 (Xinhua) — Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he is worried about the increase in the country's unemployment rates on Monday.

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China and Latin American countries should make concerted efforts to weather the financial crisis, Cheng Siwei, chairman of the China-Latin America Friendship Association, said Tuesday. He made the com…

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MIAMI — Seven-time Grammy winner Gloria Estefan has performed to many packed arenas worldwide in a career spanning more than two decades. But for the first time she is taking her greatest hits tour …

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in Brazil and Chile. SGL will maintain a full-time physical presence in Brazil and Chile to promote Port San Antonio in the two countries. The firm will focus on establishing Port San Antonio’…

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many vendors are looking beyond the borders of North America and Western Europe to grow into Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. For open-source companies, in particular, Latin America…

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A million pilot plant for extracting lithium from the salt flats of Uyuni, in the town of Rio Grande, Bolivia is shown on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. The flats are believed to hold more than half the w…

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MIAMI — International Superstar Gloria Estefan has performed to packed arenas worldwide in a career spanning more than two decades, but for the first time she has announced plans to take her greates…

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Central American nations need urgent international help to confront the increasingly dangerous presence of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, the head of a U.N.-backed com…

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Crowley Holdings Inc. employees will be transferred to the company’s office in El Salvador within the next 15 months. The employees will have the opportunity to find a job within the Jacksonvil…

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Sao Paulo – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday condemned the murder of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira. "We cannot remain quiet in the face of an attack against a bud…

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-(Dow Jones)- After declining in January, Brazilian energy consumption rose on the month in February as big industrial segments returned from extended leave, the National Grid Operator, or ONS, said…

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-(Dow Jones)- Industrial demand for electric power declined 14.9% in January as spot market interest in energy softened along with Brazil's economy, the government's Energy Research Company, EPE, sa…

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BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) — China and Latin American countries should make concerted efforts to weather the financial crisis, Cheng Siwei, chairman of the China-Latin America Friendship Association, …

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The Chief of Cabinet of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, said the Brazilian government will continue to support financially the Landless Peasants Movement, MST, until it has been proven that the organization i…

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The Brazilian economy is in a strong position to weather the financial crisis and will grow above the global average this year, Brazil's Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles said on Sunday in…

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1970 – The United States passes laws prohibiting narcotics use under the Controlled Substances Act. 1971 – US President Richard Nixon declares a war on drugs and says drug abuse is the country's …

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The Paraguayan government said it would adopt protectionist measures as a response to similar moves by Argentina and Brazil, local daily ABC Color reported on Sunday. It will be a response to a simila…

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SAO PAULO — A suspicious metal cylinder exploded while being examined in a federal police lab, killing three technicians, police and hospital officials said Saturday. The cylinder had been found by p…

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LA PAZ — Bolivia's dengue fever epidemic, which has left at least 20 dead in recent weeks, is “unprecedented” and could affect neighboring countries, Health Minister Ramiro Tapia warned Saturday….

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LA PAZ, Bolivia — To Bolivia's president, it's the great silvery-white hope. Lithium, the lightest metal. Half the density of water. Used in cell phone, laptop and iPod batteries, and in the years to…

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BUENOS AIRES, March 1 (Xinhua) — The Paraguayan government said it would adopt protectionist measures as a response to similar moves by Argentina and Brazil, local daily ABC Color reported on Sunda…

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TOKYO — The education ministry will urge local prefectural governments to ease criteria for licensing private schools to help unlicensed schools for Brazilians in Japan that are facing financia…

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A nine-year-old girl pregnant after years of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather is likely to abort twins she is carrying in a case that has shocked Brazil, reports in Sao Paulo said. The gir…

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A nine-year-old girl pregnant after years of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather is likely to abort twins she is carrying in a case that has shocked Brazil, reports in Sao Paulo said. The gir…

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Posted on: Sunday, 1 March 2009, 08:10 CST Bolivian President Evo Morales believes that lithium – the world’s lightest metal with half the density of water – may help turnaround the poor landlock…

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Three-time World Player of the Year Ronaldo has been suspended and fined by Brazilian outfit Corinthians after breaking a team curfew.The former Real Madrid and AC Milan star, who is almost ready to r…

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With a team full of reserve players, Palmeiras was able on Saturday to beat Guarani 1-0 in the10th round of the Sao Paulo state soccer tournament. Starting the year off with one of the best records in…

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A half century ago, a young doctor and Cuban guerilla sought to bring revolution to Bolivia and was brutally murdered for his efforts. Forty years after the death of Che Guevara, hundreds of Cuban doc…

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3/1/2009, 1:09 a.m. EST BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military map in Iraq in early 2010: Marines are leaving the western desert, Army units are in the former British zone in the south and the overall…

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saas-bahu rivalry and forbidden love between a Dalit boy and upper-caste girl is topping TV ratings – not in India, but in distant Brazil. The success of ‘Caminho das Indias’, which rough…

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A labor court has ordered Brazil-based plane maker Embraer to suspend the layoff of roughly 4,000 workers.Brazil's official Agencia Brasil news service says Judge Carlos Sotero da Silva accepted labor…

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A Brazilian newspaper is reporting that Brazil's largest bank may be interested in acquiring Citigroup's Mexico bank Banamex if it is put up for sale.Valor Economico business newspaper quotes Itau Uni…

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