The US government is urging Brazil to return an eight-year-old boy to his father in the US in a case that could come up when President Barack Obama holds his first meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Saturday.
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US pressing Brazil to return boy to father
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Brazilian abducts daughter, steals plane and crashes into mall
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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A Brazilian man suspected of having raped a teenage girl attacked his wife, abducted his five-year-old daughter in a stolen airplane and crashed on the parking lot of a shopping mall.
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Brazil: Vasco prove to be too strong for Botafogo
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Vasco da Gama destroyed rivals Botafogo 4-1 to maintain their perfect record in the second stage of the Rio de Janeiro state tournament.
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Ronaldo not ready for Brazil return
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Brazil coach Dunga insists it is too soon to talk about the possibility of Ronaldo returning to the national squad, despite his immediate impact on his comeback from injury.
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Brazilian man crashes stolen plane into shopping mall
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A Brazilian man kidnapped his daughter, stole a small private plane and after being pursued by the authorities crashed it into a shopping mall in Goiania city, Bandeirantes television reported.
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Brazil leader takes regional clout to White House
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — His meet and greet with the U.S. president was bumped to Saturday, and when the White House announced his official visit, they misspelled his name.
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Prince Charles visits Brazil to focus on environment
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BRASILIA, Brazil — Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, have arrived in Brazil for a four-day visit that will focus mainly on the environment.
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A win for El Salvador leftist appears less certain
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Mauricio Funes of the FMLN greets supporters at a campaign rally in San Luis La Herradura, El Salvador. He has had disagreements with hard-line leaders of his party.
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Izalco, El Salvador and the Way Beyond the Silence
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Mystical Izalco portends the end of Salvadoran silence. To understand the current presidential elections in El Salvador, you have to understand the cities, towns and the campo, El Salvador’s coun…
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Unequivocally Condemn Mob Violence
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(Washington, DC) – The Bolivian government should unambiguously repudiate the mob attack on the family of former Vice President Víctor Hugo Cárdenas and refrain from any statements that could be int…
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Brazil to help Bolivia overcome financial crisis
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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 12 (Xinhua) — Brazil will help Bolivia overcome the impact of the international financial crisis by increasing bilateral trade, Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Thurs…
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Two killed in plane crash in Brazil
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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BRASILIA, March 12 (Xinhua) — A small plane crashed in a shopping mall parking lot in Goiania, in the center of Brazil, on Thursday, killing two occupants, local fire department said. The victims we…
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Brazil call-up Prem trio
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Brazil have called up three Premier League-based players for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru. Manchester City duo Elano and Robinho have both made Dunga's squad despite…
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Kaka back for Brazil
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Fit-again AC Milan star Kaka has been called up by Brazil coach Carlos Dunga for South American zone 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador.
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Mexican Equities Surge; Brazil Gains Ground After Rate Cut
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Mexican stocks powered higher Thursday, with climbs in banking stocks after an upgrade of the sector, and Brazilian equities gained in the wake of an interest-rate cut by the central bank.
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Ronaldinho, Kaka on Brazil roster for qualifiers
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -AC Milan midfielders Ronaldinho and Kaka were selected for Brazil's roster for World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru despite injuries.
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US Diplomat Leaves Bolivia on Expulsion Order
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A U.S. diplomat has left Bolivia, three days after President Evo Morales declared him persona non-grata and ordered him out of the country for allegedly conspiring against the government.
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El Salvador elections invoke civil war rivalries
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Mauricio Funes, presidential candidate of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front party, FMLN, accompanied by his wife Vanda Pinagto, left, gestures during a political rally in San Salvador Wedn…
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Soaps, sex and sociology
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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telenovelas (soap operas) on Brazilian television is, superficially at least, about as representative of the country as a whole as Marie Antoinette and her shepherdesses were of 1780s’ France. B…
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Lula to push Obama on Latin America policy
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will urge U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday to open talks with leftist governments in Venezuela and Cuba and make aid and devel…
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Presidency within reach of El Salvador
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) – A former television journalist who has compared himself to President Barack Obama has given El Salvador's former guerrillas their best chance to win the presidency sin…
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West Eminence Delivered to Seadrill, Now En Route to Brazil
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Seadrill has taken delivery of the new deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig West Eminence from the Samsung Shipyard in South Korea. The unit will leave Korean waters today en route to its first dril…
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Framingham hires first Brazilian officers
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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F RAMINGHAM – A Massachusetts town with one of the largest Brazilian immigrant populations in the state is hiring its first Brazilian-American police officers. Police Lt. Paul Shastany tells The Metr…
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Brazilian stocks flat, Mexico up 1.4 percent
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Brazilian stocks erased early gains to close essentially flat on Wednesday, as investors around the world lost enthusiasm about the sustainability of the previous day's rebound.Stocks in Latin America…
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Police crack major drug syndicate between SA and Brazil
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Frank Ferro, Sao Paulo Brazilian Federal Police have cracked a major drug syndicate operating between Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo and Oliver Tambo in Johannesburg. The operation cod…
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South American Silver Corp. Announces the Addition of a New Board Member
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – March 12, 2009) – South American Silver Corp. ("SASC" or the "Company") (TSX:SAC) announced today that William Murray has joined its board of directors, effe…
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Brazil slashes lending rate to 11.25 percent
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Brazil's central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate by 1.5 points to 11.25 percent on Wednesday in an effort to keep recession at bay after Latin America's largest economy registered its sharpes…
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Brazil & Friends Want the End of the US Cuban Embargo
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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South American Defense ministers meeting in Santiago de Chile urged the United States on Tuesday to end the nearly half a century economic and travel embargo on Cuba. The issue was not on the age…
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Rancher tied to nun
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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A rancher fighting accusations of ordering the murder of a U.S. nun has now been charged with trying to fraudulently obtain the plot of Amazon rain forest she died trying to defend, a prosecutor said …
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Five-star Mexico beat Bolivia
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Argentine-born Matias Vuoso scored twice for Mexico while Bolivia defender Juan Manuel Pena, making his international comeback after an 18-month absence, was sent off after half an hour for a tackl…
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72 nabbed in animal trafficking crackdown
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Brazilian police have arrested 72 people suspected of being part of an illegal animal smuggling ring.Federal police in Rio de Janeiro say the organization trafficked 500,000 animals and raked in some …
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Host Cities for Brazil 2014 to be announced in May
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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The selection of the 12 host cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be made at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting taking place at the end of May, just before the 2009 FIFA Congress that will be hel…
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British Prince Charles meets with Brazilian president
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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Britain's Prince Charles (1st, L) shakes hands with Brazil's President Lula da Silva during a welcoming ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil, March 11, 2009. Britain's Prince Charles and his wife started thei…
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world economic crisis affects Latin America and Caribbean
Posted in March 13th, 2009
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President of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) Luis Alberto Moreno said on Wednesday that the world economic crisis is affecting Latin American and Caribbean countries, but he could not agree …
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