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Archive for March 21st, 2009
Latin American Bishops Reaffirm Confidence in Pope [2009-03-21]
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Communists Realize Power In El Salvador
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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March 21, 2009 · This week the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, won the presidential election in El Salvador.The former Marxist rebels, who fought a guerilla war from 1980-19…
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Brazil oil workers strike
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
Workers for Brazil’s state-run oil company have voted for a five-day strike starting next week.Some 60,000 of Petrobras’ 74,000 employees who work in oil production will participate in the strike,…
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Latin America stocks slip, investors weigh US plan
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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Latin American stocks fell on Friday, ending the week largely even as investors weighed a U.S. Federal Reserve plan to buy up to trillion in bonds to ease credit and boost growth.Brazil's benchmark…
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Brazil bank may loan $700M to Argentine airline
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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Brazil's national development bank is looking to loan up to 0 million to Argentina's national airline to buy Brazilian-made planes.A spokesman with the development bank says Aerolineas Argentinas r…
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Recession in Brazil will impacat trade with South Florida
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, will go into recession this year with the gross domestic product declining by as much as 1 percent following brisk growth in 2008, according to a leading …
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In Brazil, Spanish priest shot to death
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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Police say they are investigating the shooting death of a Spanish priest in a northeastern Brazilian city.Roman Catholic priest Ramiro Ludeno y Amigo, 64, was known for his work with homeless children…
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Brazilian wax ban in New Jersey is scrapped
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
New Jersey after all.Perhaps realizing how silly they looked, Garden State officials on Friday scrapped plans for a ban on "Brazilian" bikini waxes.The ban was being considered by the state's Board of…
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Brazil, Argentina to consolidate co-op to face crisis
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 20 (Xinhua) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his visiting Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner agreed Friday to strengthen relations between the two countr…
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Peru vows to strengthen relations with China, Brazil
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Friday that his country will strength relations with China and Brazil and hailed its commercial cooperation with the two countries. Peru is one of China's major tra…
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Kerry seeks asylum for gay Brazilian
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
Tim Coco, right, sits in his Haverhill, Mass. office Friday as he speaks to his husband, Genesio "Junior" Januario Oliveira Jr., who is in Brazil, via a video conference call. Oliveira was forced to …
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Current Technology Updates Brazil
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Current Technology Corporation (OTCBB: CRTCF) today reported that plans for StarOne Telematica SA's ("StarOne") major retail roll-out, previously announced in
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Dublin priest embraces mission to lead diocese in deepest Brazil
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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Fr Derek Byrne tells TOM HENNIGAN why he is happy to devote the rest of his life to his new flock in remote Guiratinga, Mato Grosso THOUGH ALREADY night, the temperature was still around 30 degrees …
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South American Silver Corp. Files Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment Study on Malku Khota Silver-Indium Project
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – March 20, 2009) – South American Silver Corp. ("SASC" or the "Company")(TSX:SAC) announced today that it has filed the NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Econom…
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SkyWest expands stake in Brazilian carrier
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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SkyWest Inc. has increased its investment in Trip Linhas Aereas after the Brazilian regional airline met financial benchmarks necessary for a second round of funding. St. George-based SkyWest put an…
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Leftist in El Salvador claims presidential win
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador's former guerrillas, behind the bespectacled, moderate face of a former TV journalist, took the lead in presidential elections Sunday that threaten to oust conservativ…
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Brazil high court grants disputed land to indigenous peoples
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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created in 2005 [BBC report] by the Brazilian government. The rules set out by the court include prohibiting those outside the indigenous communities from hunting, fishing, gathering, or practicing ag…
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Continental one step closer to Rio de Janeiro flight
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
proposed the new flight last September. It would be the airline’s first nonstop flight to the city from Houston. It would also be the only year-round nonstop service to Rio from the central or …
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Mexico surprises with 75-basis point rate cut; stocks lose ground
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Mexican equities slipped Friday, losing gains that followed the central bank's surprise decision to deliver a deeper-than-expected interest-rate cut, with policymakers cit…
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Brazil Could Play Key Role in US-Latam Thaw
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
NEW YORK, Mar 20 (IPS) – Relations between the United States and left-leaning governments in South and Central America are likely to improve under the administration of President Barack Obama, accordi…
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ArcelorMittal Announces Leadership Transition for Flat Carbon South America Operations
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
LUXEMBOURG – (Business Wire) Regulatory News: ArcelorMittal today announces that as part of his original retirement plan, José Armando Campos has stepped down. Management Committee member, Mr. …
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USDOT Gives Prelim Nod For New Continental, US Airways Flights To Brazil
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
would provide the only year-round, non-stop flights to Rio from the central or western U.S., the DOT said. The Department will consider any objections to the approvals in the next 10 days, and a fin…
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Dow AgroSciences receives approval for new technology to control cotton pests in Brazil
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
INDIANAPOLIS, IN and SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, today announced that it has received regulatory approval from the Brazilian…
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Conolog Announces Opening of New Teleprotection Market in South America With Initial Orders From Chile
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Conolog Corporation (Nasdaq: CNLGD), an engineering and design company that provides digital signal processing solutions to global electric utilities, announced today it has …
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Land boost for Brazilian Indians
Posted in March 21st, 2009
by Editor in Breaking News
Gilmar Mendes, president of the court, said the ruling should set a precedent for Indian land rights. "We've established a statute that has to be applied not only in the Raposa Serra do Sol case, but…
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Roque ruled out of Paraguay qualifiers
Posted in March 21st, 2009
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Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce said that Paraguay´s star striker, Roque Santa Cruz, seen here in 2008, will not be able to play in upcoming World Cup qualifiers despite being named in his country´s…
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