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CINEMA-BRAZIL: Berlin Prize Marks Rebirth of National Film-making
The success of "Central Station" - winner of the coveted "Golden Bear" award at the Berlin International Film Festival - has provided a shot in the arm for Brazilian movie-makers and their commitment to social criticism, say local critics.POPULATION-HEALTH: Increase in Teenaged Mothers in Brazil
Increasingly precocious sexual activity has resulted in an alarming increase in the number of teenaged mothers in Brazil, health officials revealed here.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Businessmen Encourage ‘Economic Patriotism’
"Buy Brazilian" has become the favorite slogan of local businessmen as a way to boost jobs in the local marketplace and to counter unfavourable exchange rates and trade liberalisation.HEALTH: Heart Disease Increasing Among Women
The growing incidence of heart disease among women worldwide has not escaped the women of this city where the trend is compounded by problems of life style and the lack of preventative health services.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Democracy and Technology to Save Amazon
Democracy and state-of-the-art technologies are the most important instruments for saving the Amazon jungle, Brazil's Minister of the Environment, Gustavo Krause, said Tuesday.COMMODITIES: Brazil-EU Dispute over Instant Coffee Goes to WTO
Brazil has decided to turn to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its dispute with the European Union (EU) over what it considers a discriminatory tariff on instant coffee.MERCOSUR: Automobiles, at the Heart of the Common Market
The automobile industry, source of the most serious conflicts between Brazil and Argentina, has also provided most of the impressive trade growth n the Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur), spurring its industrial integration.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Transgenic Foodstuffs Meet Weak Resistence
Brazil is a vast testing ground for transgenic plants where the weak resistence from NGOs demanding greater environmental and health protection is easily quashed.BRAZIL: El Nino Helps Coffee Production and Keeps Prices Up
Coffee has returned to boom levels in Brazil this year thanks to the El Nino climatic phenomenon, upping harvests by 65 percent while international prices have been maintained, said coffee growers and exporters./RPT/HUMAN RIGHTS: US Gov’t Ignores Brazil’s Efforts, Officials Say
International reports on human rights are of little use to Brazil if they fail to provide new information and take existing efforts into account, argued Brazil's Secretary of Human Rights.BRAZIL: Transgenic Foodstuffs Meet Weak Resistence
Brazil is a vast testing ground for transgenic plants where the weak resistence from NGOs demanding greater environmental and health protection is easily quashed.HUMAN RIGHTS: US Gov’t Ignores Brazil’s Efforts, Officials Say
International reports on human rights are of little use to Brazil if they fail to provide new information and take existing efforts into account, argued Brazil's Secretary of Human Rights.HUMAN RIGHTS: US Gov’t Ignores Brazil’s Efforts, Officials Say
International reports on human rights are of little use to Brazil if they fail to provide new information and take existing efforts into account, argued Brazil's Secretary of Human Rights.HUMAN RIGHTS: US Gov’t Ignores Brazil’s Efforts, Officials Say
International reports on human rights are of little use to Brazil if they fail to provide new information and take existing efforts into account, argued Brazil's Secretary of Human Rights.HUMAN RIGHTS: US Gov’t Ignores Brazil’s Efforts, Officials Say
International reports on human rights are of little use to Brazil if they fail to provide new information and take existing efforts into account, argued Brazil's Secretary of Human Rights./RPT/HUMAN RIGHTS: US Gov’t Ignores Brazil’s Efforts, Officials Say
International reports on human rights are of little use to Brazil if they fail to provide new information and take existing efforts into account, argued Brazil's Secretary of Human Rights.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Deforestation Rampant in Amazonia
The Amazon region of Brazil in three years has lost more than 60,000 square kilometres of forests - an area one-and-half times the size of Switzerland - which was visited this week by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: State Banks Pose New Fiscal Challenge
The Brazilian government, striving to complete the reorganization of the financial sector, faces the challenge of restructuring banks controlled by state authorities - and long used as a means of gaining political influence.ENVIRONMENT: Deforestation Rampant in Amazonia
The Amazon region of Brazil in three years has lost more than 60,000 square kilometres of forests - an area one-and-half times the size of Switzerland - which was visited this week by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.ECONOMY: End of Monopoly Transforms Brazil’s Oil Sector
The end of the oil monopoly enjoyed by the state-owned Petrobras company heralds a new era for the energy sector in Brazil.DEVELOPMENT: Brazil’s Water Law Makes Farmers Uneasy
Brazil's one-year-old "water law," which established rates of payment for the public commodity, is causing unease among rural communities.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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