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BRAZIL: The Pope and the Struggle of Married Priests
Pope John Paul II is visiting Brazil to defend the only form of family admitted by the Roman Catholic Church - eternal monogamy - which rules out the practical example of married priests.BRAZIL-RELIGION: The Struggle of the Married Priests
Pope John Paul II is visiting Brazil to defend the only form of family admitted by the Roman Catholic Church - eternal monogamy - which rules out the practical example of married priests.BRAZIL-CHURCH: Despite Pope’s Crowds, Catholicism on the Decline
The Roman Catholic Church has been losing strength in Brazil, where Pope John Paul II begins his third visit since 1980.BRAZIL-CHURCH: Marriage – not Family – in Crisis, Say Analysts
Pope John Paul II's visit this week to Brazil will focus on the crisis of the family. But some analysts say it is not the family but the institution of marriage that is in crisis.BRAZIL-COMMUNICATIONS: Growth of Cable TV Reveals Inequalities
More than two million Brazilians now subscribe to cable TV - a number expected to swell to seven million by the year 2000, according to industry estimates.BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE: Project to ‘Redeem’ Impoverished Northeast
A project for irrigated fruit farming in northeastern Brazil launched by the government Friday promises to make the country the world's leading exporter of fruit and generate two million jobs in its most impoverished region.BRAZIL-POLITICS: Left to Seek New Unity
The Brazilian left is seeking a new unity capable of catapulting it into the central government next year.BRAZIL-ECONOMY: Feminization of the Automobile
Nothing reflects more the economic advances made by women in Brazil than the automobile - traditionally regarded here as a symbol of power for men.BRAZIL: El Nino – Father Of All Evils
Record heat and drought in Brazil, blackouts, water shortages, forecasts of rain and flood in the next few months - even predictions of an increase in the inflation rate next year are being blamed on 'El Nino."BRAZIL: Industry Resisting Environmental Costs
Brazilian businessmen are protesting over the costs of applying new environmen-friendly standards to their operations.BRAZIL-DEVELOPMENT: Flowers a Growth Industry
The production of cut flowers is proving to be an economic bonanza in Brazil with a domestic market that is growing almost 20 percent annually and which is helping reduce the unemployment level.LATAM-HUMAN RIGHTS: Police Abuses are Widespread, Reports HRW
Police brutality and abuses are a widespread problem in Latin America, but several cases demonstrate that adequate policies can contribute to improving respect for human rights, said the director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) Americas.BRAZIL: Industry Resisting Environmental Costs
Brazilian businessmen are protesting over the costs of applying new environment-friendly standards to their operations.BRAZIL: El Nino – Father of all Evils
Record heat and drought in Brazil, blackouts, water shortages, forecasts of rain and flood in the next few months - even predictions of an increase in the inflation rate next year are being blamed on 'El Nino."ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Free Trade Suffers from ‘Diabetes’
The latest dispute between Argentina and Brazil - the leading members of Mercosur - involving sugar and wheat, has led to the unexpected scheduling of a meeting between the presidents of the two nations.LATAM-INDIGENOUS: Yes to Integration, No to Disregard of Rights
The indigenous inhabitants of the border region between Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana say yes to integration, but no to the trampling of their territorial and other rights.CINEMA: Movie-Makers Finally Discover Football
Football, the number one sporting passion of all Brazilians, finally is being featured as the theme of commercial movies made in Brazil.BRAZIL: Ministry and Church Against Pro-Choice
A bill to legalize abortion on demand in Brazil has reopened a fierce debate with the Minister of Health, Carlos Albuquerque, siding with the oman Catholic Church in opposing the measure.BRAZIL-HEALTH: Ministry and Church Against Pro-Choice
A bill to legalize abortion on demand in Brazil has reopened a fierce debate with the Minister of Health, Carlos Albuquerque, siding with the Roman Catholic Church in opposing the measure.LATIN AMERICA-POLITICS: U.S. Accused of ‘Divide and Conquer’ Tactics
Brazil, bristling over the new political relationship between the United States and Argentina, is also upset over the implied anti-Brazilian stance of Argentine President Carlos Menem which could overshadow a summit meeting of the Rio Group of 13 Latin American and Caribbean nations in Asuncion this weekend.BRAZIL: Crackdown on Eco-Pirates
Brazilian environmentalists, fighting to halt the wholesale theft of bio-resources from the Amazon basin, is taking a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to court for illegally stealing the knowledge of indigenous peoples.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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