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BRAZIL-MINING: Gov’t Claims Victory in Battle over Privatisation
The sale of the Vale do Rio Doce mining company (CVRD) is the greatest triumph yet of Brazil's privatisation programme, due to the sum obtained and the obstacles overcome. But the battle has left both the government and the judiciary gasping for breath.CINEMA: “Naked Man’ Returns Laughter to Brazilian Cinemas
The sight of a man on screen dashing through the streets of Rio de Janeiro wearing nothing but his spectacles, has heralded the return of comedy to Brazilian cinema.MERCOSUR: Free Trade with Europe more Advantageous than FTAA
Unlike the rest of Latin America, the Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) would benefit more from free trade with the European Union (EU) than through the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), states a report recently released in Brazil.LATAM-LABOUR: Gender Inequality Despite Higher Educational Level
Women have a higher educational level than men in the Latin American labour force, but that has not brought about a significant reduction in inequality and gender discrimination, states a recently released study.BRAZIL-MINING: Unprecedented Battle over Privatisation
The Brazilian government's planned privatisation of the world's largest iron exporting company, set for Tuesday but suspended at the last minute, has come under fire from all sides, and is facing an unprecedented legal battle./REPEAT/MERCOSUR: Cardoso-Menem Meeting Produces Limited Results
A meeting here between the presidents of Argentina and Brazil produced a number of documents and an agreement that the largest member of the Mercosur would stop surprising its partners with unilateral measures.MERCOSUR: Cardoso-Menem Meeting Produces Limited Results
A meeting here between the presidents of Argentina and Brazil produced a number of documents and an agreement that the largest member of the Mercosur would stop surprising its partners with unilateral measures.BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT: Campaign to Save Water – and Money
Brazil has launched a campaign to reduce water waste by 15 per cent which will save the country more than one billion dollars every year.BRAZIL-HUMAN RIGHTS: Middle-Class Teens Burn Indigenous Man
Brazil has once again been shaken by an incident of gratuitous violence, this time committed not by military police, but by a group of middle-class teenagers who burnt an indigenous leader to death.DEVELOPMENT: FTAA Will Be Big Adventure for Small Economies
The proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) would need special treatment to prevent it becoming a wild unmanageable adventure for the majority of members, a conference heard here last week.AMERICAS: Free Trade Will Require Consensus and Total Commitment
Consensus was reached on eight major points here this week at the third meeting of deputy trade ministers in preparation for negotiations on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), but unresolved differences will demand unflagging diplomatic efforts.BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE: Thousands of Landless Invade Capital
Thousands of landless marchers occupied downtown Brasilia and other cities of Brazil on Thursday waving their red flags, sickles and hoes, joined by tens of thousands of unemployed, students, politicians and public employees.AMERICAS: No More Using Trade as Political Tool, Officials Say
The United States is seeking through the future Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to secure the fast-growing Latin American market./REPEAT/BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE: Landless March already Bearing Fruit
The three columns of landless rural workers that have been marching toward Brasilia over the past two months are biding their time outside the capital until Thursday's big demonstration. But their efforts have already begun to bear fruit.AMERICAS: Mercosur, More Than a Pawn in the Global Chess Game
Negotiations on American integration started up again here this week, with a Mercosur encouraged by the interest from other blocs, showing its rise up from the rank of pawn in the world economic chess game.BRAZIL-HUMAN RIGHTS: Video Cameras – the New Ally
Undercover video recordings by amateur filmmakers have recently burst on the scene as one of the key allies of human rights in Braziland the number one enemy of police violence.BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE: Landless March already Bearing Fruit
The three columns of landless rural workers that have been marching toward Brasilia over the past two months are biding their time outside the capital until Thursday's big demonstration. But their efforts have already begun to bear fruit./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ BRAZIL: Police Brutality On TV Sparks Demands for Reform
Horrific scenes of police brutality shown on Brazilian television have sparked new demands for the elimination of provincial military police.BRAZIL: War on the Military Police
Brazil's Military Police are being hounded by complaints and condemnations of their violent methods by the general public.BRAZIL: Police Brutality on TV Sparks Demands for Reform
Horrific scenes of police brutality shown on Brazilian television have sparked new demands for the elimination of provincial military police.LATIN AMERICA: More Education Needed to Avoid ‘Lost Generation’
Without stepped-up efforts in education, Latin America will produce a new "lost generation" in the next few years, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) warned at a conference in Brazil.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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