Mario Osava

FOOD-BRAZIL: Sugar Cane’s Healthy, Wasted Byproduct

Largely forgotten amid the focus on the more glamorous byproducts associated with sugar cane is a protein-rich commodity that largely goes to waste -- yeast.

BRAZIL: Small Town Revolutionises Learning with Poetry

By Mario Osava

A small town surrounded by sugar cane has opened a new path for Brazil's discredited education system, for poetry has become all the rage in Dois Corregos, improving the schooling and everyone's self-esteem.

BRAZIL-DEVELOPMENT: Fishing Crisis in Brazil

By Mario Osava

Brazil's small fishing industry is in crisis, despite the country's wealth of rivers and more than 8,400 kilometers of coastline.

FISHERIES: Brazil, a Lot of Water but Very Few Fish//REPEATING//

By Mario Osava

Brazil's shrunken fishing industry is currently in deep crisis, despite the nation being blessed with 8,400 km of coastline and many big rivers.

/REPEAT/FISHERIES: Brazil, a Lot of Water but Very Few Fish

By Mario Osava

Brazil's shrunken fishing industry is currently in deep crisis, despite the nation being blessed with 8,400 km of coastline and many big rivers.

FISHERIES: Brazil, a Lot of Water but Very Few Fish

By Mario Osava

Brazil's shrunken fishing industry is currently in deep crisis, despite the nation being blessed with 8,400 km of coastline and many big rivers.

INTEGRATION: Cars which Speeded the Mercosur now Block the Road

By Mario Osava

The motor vehicles which acted as a motor for the Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) - leading to pioneering complementary production agreements between Argentina and Brazil - are now blocking the road to integration.

/IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ BRAZIL: Loss of Jobs in Agriculture Causes Concern

By Mario Osava

Whereas in the industrialised North growing unemployment is mainly based in industrial sectors and urban areas, in developing countries like Brazil, the loss of jobs in agriculture is seriously affecting the overall labour situation.

BRAZIL: Abundance of Land Produces Violence

By Mario Osava

Five rural people were murdered in remote areas of Brazil this week, showing agrarian reform is still one of the leading causes of violence in a nation where the bulk of the abundant lands are in the hands of a wealthy few.

BRAZIL-LABOUR: Loss of Jobs in Agriculture Causes Concern

By Mario Osava

Whereas in the industrialised North growing unemployment is mainly based in industrial sectors and urban areas, in developing countries like Brazil, the loss of jobs in agriculture is seriously affecting the overall labour situation.

BRAZIL: At Least Three Die in New Land Struggle

By Mario Osava

At least three rural people died in a verified land invasion in the violent state of Para, in northern Brazil, scene of a massacre by the provincial police a year ago.

BRAZIL-CULTURE: Records in Sales Boom

By Mario Osava

Brazilian records are making music in the marketplace with sales of compact discs (CDs) boosting Brazil from 13th to 6th place in total sales worldwide.

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By Mario Osava

AIDS is rapidly becoming an "illness of the poor" -- affecting mainly those dependent on a public health system already burdened by the high cost of caring for sufferers.

BRAZIL: Conflicts and Disputes Over Agrarian Reform /REPEAT/

By Mario Osava

A new round of land conflicts has erupted in Brazil with the occupation of land and the assassination of peasants.

/IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ BRAZIL: Proposals for New Martime Beltways

By Mario Osava

Former Brazilian tycoon Eleizer Batista da Silva sees the creation of two extensive development zones along the Atlantic coast as the key to improving economic integration in South America.

FOOTBALL: Players Enter a Freer New Era in 1997

By Mario Osava

Brazil's footballers started the year freed from an "enslaving" transferral regime at last.

DEVELOPMENT: Proposals for New Martime Beltways

By Mario Osava

Former Brazilian tycoon Eleizer Batista da Silva sees the creation of two extensive development zones along the Atlantic coast as the key to improving economic integration in South America.

MERCOSUR: No Truce in Battle for Foreign Investment

By Mario Osava

The fight to snare foreign investment, especially in Brazil and Argentina, is the Achilles' heel of Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur), and could disrupt harmony among members in the new year.

INTEGRATION: Mercosur Meeting – Two Steps Forward One Step Back

By Fabiana Frayssinet and Mario Osava

The XI meeting of the Mercosur (Southern Cone Common Market) Council closed here Wednesday, with higher self-esteem, due to international recognition of the successes, marred by a few persistent frustrations.

INTEGRATION: Mercosur Takes on New Dimensions

By Mario Osava

The Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) took a new partner, Bolivia, and greater social dimensions with the signing of several agreements in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil, Tuesday.

MERCOSUR: Integration Deepens, Although Andean Expansion Stalls

By Mario Osava

Brazil will ended its six-month presidency of the Mercosur in Fortaleza Monday, celebrating subregional integration "far beyond the economic," but with the Andean Community agreement at a standstill.