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BRAZIL: Hopes for Privatisation to Pay off Debts
The Brazilian government will intensify the privatisations process this year, to make more this year than all of the past five, and ten times the amount made in 1995.BRAZIL-HEALTH: AIDS and Bsexuality in Rio
Male bisexuality in this Brazilian city is more widespread than popularly imagined and has become a means of transmitting the HIV virus which causes AIDS, says a local expert.CINEMA-LATIN AMERICA: Co-productions, the Key to Survival
The going has been tough for Latin American film makers in recent years, but the key to survival for the industry may have been found in expanded cooperation, many believe.BRAZIL: Swirling Water Scatters Bodies in its Trail
Nearly 100 people died in the drastic flooding which hit central and southern Brazil in the last two weeks, turning houses into death traps and whole towns into no- go areas.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Down With the Deficit means Up With Unemployment
The public deficit, the Achilles heel of the Brazilian economy, will be tackled head on in 1996, though this could worsen the already serious unemployment figures.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Down With the Deficit means Up With Unemployment
The public deficit, the Achilles heel of the Brazilian economy, will be tackled head on in 1996, though this could worsen the already serious unemployment figures.BRAZIL: Scandal-Ridden Amazon Vigilance Project Dealt New Blow
A project designed to control air traffic and monitor the environment and mining activities in the Brazilian Amazon, which has been surrounded by scandal from the start, was dealt this week what could be its final death blow.BRAZIL: Scandal-Ridden Amazon Vigilance Project Dealt New Blow
A project designed to control air traffic and monitor the environment and mining activities in the Brazilian Amazon, which has been surrounded by scandal from the start, was dealt this week what could be its final death blow.BRAZIL-MERCOSUR: The Smugglers Will Still Roam
Brazil's new measures to contain contraband arriving from Paraguay is likely to have little effect on the illegal border activity that feeds Brazil's hugh informal market.BRAZIL: Scandal-Ridden Amazon Vigilance Project Dealt New Blow
A project designed to control air traffic and monitor the environment and mining activities in the Brazilian Amazon, which has been surrounded by scandal from the start, was dealt on Tuesday what could be its final death blow.BRAZIL-MERCOSUR: The Smugglers Will Still Roam
Brazil's new measures to contain contraband arriving from Paraguay is likely to have little effect on the illegal border activity that feeds Brazil's hugh informal market.BRAZIL: Scandal-Ridden Amazon Vigilance Project Dealt New Blow
A project designed to control air traffic and monitor the environment and mining activities in the Brazilian Amazon, which has been surrounded by scandal from the start, was dealt on Tuesday what could be its final death blow.BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE: Again, Left Raises Banner of Land Reform
Agrarian reform is once again a central issue in Brazilian politics, breathing new life into a political left muffled by decades of military dictatorships.BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE: Again, Left Raises Banner of Land Reform
Agrarian reform is once again a central issue in Brazilian politics, breathing new life into a political left muffled by decades of military dictatorships.BRAZIL-ECONOMY: Encouragement of Bank Mergers Sets off Political Storm
The Brazilian government is facing a new political storm, triggered by credit and fiscal incentives designed to promote concentration and restructuring of the banking system.BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT: Government Burned up Over Amazon Fire Story
Brazilian officials acknowledged this week that there had been an increase in the incidence of forest fires in the Amazon, but said the number was not as significant as indicated in media reports.BRAZIL-AGRICULTURE: Cotton Follows Wheat Harvest in Downturn
Cotton production is still down in Brazil and ,after a similar decline in the wheat harvest, the country is being forced to increase imports from its partners in the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), the government has revealed.BRAZIL-LABOUR: Unemployment and the Unions
Brazil's trade union movement, revitalized in the early 70's when it helped to create the Worker's Party (PT) - central force of today's left movement - is again in danger of sliding into the doldrums.BRAZIL-LABOUR: Unemployment and the Unions
Brazil's trade union movement, revitalized in the early 70's when it helped to create the Worker's Party (PT) - central force of today's left movement - is again in danger of sliding into the doldrums.BRAZIL: Economy Still in Disarray
Brazil is still on a rocky road toward economic order and, while inflation apparently has been brought under control, stalled projects and continued massive waste undermines progress, according to parliamentarians.BRAZIL: Economy Still in Disarray
Brazil is still on a rocky road toward economic order and, while inflation apparently has been brought under control, stalled projects and continued massive waste undermines progress, according to parliamentarians.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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