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ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Outcry Over Gov’t Deforestation Figures
The near-record rate of deforestation in the Amazon jungle last year has sparked an outcry from environmentalists in Brazil and around the world, but some charge that the true extent of destruction is even greater than the figures released Wednesday by the Brazilian government.BRAZIL: No Rest During Struggle for Promised Land
The thousands of pieces of clothing hung up to dry on ropes strung between tents reflect the hard work still being done on this "day of rest" during the National March for Agrarian Reform in Brazil.SOUTH AMERICA: Summit with Arab Countries Turns Political
The summit of South American and Arab countries took on clearly political overtones, in contrast to what the Brazilian government apparently intended when it organised this "alliance of civilisations" aimed at bolstering economic ties between the two regions.SOUTH AMERICA: Summit with Arab Countries Turns Political
The summit of South American and Arab countries took on clearly political overtones, in contrast to what the Brazilian government apparently intended when it organised this "alliance of civilisations" aimed at bolstering economic ties between the two regions.SOUTH AMERICA: Fomenting Greater Understanding at Summit with Arab Countries
South American and Arab leaders taking part in the two-day summit that opened Tuesday in the Brazilian capital were facing a serious risk of not being able to understand each other - literally.SOUTH AMERICA: Summit with Arab Countries to Focus on Trade Ties
Some 9,000 soldiers and police will be deployed around the Brazilian capital over the next few days to provide security for the first-ever summit between South American and Arab leaders, aimed at bolstering cooperation as well as economic and trade ties between the two regions.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Pushing the Limits of Human Suffering – and Surviving
One of the women survived two shots to her head, another finally fled her husband after friends told her his death threats were for real, while the third was hospitalised for the injuries inflicted not only by her husband, but by her brother-in-law and mother-in-law as well.BRAZIL: May Day Kicks Off Two-Week March by Landless Protesters
The massive march that will set out this Sunday - May Day - and reach the Brazilian capital on May 17 has been organised by the Landless Workers Movement (MST) to protest the government's economic policies, which are an obstacle to agrarian reform, the activists say.BRAZIL: May Day Will Kick Off Two-Week March by Landless Protesters
The massive march that will set out this Sunday - May Day - and reach the Brazilian capital on May 17 has been organised by the Landless Workers Movement (MST) to protest the government's economic policies, which are an obstacle to agrarian reform, the activists say.DISARMAMENT: Fighting the Global Scourge of Small Arms and Light Weapons
The real weapons of mass destruction are small arms and light weapons, which kill half a million people around the world every year, according to the international movement pushing for greater control over the trade in these instruments of death.BRAZIL: Harnessing Creativity to Boost Developing Economies
The Brazilian minister of culture, renowned singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil, has a new passion: the creative industries, which he believes can play a key role in boosting the economies of developing countries.BRAZIL: Harnessing Creativity to Boost Developing Economies
The Brazilian minister of culture, renowned singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil, has a new passion: the creative industries, which he believes can play a key role in boosting the economies of developing countries.ECUADOR: South American Community Faces Its First Test
The nascent South American Community of Nations is facing up to its first trial by fire by resolving to send a mission to crisis-stricken Ecuador, with the task of engaging in dialogue with all of the country's political forces and helping to establish "full normalisation" of the country's institutions.BRAZIL: Foreign Policy Under Fire
The crisis in Ecuador that ended in the overthrow of President Lucio Gutiérrez has also served to further aggravate the foreign policy challenges facing the administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Inacio, already the target of growing criticism.LATIN AMERICA: New Pope a Disappointment to Progressives, Women
"Today was a sad day," Maria José Rosado Nunes, head of the Brazilian branch of Catholics for the Right to Decide, said in response to the selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new pope, a decision that in Latin America also disappointed progressive members of the clergy and married priests.MIGRATION-BRAZIL: The Deadly Lure of the "Gold Curtain"
-"America", the latest hit soap opera in Brazil, has yet to lead to a boom in emigration to the United States.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Indigenous Groups Welcome Gov’t Decision on Reserve
Indigenous groups welcomed a decision by the Brazilian Justice Ministry Friday to formalise the demarcation of the Raposa Sierra del Sol reserve in the northern state of Roraima.BRAZIL: Landless Farmers, Indigenous Peoples Unite in Fight for Land
Landless campesinos and indigenous people promise to shake up Brazil throughout the rest of April and the first weeks of May, with a tent city in the capital, occupations of unproductive land throughout the country, and a march on the capital.BRAZIL: Lula Promotes Closer South-South Ties on Fourth African Tour
-Promoting South-South cooperation in general, and forging closer ties with Africa, are clearly top priorities for Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is currently on his fourth official African tour since taking office in January 2003.BRAZIL: Death Threats a Fact of Life for Land-Rights Activists
Maria Joel Dias da Costa, president of the Rural Workers Union in Rondon de Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon region, lives her life under the permanent threat of death.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: If You Can’t Stop the Fire, Make It Safer
If a problem cannot be avoided, the second-best solution is to reduce its ill effects: this is the philosophy behind the fire management project developed in Brazil to deal with the widespread use of the slash and burn technique in farming.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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