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BRAZIL: Exporting Semi-Processed Leather Means Exporting Jobs
Brazil has adopted a policy that is costing the country income, investment and hundreds of thousands of jobs by encouraging the export of semi-processed hides instead of finished leather goods.DEVELOPMENT: Communication Is Essential, Despite Shortcomings
The civil war in Colombia, the political polarisation dividing Venezuelan society, the poverty that limits public access to information, and heavy concentration of media ownership are major challenges faced by the media in Latin America.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: The Struggle to Pry Open Military Archives
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's first run-in with the military ended up giving a boost to the movement to gain access to the secret archives dating back to Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship.TECHNOLOGY: Brazil Leads the Way in the Free Software Movement
Despite the challenges involved, Brazil is forging ahead with its decision to adopt free or open-source software throughout the country's massive public sector.ENERGY: Brazil Fights for Right to Produce Nuclear Fuel
The publicity stirred up around the inspection of a Brazilian uranium enrichment plant is a "fabricated controversy" that could be aimed at hindering the national development of the nuclear power industry, says a University of Sao Paolo physicist.ENERGY: Brazil Fights for Right to Produce Nuclear Fuel
The publicity stirred up around the inspection of a Brazilian uranium enrichment plant is a "fabricated controversy" that could be aimed at hindering the national development of the nuclear power industry.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Soy Threatens the Amazon, Warn Activists
Soybean production, which awakens the ire of environmentalists because of the rapid expansion of transgenic varieties, is the target of yet another criticism: increased pressure on Brazil's Amazon forests.WORLD FOOD DAY: Perilous Crop Uniformity
The Irish famine of 1846-1850 claimed as many as one million lives and drove millions to emigrate. It began with a blight of the potato crop, which led to total crop failure.The vulnerability of the world's biodiversity and food security is the theme for this year's World Food Day, Oct. 16.
WORLD FOOD DAY: Perilous Crop Uniformity
The Irish famine of 1846-1850 claimed as many as one million lives and drove millions to emigrate. It began with a blight of the potato crop, which led to total crop failure.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Business and Investment Strangled by Red Tape
Is the developing South destined to suffocate in excessive red tape? Does government regulation aid or impede development?/ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-BRAZIL: Delirious Critique of Corruption
There is no paradise in Brazil that is not be surrounded by hell, corruption often becomes the route to fulfilling modest dreams such as owning a home, justice is glaringly absent, and the only thing left to hope for is divine intervention.
Soy Threatens the Amazon, Warn Activists
Environmental groups say soybean production is driving deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon, but some agricultural experts disagree.POLITICS-BRAZIL: Activists Call for Reforms to Boost Women’s Representation
Brazil will continue to be a "hobbled democracy" unless electoral reforms are adopted to increase women's representation in political office, said Almira Rodrigues, co-director of the Feminist Studies and Advisory Centre (CFEMEA).BRAZIL: Elections Strengthen Lula’s PT, Cardoso’s Party
The local elections held Sunday in Brazil consolidated the Workers Party (PT) and Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) as the country's two main political forces, but a number of smaller parties also made significant inroads.PARALYMPIC GAMES: Latin American Athletes Shine Despite Limited Support
Sports can play a crucial role in helping people with disabilities live up to their fullest potential. At the most recent Paralympic Games, Latin American athletes proved that they are developing that potential to an ever greater extent, despite limited government support.TRADE: Deadline for Mercosur-EU Talks Jeopardised
No one is admitting it publicly, but there is now little doubt that nine years of negotiations to reach a free trade agreement between South America's Mercosur trade bloc and the European Union have failed, without even leaving any real hope for the coming year.POLITICS-BRAZIL: Local Elections, a Source of Pride – and Shame
When local elections are held throughout Brazil on Sunday, the country can once again feel a sense of pride in its totally automated voting system - something that even many developed countries cannot boast.LABOUR-BRAZIL: Economic Recovery Helps Spur Strikes for Wage Rises
Brazil's current economic recovery, following a long period of stagnation and unemployment, has prompted a wave of strikes in which workers are demanding wage hikes after years of declining buying power.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Disabled Need More than Good Laws
Activists in Brazil agree that the country has good laws in favour of the disabled. But they say they are not always enforced, and that in practice only a small proportion of people with disabilities have access to public transportation or adequate health services, for example.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Latest Battle in ‘War’ Over Transgenics
The Brazilian government has made "horrific mistakes" regarding the issue of transgenic crops and is about to make another, according to 14 organisations that have sent an open letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva.POLITICS-BRAZIL: A Time Bomb Ready to Explode
The possibility of implicating leading politicians and businessmen in numerous crimes has turned a Joint Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPMI) into a time bomb that could go off at any moment.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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