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/ARTS WEEKLY/ BRAZIL: Books Battle to Find Readers
The 18th International Book Biennial is under way in Sao Paulo, aiming to draw more than 600,000 people in 11 days - and to foment reading in a country where per capita book "consumption" remains very low.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Violence Stains National Day of Indigenous Peoples
As indigenous communities in Brazil demanded recognition of their right to their ancestral territories on National Day of Indigenous peoples, commemorated Monday, the problem of land disputes was highlighted by the mass killing of at least 29 illegal diamond miners in an Indian reserve.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Violence Stains National Day of Indigenous Peoples
As indigenous communities in Brazil demanded recognition of their right to their ancestral territories on National Day of Indigenous peoples, commemorated Monday, the problem of land disputes was highlighted by the mass killing of at least 29 illegal diamond miners in an Indian reserve.COMMUNICATIONS: Improving Media Content for Children
Brazilian children between the ages of two and six ''spend more time in front of the TV set than with their mothers,'' one of the 2,000 researchers, educators, media representatives and producers taking part in a week-long global summit on children and the media in Rio de Janeiro told IPS.New Offensive Against Asbestos
Labor authorities in Brazil are seeking a ban on the carcinogenic mineral that is used in more than 3,000 products, but the private sector is expected to put up a fight. SAMA, the only asbestos producer in the country, exported 140,000 tons in 2003.BRAZIL: High Cost of Public Transport Aggravates Inequalities
Wilson Minas, a 47-year-old Brazilian father of four, gets up at 4:00 AM for a nearly two-hour commute in three different buses to make it to his job in a middle-class neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro.AGRICULTURE-BRAZIL: Landless in Long March Toward Agrarian Reform
April is traditionally a month of stepped-up activity in favour of land reform in Brazil, and the Movimento dos Sem Terra (MST, Landless Workers' Movement) and smaller farmers groups are making sure that this year is no exception.BRAZIL: A New Approach to Poverty – Why Are Some People Rich?
After decades of focusing on poverty in the search for ways to fight the enormous rich-poor gap in Brazil, researchers are now turning their gaze towards the wealthy.BRAZIL: Gang War Has Rio Police, Residents Scrambling for Solutions
"I almost had a heart attack. The gunshots seemed like they were being fired inside my house. The walls shook and my blood pressure went sky high," says Roseli Gomes, resident of Rocinha, the "favela" where drug gangs and the police have been clashing for the past four days.SOUTH AMERICA: Energy Crisis Highlights Risk of Dependency
Natural gas, which has fuelled growing physical integration among countries in the Southern Cone region of South America, has now revealed the risk of energy dependency.SOUTH AMERICA: Two Blocs Unite, but More Politics than Trade
The free trade accord negotiated between Mercosur (Southern Common Market) and CAN (Community of Andean Nations) is "a diplomatic exercise" more than a true advance in trade, say experts.WORLD HEALTH DAY-BRAZIL: Peace in Traffic to Save Lives
The automotive industry and governments must also share responsibility for traffic mortalities, because they manufacture and authorise the circulation of vehicles that can travel at speeds above the maximum limit - turning them into lethal weapons, say activists and officials.AGRICULTURE-BRAZIL: Landless Movement Pledges Month of Protests
Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement (MST) has announced a month full of occupations of land left idle and protests, to continue through Apr. 17, the International Day of Farmers' Struggle, and up to May 1, International Workers' Day.AGRICULTURE-BRAZIL: Smaller Soy Harvest, But Bigger Revenues
Brazilian agriculture this year will not be repeating the spectacular growth of previous years, but its farm export revenues could see an increase, reflecting the ups and downs typical of this sector.ENERGY-ARGENTINA: Brazil Provides an Electrical Boost
Brazil, with its own recent experience in electricity shortages, has come to the aid of its neighbour and trade partner Argentina in efforts to stave off a full-blown energy crisis./ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-BRAZIL: A True Believer in Documentaries
The ninth international "It's All True" festival is under way in Brazil until mid-April, celebrating the success of films that "creatively deal with reality," and honouring their main proponent in this Latin American country, Amir Labaki.POLITICS-BRAZIL: Approval of Gov’t Down – Economy to Blame
The honeymoon is over between the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and public opinion in Brazil, and the reasons are economic, according to the latest opinion polls.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Indians Press Their Case in Inter-American Commission
Brazil's first female indigenous lawyer, Joenia Batista de Carvalho, was not even born yet when her people began to fight for the formal demarcation of the Raposa Sierra del Sol Reserve in the northern Brazilian state of Roraima, which borders Venezuela and Guyana.LABOUR-BRAZIL: Strikes Aggravate Economic Policy Frictions
Long queues of passengers formed Tuesday at Brazil's airports as the federal police renewed their protests for higher wages, while the port of Paranaguá saw its fifth day of work stoppage and other strikes erupted elsewhere in the country, aggravating existing political and economic tensions.LABOUR-BRAZIL: Unemployment Up for University Graduates
The Brazilian labour market trends of the past few years belie the notion that a university education is enough to ensure one a decent job and a tranquil future.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Northeast Major Source of Trafficking Victims
An estimated 100,000 Brazilian girls and women fall prey each year to organised rings of people traffickers and are taken abroad, where many end up in the sex trade, according to experts.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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