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/ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-BRAZIL: Black, Gay and Illiterate – Now a Big Screen Legend
"Madame Satan" is this year's Brazilian cinema novelty, a film that portrays a reality that contributed to the construction of the national identity seven decades ago, through a figure who, in his own way, overcame all the prejudices against him.BRAZIL: Lula Names Businessmen, Veteran Int’l Banker to Cabinet
The team of Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will include a former chief executive of a U.S. bank as the head of the Central Bank, and prominent businessmen in two key cabinet posts.BRAZIL: Lula Names Businessmen, Veteran Int’l Banker to Cabinet
The team of Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will include a former chief executive of a U.S. bank as the head of the Central Bank, and prominent businessmen in two key cabinet posts.BRAZIL: Lula’s Tour – Preparing for New Regional Leadership Role
Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has raised expectations of a new kind of leadership in the region, capable of reinvigorating relations between countries in the Americas on more equitable, just foundations.BRAZIL: Lula’s Tour – Preparing for New Regional Leadership Role
Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has raised expectations of a new kind of leadership in the region, capable of reinvigorating relations between countries in the Americas on more equitable, just foundations.BRAZIL-US: Lula and Bush – ‘Opposites Get Along’ says Analyst
The meeting in Washington Tuesday between Brazil's left-wing president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and President George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, is no duel between adversaries, say some analysts in Brazil.BRAZIL-US: Lula and Bush – ‘Opposites Get Along’ says Analyst
The meeting in Washington Tuesday between Brazil's left-wing president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and President George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, is no duel between adversaries, say some analysts in Brazil.TRADE-LATAM: Mercosur Postpones Solutions While Time Runs Out
The leaders of South America's Mercosur once again postponed solutions to the problems that have plagued the trade bloc for the past three years, even though time is running out as deadlines loom in the free trade negotiations with the European Union and the talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).TRADE-LATAM: Mercosur Postpones Solutions While Time Runs Out
The leaders of South America's Mercosur once again postponed solutions to the problems that have plagued the trade bloc for the past three years, even though time is running out as deadlines loom in the free trade negotiations with the European Union and the talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).HEALTH: Developing Drugs for Neglected Diseases that Afflict Poor
Chagas disease, malaria and leishmaniasis are part of a group of ''neglected diseases'' that claim millions of lives a year, mainly in poor countries, while little research and development is being carried out on drugs to combat and treat them, activists and health experts pointed out in Brazil.BRAZIL: ‘Cyberelas’ Bring Internet to Women’s Radio Stations
Fátima Santágata, who runs a community radio station in one of the most remote parts of Brazil's Amazon jungle, travelled an entire day by boat, more than 170 kms in taxi, and several hours by plane to receive the computer and training she was awarded by the Brazilian Network of Women in Radio.BRAZIL: ‘Cyberelas’ Bring Internet to Women’s Radio Stations
Fátima Santágata, who runs a community radio station in one of the most remote parts of Brazil's Amazon jungle, travelled an entire day by boat, more than 170 kms in taxi, and several hours by plane to receive the computer and training she was awarded by the Brazilian Network of Women in Radio.HEALTH: Developing Drugs for Neglected Diseases that Afflict Poor
Chagas disease, malaria and leishmaniasis are part of a group of "neglected diseases" that claim millions of lives a year, mainly in poor countries, while little research and development is being carried out on drugs to combat and treat them, activists and health experts pointed out in Brazil.ECONOMY-LATAM: More Even Distribution of Wealth is Key to Growth
Sustained economic growth is impossible without a more even distribution of wealth, to strengthen domestic markets, former prime minister of Spain Felipe González said at the Latin America Business Summit in Brazil.ECONOMY-LATAM: More Even Distribution of Wealth is Key to Growth
Sustained economic growth is impossible without a more even distribution of wealth, to strengthen domestic markets, former prime minister of Spain Felipe González said at the Latin America Business Summit in Brazil.ECONOMY-LATAM: Reg’l Business Summit Debates Argentine Crisis
Argentina's severe economic, political and social collapse is one of the main focuses of debate at the Latin America Business Summit organised in Brazil by the World Economic Forum.ECONOMY-LATAM: Reg’l Business Summit Debates Argentine Crisis
Argentina's severe economic, political and social collapse is one of the main focuses of debate at the Latin America Business Summit organised in Brazil by the World Economic Forum.ECONOMY/POLITICS-BRAZIL: Minimum Wage Raise, Lula’s First Pitfall
Adopting an 11-dollar increase in Brazil's minimum monthly salary, one of the lowest in the world, will be the first pitfall facing president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva when he takes office on Jan 1.ECONOMY/POLITICS-BRAZIL: Minimum Wage Raise, Lula’s First Pitfall
Adopting an 11-dollar increase in Brazil's minimum monthly salary, one of the lowest in the world, will be the first pitfall facing president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva when he takes office on Jan 1.POPULATION-LATAM: Mercosur’s Social Integration Begins
The newly-agreed free circulation of persons throughout South America's Southern Cone will extend the region's integration process - so far limited to trade - into the social and labour spheres.DEVELOPMENT-BRAZIL: ‘Zero Hunger’ Sparks Debate
Although clearly no one is opposed to the goal of the ''zero hunger'' project announced as the most immediate priority of Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the debate over how to best implement the programme is already raging.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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