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TRADE-BRAZIL: Mad Cow, Foot-and-Mouth Hurt Markets and Strain Ties
Mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth have become a source of tension in international relations, above and beyond their impact on the global market for meat.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Prisoners Organise in ‘Union’
The leaders of Brazil's biggest prison riot ever are seeking recognition for their movement through manifestos in which they cite laws, legal doctrines and even a famous quote by legendary Argentine-Cuban guerrilla fighter Ernesto "Che" Guevara - "one must grow tough without losing one's tenderness."World Nature Games Postponed
The second-ever World Nature Games (WNG), a combination of sport, environmental education and sustainable development, scheduled to take place every four years in a tourist area of southern Brazil, have been put off until 2002.TRADE: Mad Cow Disease Scare Hurts Leather, Footwear Industries Too
Mad cow disease, which has had a major impact on beef consumption in Europe, has also begun to affect the global market for leather and footwear.POLITICS/SPORT-BRAZIL: Alarm Sounds on Trafficking Footballers to Europe
Football has developed its own rules, not only for the playing field, but also for its business dealings and labour relations, violating laws that European and Brazilian authorities are now struggling to implement./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-PORTUGAL: Captains of April 1974 as Midwives to Democracy
The military captains who overthrew Portugal's dictatorship on Apr. 25, 1974, subverted the nature of a coup d'etat, turning it into an instrument of democracy.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Simultaneous Riots in 29 Prisons Leave 15 Dead
Simultaneous riots that began at midday Sunday in 29 prisons in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo and were controlled 24 hours later left at least 15 inmates dead and a sensation of collapse in the penitentiary system.EDUCATION-BRAZIL: Family Stipends to Keep 10.7 Million Children in School
The Brazilian government plans to extend a bonus system aimed at keeping children in school to 10.7 million six to 15-year-olds this year, in order to reduce child labour and make basic schooling universal, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso announced Tuesday.TRADE-AMERICAS: Canada Has Buried the FTAA, Charges Brazilian Minister
Canada has "buried" the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) by spreading fears that Brazilian beef could be contaminated with 'mad cow' disease, Brazilian Agriculture Minister Marcus Pratini de Moraes said Thursday.TRADE-BRAZIL: Lawmakers, Stockbreeders Declare ‘War’ on Canada
The Brazilian Congress shelved all trade agreements with Canada which are pending parliamentary approval, while stockbreeders are preparing a protest next Monday against Ottawa's decision to ban imports of Brazilian beef as a supposed protective measure against mad cow disease.TRADE-BRAZIL/CANADA: Ban on Beef – Part of a Trade War?
Canada dealt Brazil a blow of unforeseeable consequences with its ban on imports of beef from this country - a decision that some local experts say has more to do with a trade war involving airplanes than with the supposed fear of mad cow disease.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: 1968’s Heirs Seek to Pull Together
The World Social Forum is a child of 1968. The struggles that exploded in the 1960s produced the myriad organisations that are now trying to surmount the challenges posed by their own diversity, as delegates return home after the six-day meeting in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Activists Revitalise Dream of a Better World
The dream of a better world seemed to gather force over the last six days in the auditoriums at southern Brazil's the Catholic University, though making the dream a reality would mean subverting the world's current economic system and channelling a great deal of wealth from the industrialised North to the developing South.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Amazon Feeds Diverse, Sustainable Market
The Amazon forest could inundate the world with new colours and products, if its resources are exploited in a sustainable way, and if the "green" market expands with the same vigour as environmental problems seem to be.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Peasants Speak Out Against Food Imports
Peasant farmers from around the world resolved at the World Social Forum, which draws to a close Tuesday in this southern Brazilian city, to take action against the international food trade, charging that food must not be treated like just any commodity.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Mosaic of Actions Takes Shape as Forum Ends
The World Social Forum drew to a close Tuesday in this southern Brazilian city with an "appeal for mobilisation," indicating that the mosaic of ideas and struggles of thousands of civil society organisations is beginning to coalesce.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: ‘Plan Colombia’ Debate Reveals Discrepancies
'Plan Colombia,' a strategy to eliminate the illegal drug trade, won unanimous rejection at the World Social Forum, underway in this southern Brazilian city, but debate on the Colombian initiative revealed the broad range of opinions members of civil society hold on the matter.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Tobin Tax, Financial Reforms to Avert Crises
Financial globalisation, which left the world hostage to a string of crises, has made it necessary to adopt a series of measures to ward off future meltdowns, correct imbalances and fuel the development of poor countries, agreed participants at the World Social Forum taking place in this southern Brazilian city.''Green'' Products Flourish in Brazil
Textile dyes, soft drinks, shoes and even condoms are some of the products that are made from the Amazon forest's natural wealthWORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Free Trade Not Truly Free, But ‘Imposed’
Free trade "is not free, but imposed," and has shifted the terms of exchange to the detriment of the developing world, affirmed South African expert Dot Keet on Saturday at the World Social Forum, underway in this southern Brazilian city.WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Work Begins on a World of Solidarity
The World Social Forum opened Thursday as its hosts launched an appeal for greater social justice and international solidarity, a sentiment underscored by a march of thousands through this Brazilian city, and captured by a throng of 1,600 journalists.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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