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RIGHTS-LATAM: Activists Seek Dialogue with Military
Prominent Paraguayan human rights lawyer Martín Almada suggested a conference for human rights defenders and members of the armed forces in Latin America to discuss disturbing recent developments.SPORTS-BRAZIL: More Women on Olympic Field, But Not in Power
Of the athletes competing in the Olympic Games, which officially opened Friday in Sydney, Australia, 35 percent are women, but only 12 percent of the posts on the International Olympic Committee, the centre of decision- making power, are held by women.DEVELOPMENT-BRAZIL: Disputed Waters of the San Francisco River
Brazil's new National Water Agency (ANA) is further complicating an already controversial long-standing project to re-route part of the waters of the San Francisco river to make water available to the drought-stricken northeast.DEVELOPMENT-BRAZIL: Disease Dims Meat Export Dreams
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious febrile virus that affects livestock, is threatening Brazil's dream of becoming the world's leading exporter of beef.DEVELOPMENT-BRAZIL: Church, Leftist Groups Challenge Foreign Debt
The Brazilian Catholic Church, labour unions and leftist political parties are attempting to mobilise the population behind demands for transparency in handling the nation's external debt and for designating more public resources for social programmes./UPDATE/SPORTS-BRAZIL: Commercial Interests Entangle Competitive Desires
The Olympic spirit today is increasingly a confusion of commercial and sporting interests, evident in the fact that a dispute between corporate sponsors nearly led Brazil's top tennis star, Gustavo Kuerten, to give up his position on the national team headed for Sydney./ATT EDITORS: The following updates SPORTS-BRAZIL, moved earlier/ SPORTS-BRAZIL: Commercial Interests Entangle Competitive Desires
The Olympic spirit today is increasingly a confusion of commercial and sporting interests, evident in the fact that a dispute between corporate sponsors nearly led Brazil's top tennis star, Gustavo Kuerten, to give up his position on the national team headed for Sydney.SPORTS-BRAZIL: Commercial Interests Thwart Competitive Desires
The Olympic spirit today is more commercial than sporting, evident in the fact that a dispute between corporate sponsors has caused Brazil's top tennis star, Gustavo Kuerten, to withdraw from the national team headed for the Olympic Games in Sydney.INTEGRATION-SOUTH AMERICA: Focus on Trans-Border Infrastructure
Geography, whose natural barriers have long separated the countries of South America, "must no longer be seen as an obstacle, but as an opportunity," according to the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Enrique Iglesias./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-BRAZIL: Darlene, Three Husbands and Poverty
The story of a woman with three husbands, living in the poor, drought-stricken interior of northeastern Brazil, plays out on the big screen, feeding hopes this year of international box-office success and awards for this Brazilian-made movie.INTEGRATION-SOUTH AMERICA: Zone of Peace, Democracy and Free Trade
The South American Summit of presidents concluded Friday in Brazil's capital with the pledge to consolidate efforts for the region's political and economic integration, with emphasis on peace, democracy and free trade, but with few concrete measures to lead the way.SUMMIT-SOUTH AMERICA: Mercosur-CAN Integration on 2001 Agenda
The signing of a free trade agreement between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) before the close of 2001 is "an indispensable step" for the creation of a "South American space," declared Brazil's President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Thursday.INTEGRATION-SOUTH AMERICA: Cardoso’s Plan Reaches Final Phase
Brazil's President Fernando Henrique Cardoso will launch the final stages of his historic plan to unite South America this Thursday and Friday at a regional summit of heads of state in Brasilia.TRADE-MERCOSUR: Foot-and-Mouth Threatens Exports, not Integration
The resurgence of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in northeastern Argentina and southern Brazil is jeopardising the exports of the Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) trade bloc, one of the world's leading exporters of beef.TRADE: WTO Authorises Canadian Sanctions against Brazil
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has given Canada the green light to impose trade sanctions against Brazil of up to 1.4 billion dollars - the largest compensation package the international body has ever authorised in response to trade protectionism.POPULATION-BRAZIL: Violent Death the Domain of Young Men
Policies intended to reduce violence in Brazil, as in many other countries, must focus on the young male population, urges a new study by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)./MILLENNIUM SUMMIT/ DEVELOPMENT-BRAZIL: Urban Planning for Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Favelas’
The city government of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second largest city, is carrying out what it says is a successful urban development programme to provide slum-dwellers with basic infrastructure and services -- including, for the first time, something as simple as postal addresses.HEALTH-BRAZIL: Church Group Winning War Against Infant Mortality
The infant mortality rate has plunged in thousands of poor communities in Brazil thanks to the non-governmental 'Pastoral das Criancas', whose work has made it a sort of parallel ministry of health.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: High Correlation Between Skin Colour, Poverty
People with dark skin in Brazil suffer a highly unequal level of development, a disproportionate poverty rate and difficulties of social ascent, as reflected by the fact that not a single member of the diplomatic corps is of African descent, activists complain.POLITICS-BRAZIL/US: Albright Visit Validates Regional Leadership
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's visit to Brasilia, where she met with president Fernando Henrique Cardoso and other high-level officials Tuesday, seems to confirm the leadership role Brazil has cut out for itself in South America.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Hovering Clouds May Ruin the Parade
Brazil continues to accumulate good economic news, boosting the outlook for growth and improving its international image, but it still faces challenges, including an inflationary turnaround in July and a judicial dispute that could mean a sharp blow to public accounts.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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