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POLITICS-BRAZIL: Peasant’s Death Heightens Tensions
The death of a Brazilian protester after police used force to contain peasant demonstrations in Paraná state has intensified the confrontational climate between the government and the Landless Movement (Movimento dos Sem Terra - MST).LABOUR-BRAZIL: Truckers and Landless Launch Protests
Activists from the Landless Movement (Movimento dos Sem Terra - MST) took over several government buildings Tuesday while truckers continued their strike, setting Brazil on edge just days after a relatively calm Labour Day./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ART-BRAZIL: Show Highlights Artists Excluded for 500 Years
The "Show of the Rediscovery: Brazil + 500" underway in Sao Paulo gathers thousands of works in a complete historical overview of Brazil's visual arts, without the exclusion and violence that marked the recent official celebration of the 500 years since the Portuguese Conquistadors arrived in Brazil.COMUNICATION-LATAM: US Is Gatekeeper for Internet Traffic
There is much talk about the Internet's great potential for democratising society. But so far traffic over the information superhighway has been monopolised by the United States.RELIGION-BRAZIL: Catholic Church Apologises to Indians and Blacks
The president of Brazil's National Conference of Bishops, Jayme Chemello, apologised Wednesday to Indians and Blacks for the Church's role in the slavery and massacres they suffered in the past, speaking at a ceremony commemorating the 500th anniversary of the first Catholic mass held in Brazil.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: IDB Called to Defend Clean Energy
Latin American environmentalists call on the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to change its energy policy for the region, saying it must finance clean sources of energy that benefit the poor instead of funding harmful mega- projects.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Internet Site Provides Solutions for Trash
Anyone with garbage disposal problems or concerns around the world, but in Latin America in particular, can find solutions and ideas at a novel Internet website.POLITICS-BRAZIL: Repression Stops 500th Anniversary Protests
Police used force and blockaded roadways Saturday in Brazils northeastern state of Bahia to contain protests during the official quincentennial ceremonies, which were led by president Fernando Henrique Cardoso and his Portuguese counterpart, Jorge Sampaio.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Activists Denounce 500 Years of Destruction
For environmentalists and indigenous peoples the 500 years that have passed since the arrival of the Portuguese Conquistadors in Brazil - an event the government plans to celebrate this Saturday - are five centuries of devastation, pollution and extermination.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: 500th Anniversary Fiesta Already a Flop/repeating to some points/
The commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese has turned into a headache for the Brazilian government, which fears for the success of Saturday's celebration in Porto Seguro in the northeastern state of Bahia, where the colonisers first landed on Apr 22, 1500.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: 500th Anniversary Fiesta Already a Flop
The commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese has turned into a headache for the Brazilian government, which fears for the success of Saturday's celebration in Porto Seguro in the northeastern state of Bahia, where the colonisers first landed on Apr 22, 1500.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Indigenous Groups Protest 500th Anniversary Bash
Indigenous delegates from throughout Brazil are holding a conference on the coast of the eastern state of Bahia, where the Portuguese colonisers landed, to protest the official commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the so-called "discovery" of what is today Brazil.COMMUNICATIONS-LATAM: Private Firms Must Serve Public Interest
Telecommunications regulatory agencies and anti-trust measures to keep competition in the sector open are considered key to ensuring that private companies serve the public interest in Latin America and the Caribbean./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-BRAZIL: Documentaries Gain Prestige While Revealing Diversity
Brazil is discovering that a country with so much natural, cultural, religious, ethnic and social diversity can have a documentary film industry that puts out works stranger than fiction, while at the same time promoting national self-awareness.COMMUNICATIONS-LATAM: Boom in Cell-Phone and Internet Use/repeating to some points/
The number of telephonesand especially cellular-phoneshas mushroomed in Latin America over the past decade, fuelled by the privatisation of state-run telephone companies, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reported at its regional conference.COMMUNICATIONS-LATAM: Boom in Cell-Phone and Internet Use
The number of telephonesand especially cellular-phoneshas mushroomed in Latin America over the past decade, fuelled by the privatisation of state-run telephone companies, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) reported at its regional conference.HEALTH-BRAZIL: Best Medicine Faces Tough Privatisation Process
Brazil's biggest public health problem is the scant investment made in basic sanitation, say experts, a sector the government is attempting to privatise despite major legal obstacles and strong opposition.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Landless Leader Acquitted of Double Murder
A Brazilian court cleared José Rainha Junior, a leader of the agrarian reform Movimento dos Sem Terra (MST - Landless Movement), of charges that he was the "intellectual author" of a double assassination.CHILDREN-BRAZIL: Hope for a Family of Their Own Dies Hard
"My mother didn't want me anymore, so my aunt brought me here," says a seven-year-old girl who has spent a year in a shelter in Curitiba, the capital of the southern Brazilian state of Parana. "My mother has never come to visit me, no one ever has./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/ART-BRAZIL: Environmentalist Passion Feeds Creations
Outrage about environmental destruction is evident in Brazilian artist Franz Krajcberg's exceptional sculptures of burnt wood and twisted branches, taken to the point of near obsession by this World War II survivor.TECHNOLOGY-BRAZIL: Engineering for a Knowledge-Based Society
A degree in information engineering is a new item to be found on the university menu, and is something Brazilian education strategists believe is the ticket for keeping up with the global trend towards a so-called knowledge-based society.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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