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RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Teens’ Murder Rates Prompt Ban on Guns
Brazil will join the small group of countries that prohibit civilian gun sales if Parliament approves a Government bill to be introduced Tuesday, amid fierce opposition by the country's gun lobby.LABOUR: Women Trade Unionists Put Globalisation in the Dock
The seventh conference of women trade unionists, which opened Tuesday in Brazil, put the process of globalisation in the dock.LABOUR: Rights Set Back 100 Years in Duty-Free Zones
Labour rights have been set back more than 100 years in duty-free zones for the assembly of exports in Central America and the Caribbean, where even the most basic rights are trampled on, according to trade unionists.LABOUR: Women Revolutionise Trade Unionism
Brazilian trade unionist Nair Goulart will never forget when she was booed for daring to suggest the creation of a Women's Department at a 1981 trade union congress in the Brazilian city of Playa Grande, near Sao Paulo.LABOUR: Rights Set Back 100 Years in Duty-Free Zones
Labour rights have been set back more than 100 years in duty-free zones for the assembly of exports in Central America and the Caribbean, where even the most basic rights are trampled on, according to trade unionists.LABOUR: Women Trade Unionists Put Globalisation in the Dock
The seventh conference of women trade unionists, which opened Tuesday in Brazil, put the process of globalisation in the dock.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Brazil's economy has again confounded economists, bankers and analysts who dared to predict its path after the devaluation of the nation's currency in January.DEVELOPMENT: Cattle Disease Hits Brazil’s Export Hopes
Brazil, desperately attempting to combat an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease among cattle, has taken the drastic measure of isolating the country's largest herd./ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/ LITERATURE-BRAZIL: Hopes for More Readers
In a nation where each citizen reads an average of about two books a year, the sale of 1.2 million books at the Biennial Book Fair has sparked publishers' hopes of a somewhat brighter future for book-reading in Brazil.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: 24 Banks Raked in Six Billion Dollars in 20 Days
The Jan 13 devaluation of the Brazilian real enabled 24 banks to earn the equivalent of six billion dollars - or around one percent of gross domestic product (GDP) - in just three weeks.POLITICS-BRAZIL: Probes Seek to ‘Cleanse’ Courts, Central Bank
The Central Bank and the judiciary are the highest profile, but not the only, targets of a new operation to "cleanse" institutions in Brazil.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Using Garbage to Fight Poverty and Pollution
Garbage recycling is running at its peak in Brazil and is benefiting the environment, the economy, and especially a population living in extreme poverty, which has now found a clean source of income.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Investigation Puts Central Bank In the Dock
The heat is on for a former president of Brazil's Central Bank, Francisco Lopes, found by a parliamentary and police investigation into financial irregularities to hold a foreign account containing 1.675 million dollars.ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/CINEMA-BRAZIL: “Orpheus” Reveals Dark Side of Carnival
A new version of the French- Brazilian movie classic "Black Orpheus" - that won the Oscar for the best foreign film of 1959 - hit Brazilian cinema screens this week.POLITICS-BRAZIL: Widespread Corruption Deepens Urban Chaos
Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, is embroiled in a corruption scandal that allegedly involved nearly all city administration officials - from top to bottom.TRADE-LATAM: Latest Mercosur Squabble Explained by Recession
Brazil's decision to negotiate with the Andean Community of Nations on its own shook South America's Mercosur trade bloc, but more as a consequence of the economic recession squeezing the four partners than of the unilateral character of the initiative.RIGHTS-BRAZIL: Trying Prevention Against Sexual Abuse of Children
The best weapon against the sexual exploitation of children in Brazil and throughout the world is prevention.LABOUR-BRAZIL: Hazards of Working
A spate of accidents in ceramic factories - that left more than 10 children without a hand, arm or leg - has spurred the Labor Office into banning 550 machines from the workplace in Abaestetuba, in the north of the country.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Analysts Caution Against Excessive Optimism
The problem now faced by the Brazilian economy is excessive optimism, warn local authorities and analysts, who say the risks continue despite the rebound of the real and the stock market and the drop in inflation seen last month.DEVELOPMENT-BRAZIL: Reforming Agrarian Reform
Government plans to reduce subsidies to families that have received land from the state as part of its agrarian reform, is causing great debate in Brazil.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: South Seeks to Block Transgenic Soya
Resistance to transgenic soya in Brazil has been concentrated in Rio Grande do Sul, whose Workers Party government is trying to make the southern state an area free of genetically modified products.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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