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  • May 2008

    • Takeover Could Leave Anheuser A Bit Skunked

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 28, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Takeover Could Leave Anheuser A Bit Skunked

      (Newser) - Anheuser-Busch executives are surely examining the fate of Interbrew, the Belgian company swallowed in 2004 by InBev, the Brazilian juggernaut reportedly preparing to grab the iconic US brewer, the Wall Street Journal reports. InBev's locker-room, bottom-line-oriented corporate culture has quickly replaced beer-loving Belgians with Brazilian execs, a situation that would seem certain to fly in the face of A-B's tradition. More »

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      Brazil  • Anheuser-Busch  • Belgium  • InBev  • corporate culture

    • Low-Income Buyers Make Brazil 5th-Biggest PC Market

      Bloomberg  |  May 21, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Low-Income Buyers Make Brazil 5th-Biggest PC Market

      (Newser) - Brazilian consumers are putting better credit offers and growing wealth into computers, and HP and Dell are the beneficiaries. The country is now the 5th-biggest PC market in the world, and low-income buyers are fueling the boom there. Computer shipments rose 38% last year to 10.7 million, Bloomberg reports, as overall purchases passed TVs for the first time ever. More »

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      Brazil  • computer  • Latin America  • Dell  • Hewlett Packard

    • 15 Dead in Brazil Ferry Accident

      Associated Press  |  May 5, 08 3:04 AM CDT

      15 Dead in Brazil Ferry Accident

      (Newser) - A ferry taking passengers home from a nighttime party capsized yesterday in Brazil, killing at least 15 people, AP reports. Dozens more were missing in the Solimoes River, one of the Amazon's largest tributaries. Most of those killed were women. Some passengers swam to shore and others were picked up by nearby boats. The ferry, which was carrying at least 80 people, was grounded earlier this year after failing an inspection. More »

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      Brazil  • death  • Amazon  • boat  • missing boater  • boat accident

  • April 2008

    • What a Drag! Ronaldo In Transvestite Flap

      Reuters  |  Apr 29, 08 8:07 AM CDT

      What a Drag! Ronaldo In Transvestite Flap

      (Newser) - Soccer virtuoso Ronaldo was questioned by police in Rio de Janeiro yesterday after an altercation in a motel with transvestite prostitutes, Reuters reports. The star of AC Milan and the Brazilian national team took three call girls to the motel, only to discover that they were men in drag, according to cops. Ronaldo then offered them $600 each to close the affair, but one of them demanded $30,000 to keep the story from the media. More »

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      Brazil  • sex scandal  • soccer  • prostitution  • extortion  • Rio de Janeiro

    • Party-Balloon Aeronaut Priest Missing in Brazil

      Associated Press  |  Apr 22, 08 3:55 AM CDT

      Party-Balloon Aeronaut Priest Missing in Brazil

      (Newser) - Rescuers in boats and helicopters are searching off the coast of Brazil for a priest who vanished while trying to set a world record for the longest flight with helium-filled party balloons, AP reports. The priest took off from the northeastern city of Paranagua in a chair with hundreds of balloons attached. He was last heard from 30 miles offshore. More »

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      Brazil  • world record  • priest  • hot air balloon

    • Brazil's Condoms Go Tropical

      BBC  |  Apr 8, 08 6:55 PM CDT

      Brazil's Condoms Go Tropical

      (Newser) - Brazil buys more condoms and boasts more rainforest than any other country; now officials hope to connect the dots, the BBC reports. The government will use rubber from Amazon trees to make 100 million condoms a year, given out freely as part of the country's anti-AIDS program. Rubber can be obtained without destroying trees and is widely available. More »

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      Brazil  • condom  • Amazon rainforest  • sustainability  • AIDS prevention

  • March 2008

    • Brazil Targets Amazon Loggers

      Washington Post  |  Mar 21, 08 9:33 AM CDT

      Brazil Targets Amazon Loggers

      (Newser) - Brazil is launching a new crackdown against the loggers who are destroying the Amazon rainforest at alarming rates, the Washington Post reports. After several years of decline, deforestation is surging as cattle ranchers clear land and loggers cut down trees for charcoal to fuel steel mills abroad. But Brazil will have to find another way for the region's people to make a living; in some towns, 70% of citizens work in the logging industry. More »

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      Brazil  • cattle  • deforestation  • Amazon rainforest  • logging  • timber

    • Rice Snubs Argentina in Trip South

      New York Times  |  Mar 13, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      Rice Snubs Argentina in Trip South

      (Newser) - Condoleezza Rice has embarked on a visit to Brazil and Chile, but the secretary of State won’t be stopping in neighboring Argentina, a sign of ever-frostier relations. “The United States is clearly snubbing Argentina,” one expert tells the New York Times . New Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has worsened already-sour relations by strengthening ties with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • oil  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • Brazil  • Latin America  • Chile  • Argentina  • South America  • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

    • Naomi Campbell Leaves Brazil Hospital

      E! Online  |  Mar 1, 08 8:51 AM CST

      Naomi Campbell Leaves Brazil Hospital

      (Newser) - A helicopter whisked Naomi Campbell away from waiting paparazzi at a Brazil hospital after a successful operation to remove a cyst from her abdomen, E! Online reports. Doctors, including one of Brazil's top specialists, say the British supermodel is "completely cured" following the emergency surgery. Campbell, 37, is a frequent visitor to Brazil. More »

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      celebrity  • Brazil  • surgery  • paparazzi  • hospital  • supermodel  • Naomi Campbell  • gynecology  • cyst

  • February 2008

    • Cachaça Is the New Tequila, Devotees Say

      BusinessWeek  |  Feb 24, 08 10:49 AM CST

      Cacha&ccedil;a Is the New Tequila, Devotees Say

      (Newser) - The next big buzz in the world of potent beverages may well be cachaça, the Brazilian take on rum that has its sights set on unseating tequila as the trendy shot du jour in the US. The exported version of the national drink, distilled from sugar cane, ranges from 76 to 96 proof and is already popular in Germany, BusinessWeek reports. More »

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      alcohol  • Brazil  • exports  • cocktails  • tequila  • sugar cane

    • Nine Dead, 10 Missing in Amazon Boat Wreck

      Associated Press  |  Feb 21, 08 1:59 PM CST

      Nine Dead, 10 Missing in Amazon Boat Wreck

      (Newser) - Nine people died, and 10 more are missing and feared dead after a ferry in Brazil sank this morning after colliding with a barge on the Amazon River, the AP reports. Authorities, who rescued 92 passengers near the town of Itacoatiara, say  "visibility was very poor" at the time of the accident due to the lunar eclipse. More »

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      Brazil  • disaster  • Amazon rainforest  • boat

    • Brazil Cracks Down on Booze

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Feb 20, 08 10:03 AM CST

      Brazil Cracks Down on Booze

      (Newser) - The president of Brazil is pushing for stricter alcohol regulations following the release of two studies showing more Brazilians are abusing alcohol and at an earlier age, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The government has already temporarily banned the sale of alcohol on federal highways, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants Congress to limit daytime alcohol advertising on TV and radio. More »

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      advertising  • alcohol  • Brazil  • beer  • drunk driving  • alcohol abuse  • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

    • Brazil Oil Data Stolen From State Company

      Associated Press  |  Feb 14, 08 4:35 PM CST

      Brazil Oil Data Stolen From State Company

      (Newser) - Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil company, today announced that important information had gone missing, and one Brazilian site says the data concerns two large, important new gas and oil finds, the Associated Press reports. The new fields are so large, Terra reports, that they could earn Brazil a seat with the OPEC oil cartel. More »

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      crime  • oil  • Brazil  • OPEC  • data theft  • gas fields