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Brazil stories: 164 news summaries

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 Investors Rush Back Into
 Risky Emerging Markets 

After a season of defensive investing, money flows to developing economies

May 11, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economic slump may not be over, but investors are piling on risk in emerging markets, driving up stocks in developing nations as they seek the large rebounds that will accompany a global turnaround, the Wall Street Journal reports. The week ending May 6 saw some $4 billion flow to... More »

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China • Russia • stock market • Brazil • emerging markets • Brazil Bovespa • financial crisis

 Rains Hinder Aid 
 in Flooded Brazil 

32 dead, 200k homeless as rescue teams mobilize

May 6, 09 7:49 PM CDT
(AP) - Brazilian soldiers and civil defense authorities are using boats, trucks and helicopters to tote food and water to scores of areas isolated by floods that have killed at least 32 people and left nearly 200,000 homeless. Rain continues to fall and meteorologists predict the bad weather could last for... More »

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Brazil • flood • death • disaster • rainstorms

(Newser) - At least 19 people have been killed and close to 200,000 driven from their homes by floods and massive mudslides in northern Brazil, reports CNN. Over 1000 tons of emergency food are being delivered in six northern states as residents negotiate streets with boats amid roofs jutting from rivers... More »

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Brazil • flood • flooding • mudslide • disaster • Amazon

Japan Pays Latin American Workers to Go, Stay Home

Plan hatched to ease recession burdens

Apr 22, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with rising unemployment, Japan is paying foreign workers to leave the nation for good, the New York Times reports. The offer targets some 366,000 Latin Americans of Japanese descent who perform undesirable manufacturing jobs. With industrial production at a 25-year low, many of them are out of work,... More »

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immigration • Latin America • Japan • Brazil • Peru • recession • unemployment • labor market

 Chinese Influence 
 Grows in Latin America 

Deal by deal, Sino-South American relationships erode U.S. clout

Apr 16, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stepping into a gap created by the 1-2 punch of Bush administration neglect and worldwide recession, China is pumping billions of dollars into Latin America, helping to shore up slowing economies while the US plays catch-up in the region, the New York Times reports. "This is how the balance... More »

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China • Bush administration • international trade • Latin America • Brazil • Beijing • Argentina • yuan • Ecuador • Inter-American Development Bank

GLOSSIES

 Gisele: 
 Tom's Son 
 Feels 100% 
 Like My Own 

Bubbly Bündchen says she wants a big family

Mar 30, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Days before marrying Tom Brady last month in a secret ceremony, Gisele Bündchen opened up to Vanity Fair about her relationship. "I knew right way—the first time I saw him," she says of meeting the star QB in 2006. "From the first day we met,... More »

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Vanity Fair • Brazil • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • supermodel

Brazil Prez Blames
'Blue-Eyed Whites' for Mess

Brazilian president doesn't know a 'single black banker'

Mar 27, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's black and indigenous people are paying the price for the blunders of "blue-eyed" bankers, Brazil's president declared yesterday. "This crisis was fostered and boosted by irrational behavior of some people who are white, blue-eyed," Lula da Silva said at a press conference in Brazil with... More »

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race • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • bankers • financial crisis • Howard Stern Grid

Museum Tells Brazil's Story
in 10,000 Voices

Oral history project offers unadulterated look at sprawling nation

Mar 16, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most historical museums focus on the rich and powerful, but in sprawling Sao Paulo, an uncommon museum tells the story of Brazil from the perspective of more than 10,000 ordinary citizens. The Museum of the Person gathers the stories of a barber, a coconut breaker, a convicted felon, and... More »

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Brazil • museum • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Sao Paulo • oral history

President:
Don't Worry About T-Bills

Investors, especially China, should have 'absolute confidence'

Mar 14, 09 9:48 PM CDT
(AP) - T-bills are safe bets, says President Obama. In response to the much-publicized worry expressed by Beijing about its US assets, Obama today offered a clear response: "I think that not just the Chinese government, but every investor, can have absolute confidence in the soundness of investments in the United... More »

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China • Europe • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • economy • President Obama

(Newser) - World leaders wanting to pal around with President Obama could learn from his easy banter with Brazil's president, Reuters reports. Visiting the White House today, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Obama got reporters laughing. "You know, I would love a trip to the Amazon," Obama said after... More »

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Barack Obama • ethanol • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Father's Quest for Son Strains US-Brazil Ties

4-year custody battle becomes political preoccupation

Mar 13, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama meets his Brazilian counterpart tomorrow, and a likely topic of conversation will be an 8-year-old boy, the Washington Post reports. Sean Goldman’s mother whisked him from Newark to Brazil 4 years ago without telling his father—an act both countries agree violated international law and is... More »

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Barack Obama • parenting • Brazil • kidnapping • parents • abduction • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Sean Goldman • Hague Abduction Convention

Brazil Prez Flouts Church, Backs Abortion Docs

Girl has popular support

Mar 11, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brazil’s president today attacked the archbishop who excommunicated the doctors who performed an abortion on a 9-year-old rape victim. The girl had allegedly been impregnated with twins by her stepfather, who was not disciplined when Jose Cardoso Sobrinho excommunicated the girl’s mother and her doctors. “In this... More »

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abortion • Catholic Church • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • child rape • Bill Maher Grid

 840-Pound Brazilian Emerald Lands in Court 

Detectives puzzle over ownership of 840-pound Brazilian gem

Feb 28, 09 7:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A colossal emerald valued at almost $400 million is under lock and key in Los Angeles County while detectives try to figure out who owns it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Police managed to track down the 840-pound Bahia emerald after it was reported stolen last fall, but they also... More »

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theft • Brazil • lawsuit • gems • emerald

 It's Carnival! 
 (But Crisis 
 Hangover 
 Looms) 

Money dries up, but Brazil keeps on partying

Feb 23, 09 8:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Wednesday is the start of Lent, but until then millions are sambaing in the streets of Brazil in the days-long bacchanal known as Carnival. While the celebrations in Rio de Janiero are as big as ever, the economic crisis is taking its toll on the massive party. Corporate sponsorship for... More »

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Brazil • Rio de Janeiro • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • samba • Carnival • economic downturn

 Madge-Jesus Fling 
 Is—Get This— 
 a Sham: Pals 

Pop star just using model for publicity

Feb 16, 09 8:24 AM CST
(Newser) - How did Madonna score a Brazilian model less than half her age? His parents cried “kidnapping,” but pals claim the whole thing is a well-played publicity stunt typical of the Material Pentagenarian, the Mirror reports. “Taking Jesus to Kaballah is a masterstroke as she always historically introduces... More »

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Brazil • publicity stunt • model • Madonna • movies • concert tour • Jesus Luz

 Ecstasy Lands Brazilian 
 Elite in Jail 

University-educated clubbers dominate new crop of drug dealers

Feb 14, 09 6:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Brazil’s battle against the rising use of Ecstasy has shifted from the slums to the upscale suburbs, the New York Times reports. Now university-educated “playboys” are targets of drug enforcement officials out to stop dealing in the pulsing rave scene. Last week, federal police officers arrested and charged... More »

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drugs • Brazil • drug dealer • ecstasy

(Newser) - Researchers have tracked the migratory paths of songbirds for the first time, using small data-gathering “backpacks,” the Washington Post reports. The avian wanderers, who are so small they cannot be tagged with transmitters, move about 3 times as a fast as previously thought. The recovered data shows... More »

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Brazil • birds • migration • United States • scientific study • songbird • electronic device

Usher Wife Was in Coma After Liposuction Heart Attack

She's recovering now with family at her side

Feb 12, 09 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Usher's wife was in a coma following a heart attack during liposuction surgery, according to the latest details to emerge in the medical emergency at a Brazilian hospital, reports Stuff.co.nz. Tameka Foster went into cardiac and respiratory arrest as she was being anesthetized, Brazilian papers are reporting. Doctors... More »

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plastic surgery • Brazil • cosmetic surgery • cardiac arrest • liposuction • coma • anesthesia • Usher • Tameka Foster

 Latin American Leaders  
 Slam Failed US Drug War 

Group of ex-leaders calls for US to move away from prohibitionist policies

Feb 12, 09 5:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Some of America's firmest allies in the war on drugs say the battle is shattering their societies while failing to stop the flow of drugs, reports the Wall Street Journal. A report from a panel headed by the former leaders of Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico—all conservatives who hit hard... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • Brazil • Colombia • marijuana • Bill Maher • drug traffickers • Ernesto Zedillo • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Usher’s wife is in “stable condition” following an unidentified problem during surgery, People reports. A statement from the family said 37-year-old Tameka Raymond is resting after “suffering complications from routine surgery in Brazil. No further details will be released, and the family requests privacy at this... More »

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plastic surgery • surgery • Brazil • Grammy Awards • Usher • Tameka Foster • Tameka Raymond • complications • medical emergency • stable condition

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