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Cop Crisis Threatens Carnival

Rio deals with mass police resignations just ahead of festival

Jan 31, 08 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A wave of police resignations has hit Rio de Janeiro at the worst possible time, the BBC reports, with Brazil's famous Carnival parades set to begin tomorrow. Forty-three senior officers resigned in protest over the firing of their commander last week; though the city can ill-afford such a crisis, officials... More »

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police • Brazil • Rio de Janeiro • labor relations • Carnival

Brazil Govt. Targets Carnival Debauchery

Sex-crazed partygoers get free condoms, morning-after pills

Jan 29, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - As Brazil prepares to indulge in the 5-day party known as Carnival, the president is spearheading a campaign to get samba-crazed revelers to practice safe sex and drink in moderation. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Brazilians to have fun in his weekly radio address, AFP reports, but reminded them... More »

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contraception • AIDS • Catholic Church • Brazil • condom • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • safe sex • samba • Carnival • morning after pill • Recife

Despite Laws, Amazon Jungle Disappearing

Even president's tough new measures may not halt rapid deforestation

Jan 27, 08 6:29 AM CST
(Newser) - The deforestation of the Amazon jungle is speeding up, and Brazil may be unable to stop it, Time magazine reports. Over the last five months an estimated 2,700 square miles of forest have been cleared—more than twice the size of Rhode Island. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... More »

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climate change • global warming • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • deforestation • rain forest • Amazon rainforest • Amazon.com

'Mistrust' Fueling
Latin American Arms Race

Venezuela, Brazil lead weapons spending spree

Jan 16, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Recent bursts of defense spending from Brazil and Venezuela have experts wondering if Latin America—decades removed from a war between nations—has entered an arms race, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Chile has also invested in weapons recently, and Colombia is rife with war-on-drugs firepower. “There is a... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • Columbia University • Brazil • Chile • arms race

Brazil Prez: Fidel 'Healthy, Lucid'

Lula signs economic pacts to help Cuba through transition

Jan 16, 08 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - After meeting with Fidel Castro, Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday the 81-year-old leader was "incredibly lucid," healthy, and "ready to assume his political role in Cuba and the role he has in history." Lula met earlier with Raul Castro, who has been... More »

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Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Raul Castro

Brazilian Cops Recover
Stolen Picasso

Blue Period painting taken from Sao Paulo museum last month

Jan 9, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Police in Brazil have recovered a Picasso painting stolen from a Sao Paulo museum last month and arrested two suspects yesterday. The Picasso, Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, and a painting by Brazilian Candido Portinari are valued at a combined $55 million. The thieves broke into the museum using a hydraulic... More »

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Brazil • painting • Candido Portinari • Pablo Picasso • Portrait of Suzanne Bloch • Sao Paulo Museum of Art • Mauricio Freire • Julio Neves • art heist

Safari With That Liposuction?

Cosmetic surgeries can be cheaper abroad—and come with perks

Jan 3, 08 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans looking to get cosmetic surgery are eschewing expensive procedures at home and opting for "medical tourism," traveling abroad for cheaper procedures—that sometime come with exotic vacation perks. Countries including South Africa, Argentina, Thailand, Brazil and Singapore are marketing their health services to Americans with the promise... More »

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health care • plastic surgery • Thailand • Brazil • Costa Rica • cosmetic surgery • liposuction • malpractice

Warrants May Shed Light on
South American
Dirty War

Governments colluded to murder adversaries

Dec 25, 07 8:04 PM CST
(Newser) - An Italian judge has issued arrest warrants for nearly 150 people in Latin America accused of helping their governments hunt down and kill leftist opponents in the 1970s. The warrants could shed new light on the so-called Operation Condor, an extraordinary scheme in which South American governments cooperated with each... More »

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Brazil • Bolivia • Peru • Chile • Paraguay • Argentina • Uruguay • assassination • Operation Condor • Nestor Jorge Fernandez Troccoli • Auguste Pinochet • Jorge Rafael Videla • Emilio Eduardo Massera • Jorge Maria Bordaberry

Thieves Nab
a Picasso in Museum Heist

Work by Portinari also missing after quick strike in Brazil

Dec 21, 07 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Thieves broke into Latin America's foremost museum early yesterday and stole two paintings in a 3-minute heist. They made off with a Picasso portrait and a work by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari from Brazil's São Paulo Museum of Art, the AP reports. The thieves skipped several major works and... More »

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art • theft • Brazil • painting • Sao Paulo • Picasso • Candido Portinari • art heist

Brazil's Kaka Tops in Soccer

Brazilian beats out star players from Portugal and Argentina

Dec 18, 07 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Brazilian soccer sensation Kaka is FIFA's World Player of the Year, the eighth time since 1991 a Brazilian player has claimed the honor. The 25-year-old midfielder led AC Milan to the title in the Champions league this year with 10 goals, the BBC reports. "It's really special for me—... More »

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Brazil • soccer • AC Milan • Kaka • FIFA

Oscar Niemeyer Threw Life a Curve or Two

The Brazilian architect, famed for his spiraling designs, turns 100

Dec 16, 07 6:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar Niemeyer turned 100 this weekend, but the famed Brazilian architect is still planning for the best years of his life: he’s still developing bold designs—including a museum that resembles a giant eye—starting a magazine, and he recently remarried. Niemeyer, who soared to fame in 1956 after... More »

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architecture • Fidel Castro • Brazil • revolution • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Communism • Oscar Niemeyer

US Citizenship Denied, Illegal Brazilians
Head Home

'You can't spend your life waiting to be legal'

Dec 4, 07 7:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Anti-immigrant crackdowns have partly succeeded, the New York Times reports, citing a wave of returning middle-class Brazilian illegals. Faced with no way to renew driver's licenses and no hope of legalization, many are going home, where economic conditions aren’t half bad. “Why should you stay if you... More »

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immigration • illegal immigrant • Brazil • US dollar

10 Firms
Destined to Be Global Giants

Mexico, Brazil, India home to booming companies

Dec 4, 07 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - American companies should sleep with one eye open: These firms may not be familiar right now, but they're poised to "reshape global industries," the Boston Consulting Group says. CNN lists 10 standouts, based on BCG's 2008 Global Challengers report.
  1. Johnson Electric (China): Produces small motors designed for
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China • Russia • India • Mexico • globalization • Brazil • list • Boston Consulting Group

Missing Hoop Star's Body Found in Brazil

Police consider suicide, homicide in ex-WSU player's death

Nov 19, 07 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The body of a former Washington State University basketball star who had been missing in Brazil was found yesterday, reports the Seattle Times. Tony Harris' death is being investigated as a suicide, but police "are not ruling out homicide," a spokesman told the AP. Harris, 36, was in... More »

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basketball • crime • Brazil • homicide • Washington State Cougars • Tony Harris

Whale Beached in Amazon

Minke stuck on sandbar in the rain forest

Nov 18, 07 7:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Frantic villagers yesterday splashed water to try to save the life of a whale beached in a river in the Amazon rain forest 1,000 miles from the ocean. The 18-foot minke whale was stuck on a sandbar in the Tapajos River in Brazil. "It apparently got separated from... More »

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Brazil • whale • minke • rain forest • Amazon rainforest

Os Mutantes Returns in Force

Classic Brazilian psych-rockers still deliver the goods 30 years on

Nov 13, 07 7:52 PM CST
(Newser) - The reunion of Brazilian psych-rock pioneers Os Mutantes has been much celebrated by music enthusiasts. Now the band’s first new recording in 30 years shows the group hasn't missed a beat, says PopMatters’ Michael Keefe, who awards Live at Barbican 8 of 10 stars. Os Mutantes is “every... More »

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Brazil • reunion • Fiery Furnaces • Os Mutantes • Devendra Banhart • music review

US Control Over Domain Names Is Focus of UN Internet Forum

Critics say agency limits non-English suffixes

Nov 13, 07 3:45 PM CST
(Newser) - US control over assigning Internet domain names was a focus of discussions at the second annual Internet Governance Forum today, the AP reports. "The Internet is transnational. It can't be under the authority of one country," said Brazil's culture minister. Many argue that US sway over the Internet... More »

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United Nations • Internet • Brazil • Internet Governance Forum

Florida Juicer Puts Squeeze
on Foreign Oranges

Company launches anti-import ad campaign

Nov 9, 07 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A Florida orange juice producer is starting an ad campaign to put the squeeze on imported citrus. The campaign by Florida's Natural is aimed primarily at major juice makers such Tropicana and Minute Maid, which rely heavily on Mexico and Brazil for oranges, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The latter nation... More »

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Florida • international trade • advertising • Brazil • imports • fruits and vegetables • oranges

Brazil Discovers Huge Offshore Oil Field

Find could make country major exporter but will be expensive to drill

Nov 9, 07 10:05 AM CST
(Newser) - A huge offshore oil field found off the coast of Rio de Janeiro has the potential to make Brazil one of the world's top oil exporters, the AP reports. The Tupi field could hold 8 billion barrels, but it's very deep and will be difficult and expensive to drill. The... More »

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oil • Brazil • Rio de Janeiro • oil field • Petrobras • Tupi field

Brazil Plane Slams Into Homes

Yet another disaster in Brazil's troubled aviation system

Nov 5, 07 2:54 AM CST
(Newser) - At least six people were killed yesterday when a private plane crashed into a residential district of Sao Paolo in the latest tragedy to rock Brazil's crisis-ridden air transport system. A 10-seater Lear Jet operated by an air taxi company had just taken off for Rio de Janeiro when it... More »

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Brazil • plane crash • Sao Paulo • TAM • Sao Paolo • accident • Lear jet • Reali air taxi company • Campo do Marte • National Civilian Aviation Agency

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