Saturday 28th January, 2012
France's PSG signs Brazilian Alex
Brazilian defender Alex joined French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on a two-and-half years' contract, the club confirmed. The Ligue 1 leaders had been tracking the 29-year-old Brazilian ...
Independent UN expert calls on Brazil to suspend Soo Paulo evictions
An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in So Paulo and find durable solutions with ...
Bank robber 'accidentally' shoots himself in foot
A bank robber was nabbed by the Brazilian police, after he shot himself in the foot during the break-in. The incident was caught on a CCTV camera, during the raid in a small town in the state of ...
Brazil's unemployment rate reaches record low
Rio de Janeiro News.NetBrazil's unemployment rate fell to a record-low 4.7 percent in December from the 5.3 percent in the same period in 2010, the government's statistics agency said. The average unemployment rate in ...
Bollywood tests Latin American waters with 'Guzaarish'
Rio de Janeiro News.NetHrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai starrer 'Guzaarish' - meaning 'request' in English - is set for a Peru release in February this year, as Bollywood looks towards newer markets. 'Guzaarish' deals ...
Brazil 2011 Lending Volume Up 19% Despite High Costs
General SourcesBRASILIA – Lending volume in Brazil rose 19% in 2011 as businesses and consumers continued heavy borrowing despite high interest rates and a sluggish economy, the central bank said ...
Latin America Sees Own Past in West’s Economic Crises
International Herald TribuneA subway station in So Paulo, Brazil, which has a thriving financial sector. Some analysts see the situation in the West as "Latin America, circa ...
Brazil president says asylum offer to adulterous Iran woman is humanitarian gesture
SifyThe decision to give refuge to a convicted Iranian woman should be seen as a humanitarian act without political motives, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "I made the offer ...
NY juice jumps as fungicide found in Brazil juice
General Sourcesorange juice . The key March frozen concentrated orange juice contract climbed 7.00 cents, up by 3.3 percent, to trade at $2.136 per lb at 12:05 p.m. EST (1705 GMT), just under the session top of ...
America Movil to get control of Brazil's Net
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Cell phone company America Movil, owned by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, said on Friday it had approval from Brazil's telecom watchdog Anatel to take control of cable ...
Six killed as three buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro
M & CRio de Janeiro - The death toll climbed to six from the collapse of three buildings in the centre of Rio de Janeiro, GloboNews TV reported online Friday, after more bodies were recovered ...
Paraguay president 'cancer free'
BBCParaguayan President Fernando Lugo has made a full recovery from cancer, doctors treating him in Brazil say. Follow-up tests confirmed that his lymphatic cancer was in "complete ...
Virgin Mary, Patron of Brazil, to Be Enthroned in Slovakia
EWTNImage Is Copy of Our Lady of AparecidaAPARECIDA, Brazil, JAN. 16, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The archbishop of Aparecida will participate this week in the enthronement of an image of Our Lady of Aparecida ...
Brazilian duo ease Jazira towards Etisalat Cup semi-finals
The NationalIn a Group A match in Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wahda, in red, kept alive their flickering hopes of advancing to the Etisalat Cup semi-finals by defeating Emirates 2-0. Ramesh / Al ...
Brazilian Gov´t Analyzes Eviction of Pinheirinho
Prensa LatinaBrasilia, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian government is analyzing the situation of 1,600 families evicted by force from a neighbourhood called Pinheirinho in the city of Sao Paulo, after ...
Paraguay: New Plan against the Foot and Mouth Disease
Prensa LatinaAsuncion, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) As of February 1st, Paraguay will start to implement a new method against the foot and mouth disease, in the wake of two outbreaks of the illness hitting the country ...
Debates at Thematic Social Forum Continue in Brazil
Prensa LatinaBrasilia, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The 2012 Thematic Social Forum (TSF) is on its fourth day, on which panels are debating Latin American integration, the prospects of the international left-wing and ...
PARLATINO President Extols Latin America Unity in Spain
Prensa LatinaMadrid, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Latin America will become the great new economic, political and social bloc of the century, stated Rodrigo Cabezas, president of the Latin American Parliament ...
Argentine sentenced in Bolivia bribery scandal
Miami HeraldTwo north Florida businessmen have been sentenced for the roles in a kickback scheme that landed the state's former corrections chief in ...
Brazil OJ industry wants US to ease fungicide limit
General SourcesFDA ) to allow up to 60 parts per billion in frozen concentrated orange juice, still within levels deemed safe but more than the current 10 ppb limit. They also said they were studying ...
Brazil Exceeds 2011 Central Government Primary Surplus Goal
General SourcesSAO PAULO – Brazil exceeded the goal for its central government accounts in 2011 and said it was committed to meeting its target this year, the Treasury reported Friday.The central government, ...
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