International Fund for Animal Welfare Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt

progressive newswire - Monday 20th May, 2013

Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt YARMOUTH PORT - August 7 - More than 1000 juvenile Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the Brazilian coast and as far north as Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, 3000 km north of Sao Paulo. IFAW (International Fund for Animal ...

South Africa Squad Named for Brazil 2014 Qualifiers

All Africa - Monday 20th May, 2013

Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund announced a 25-man squad to play in next month's 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against the Central African Republic (CAR) and Ethiopia on Friday. The first of the two World Cup qualifiers against CAR in Yaounde, Cameroon will be played on Saturday, 8 June, at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, with the second match against Ethiopia, taking place in Addis Ababa, set ...

Wolters Kluwer Acquires Prosoft in Brazil

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

Wolters Kluwer announced today that it has acquired Prosoft Tecnologia S.A., a leading provider of tax and accounting software based in Sao Paolo, Brazil.The acquisition aligns with Wolters Kluwer`s strategy to expand its leading, high growth positions.Established in 1985, Prosoft is one of the largest tax and accounting software solutions providers in Brazil, with 250 employees, and serving all ...

Paraguay Division Profesional Wrap Melgarejo on a winner

Soccer Way - Monday 20th May, 2013

Nacional Asuncion have maintained their 14-point lead at the top of Paraguay's Division Profesional with a 1-0 win away to Libertad.Marcos Melgarejo scored the only goal of the game for Nacional, while Guarani took advantage of Libertad's defeat to move to second on the table with a 3-2 victory away to Olimpia.In the weekend's top-of-the-table clash, Libertad hosted Nacional ...

Ronaldinho Kaka out of Brazil squad

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari sprang a surprise on Tuesday by leaving experienced duo Ronaldinho and Kaka out of his squad for next month's Confederations Cup.Just a month before the five-time world champions kick off the tournament on home soil against Japan, 2002 World Cup winner Scolari, called back last November for a second spell in charge of the auriverde, also left out Chelsea ...

Brazil clears way for gay marriage

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

A top judicial panel has cleared the way for same-sex marriage in Brazil, ruling that gay couples cannot be denied marriage licenses.The National Council of Justice, which oversees the Brazilian judicial system and is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday said government offices that issue marriage licenses had no standing to reject gay couples.'This is the equivalent ...

Central China woos Latin American investors

China Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Central China's Henan province said on Saturday it will try to create a more amicable investment environment for Latin American countries, in a bid to further lure investors from the Caribbean adjacent region amid China's economic slowdown. "We will continue to open up fields including education, medical care, finance, aviation, and modern services to foreign ...

Real Rebound Seen as Brazil Addresses Inflation Market Reversal

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Brazilian central bank President Alexandre Tombini's commitment to fighting inflation is increasing the prospects the real will rebound from a four-month low, trading patterns show. The currency weakened 0.7 percent against the dollar last week, sending it outside the so-called trading envelope for the first time since March, which typically indicates that a decline will be difficult ...

Brazil officials must register gay unions as marriages

MSNBC - Sunday 19th May, 2013

By The Associated Press Brazilian notaries public must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a statement that notaries public cannot refuse to marry gay couples or convert a same-sex civil union into a marriage if that's what the pair ...

How A Free Press Is Threatened By Latin American Governments

Huffington Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

One of the greatest threats to press freedom in Latin America comes in the form of shady criminal groups like Mexican drug cartels or Colombian paramilitaries who harass and sometimes murder journalists that report on their activities. Increasingly, however, a new threat is emerging in the hemisphere. It comes in the form of democratically elected officials. These politicians, who wear suave ...

US robots Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil one of safest sporting events ever

RT - Sunday 19th May, 2013

World Cup 2014 Brazil has added 30 US military robots to the Israeli drones and 'Robocop-style' glasses with face recognition cameras to its arsenal after the country allocated $900 million to make 2014 World Cup "one of the most protected sports events in history." The 30 PackBot 510 units, which usually cost between $100,000 and $200,000 apiece, will arrive in Brazil as ...

Jordy Smith surfs to ASP win in Brazil

Middle East Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

surfing tournament Sunday. Smith navigated the 2-to-4 foot swells at Barra Da Tijuca to win the third stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour by a score of 17.80-16.34. Smith scored high by catching air on one productive wave and performing a so-called stailfish air-reverse on another. It was the third career ASP victory for the 25-year-old Smith and his first ...