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Top 5 Restaurants in Latin America
May 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Every year the Diners Club World's 50 Best Restaurants evaluates restaurants ranging from Hong Kong to Sao Paulo. Tallying the votes of nearly 800 dining experts, five Latin American restaurants were chosen in the 50 best restaurants in the world. continue reading »
Mexico, Brazil Looking to Boost Trade Relations Without Free-trade Pacts
May 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Jose Antonio Meade visited his Brazilian counterpart, Antonio Patriota, with whom he agreed to promote a series of business meetings to boost bilateral trade. continue reading »
Brazil Clones 1st Animal in the World from Adipose Cell
May 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A tame, healthy calf that grazes on a farm in Brazil is unique in the world for having been the first to survive cloning from a cell of adipose tissue. A calf of a zebu breed named Brasilia de Cerrado was born on April 23 at the experimental ranch of the Brazilian Agricultural and Livestock Research Company, or Embrapa, in Planaltina near Brasilia. continue reading »
Soccer Stars Julie Foudy, Brandi Chastain Lead Efforts to Empower Girls in Brazil
May 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and U.S. Soccer announced today that Olympic Gold Medalists and World Cup champions Julie Foudy and Brandi Chastain will travel to Brazil, May 19 – 26. continue reading »
Bus Flips Over Killing 10 in Northeastern Brazil
May 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 10 people died and 20 others were injured Wednesday when the bus they were riding in flipped over on a highway in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, the Federal Highway Police reported. continue reading »
Brazilian Judge Halts Privatization of Maracana Stadium
May 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Brazilian judge has suspended the decision to grant a concession for the Maracana stadium to a private consortium headed by Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht, judiciary officials said. continue reading »
BRAZIL: Did Police Use Excessive Force?
May 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police in Brazil are being criticized by those who say they used excessive force when they fired dozens, possible hundreds of bullets from a helicopter at the car of a suspected drug trafficker. continue reading »
Scientists Discover Oasis of Sealife at Undersea Mountain 6500 m Deep, 1500 km off Brazil
May 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A group of scientists aboard the only submarine capable of diving to depths of 6,500 meters (21,311 feet) discovered an "oasis" of biodiversity around the South Atlantic's largest undersea mountain, located about 1,500 kilometers continue reading »
Small Business Loan Interest Rates Cut in Brazil
May 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced here Monday a reduction in the interest rate on public loans for owners of small businesses from 8.0 percent to 5.0 percent. continue reading »
Record Grain Harvest Highlights Brazil’s Infrastructure Issues
May 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil is expected to have another record grain harvest in 2013, according to forecasts, but the South American country's agricultural success is being tempered by the problems caused by limited infrastructure for handling its bumper crops. continue reading »
In-Edit Music Documentary Festival Takes Place in Brazil
May 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Brazilian edition of the International Music Documentary Festival, or In-Edit, got underway in Sao Paulo with the screening at six theaters of 58 films from 20 countries. continue reading »
Brazilian Education System to Receive $200 Million Loan
May 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Brazilian state of Pará will receive significant support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to improve access to quality basic education, the IDB announced today. continue reading »
Check Out Documentary Photographer Sebastiao Salgado’s TED Talk (VIDEO)
May 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Economics PhD Sebastião Salgado only took up photography in his 30s, but the discipline became an obsession. His years-long projects beautifully capture the human side of a global story that all too often involves death, destruction or decay continue reading »
Brazilian Oil Giant Petrobras Sells Stake in Gulf of Mexico Exploratory Blocks
May 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras said it has sold its 20 percent stake in six exploratory blocks in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In a regulatory filing, Petrobras said it signed a sale and purchase agreement for the divestment continue reading »
Brazil Charges 60 Police with Corruption for Demanding Bribes
April 30, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Authorities in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday launched an operation to arrest 78 people, including 60 police officers, accused of making up a corruption network that extorted bribes from street vendors and drivers of gypsy cabs. The arrest warrants were requested during the course of an investigation begun six months ago by the intelligence division of the state public safety department. continue reading »
Ex-Brazilian Cop Gets 22 Years For Murder of Soccer Player
April 29, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A former Brazilian police officer was sentenced to 22 years behind bars for the murder of the lover of Bruno Fernandes, the former goalie for the Flamengo soccer club, who already received a similar sentence for b continue reading »
Five Brazilian Police Officers Implicated in Murder of Journalists
April 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Five Brazilian police officers were arrested for their suspected role in the murders of journalist Rodrigo Neto de Faria and press photographer Walgney Carvalho, the daily Folha de Sao Paulo said Saturday. continue reading »
Brazilian Fines Rita Lee for Insulting Cops at Music Festival
April 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Brazilian court sentenced Brazilian rocker Rita Lee to pay a fine of 5,000 reais ($2,500) for insulting two police at a concert in 2012. continue reading »
Brazil Partners With Japan to Map the Genome of Amazonian Manatee
April 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil's INPA research institute and Japan's Kyoto University have reached an agreement to map the genome of the Amazon manatee. continue reading »
More Than One-Third of Brazilian Indians Live in Cities
April 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Just over 36 percent of the 896,917 Brazilians who declared themselves indigenous people in the 2010 Census live in cities, and only 37.4 percent of them speak an Amerindian language, according to a study released Friday by the government. continue reading »
