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US-Brazil Celebrate 18 Years of Science & Technology Cooperation
March 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
On March 12-13, the United States and Brazil will mark 18 years of science and technology cooperation at the Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation in Brasilia, Brazil. continue reading »
U.S. Diplomat Travels to Brazil and Argentina to Discuss Children’s Issues
March 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ambassador Susan Jacobs, Special Advisor for International Children’s Issues, is traveling to Brazil and Argentina March 5-9, 2012. While in Brazil, Ambassador Jacobs will participate in the second meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Working Group on Children’s Issues continue reading »
Brazil Oil Giant Petrobras to Provide 5,000 Scholarships
March 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Education
State-controlled oil giant Petrobras plans to provide 5,000 scholarships over the next six years to Brazilian students who plan to earn degrees abroad in fields related to the energy industry, the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, said. continue reading »
Former Brazil President Lula Hospitalized with Infection After Conclusion of Cancer Treatment
March 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, diagnosed last October with cancer of the larynx, is back in Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital with a "slight lung infection," the medical center said. continue reading »
State Dept. Officials Travel to Brazil to Discuss Nuclear Safety Issues
March 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose E. Gottemoeller and Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Thomas M. Countryman will travel to Brazil from March 4-5 to meet with senior Brazilian Government officials for bilateral discussions on nonproliferation and disarmament issues. continue reading »
Brazilian Research Station in Anarctica Destroyed by Fire, Kills Two
February 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two Brazilian soldiers died and another was injured in a fire at the Comandante Ferraz research base that Brazil maintains in Antarctica, officials said. continue reading »
Brazil to Host UN World Environment Day in June
February 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil will be the host of World Environment Day (WED) in June, which aims to emphasize how individual actions can have an exponential impact on the planet and help reduce pollution, the United Nations announced today. continue reading »
Brazil Funds Food Purchase Projects in Africa
February 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil is providing more than $2.3 million to support a new local food purchase programme to be set up by two United Nations entities for the benefit of farmers and vulnerable populations continue reading »
60,000 Turn out in Rio Carnival to Hear Beatles Music
February 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A musical troupe that sets Beatles tunes to Brazilian beats on Monday drew 60,000 people to a Carnival street party in Rio de Janeiro. continue reading »
Thorough Investigation Urged in Killing of Journalists in Brazil
February 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the murders of two Brazilian journalists earlier this month and called for thorough investigations of the killings. continue reading »
Rio Carnival Brings Out Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone and Others
February 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. actresses Jennifer Lopez and Sharon Stone arrived in Brazil as specially invited guests of the Carnival celebrations in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, respectively. continue reading »
Pope Names Spanish and Brazilan Priests to College of Cardinals
February 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday solemnly proclaimed 22 new cardinals, including a Spaniard and a Brazilian. continue reading »
Hurrah for Carnival in Brazil
February 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil gave itself up Saturday to the revelry of Carnival and its many madcap street parties, as cities like Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Recife brimmed with millions having the time of their lives. continue reading »
Plane Crash Kills 4 in Brazil
February 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
All four people aboard were killed when a small aircraft crashed Thursday in the northern state of Para, authorities said. continue reading »
Brazil Wants Company’s to Offer 6 month Maternity Leave
February 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Brazilian government wants to increase from four to six months the amount of paid maternity leave companies are obliged to give new mothers, the country's minister for women's policy said here Thursday. continue reading »
Death Squads Take Over Where Striking Brazil Police Left
February 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The strike begun on Jan. 31 by police officers in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia has resulted in an increase in the number of murders committed there by death squads, the press reported. continue reading »
Former Brazil President Readmitted to Hospital
February 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil's ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been in treatment for cancer of the larynx since last October, suffered a dehydration episode and had to be taken to a hospital in Sao Paulo, his advisers said. continue reading »
Rio Police and Firefighters Go on Strike Week before Carnival
February 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police and firefighters in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro went on strike Friday, just a week before the official start of Carnival and despite authorities' agreeing to a pay raise. continue reading »
Brazil Demands Suspension of Twitter Accounts Warning of “Blitzes”
February 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Federal Attorney’s Office of Brazil has filed a lawsuit against Twitter Inc. demanding that the state of Goias block all Twitter accounts that warn of traffic control points, also known as ‘blitzes.’ continue reading »
Discarded Waste from Tropical Fruit Acai to Supply Power Plants in Brazil
February 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A $2 million pilot project backed by the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund will help poor families in northern Brazil become biomass suppliers to power plants by using waste from açai, a tropical fruit. continue reading »
