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Brazil’s First Astronaut, Marcos Pontes, Chosen as Goodwill Ambassador
November 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) announced today that it has appointed Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian astronaut to go into space, as a Goodwill Ambassador. continue reading »
Brazil Kicks Off Holiday Season with World’s Largest Floating Christmas Tree
November 27, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The world's largest floating Christmas tree has been lighted in Rio de Janeiro, marking the official start of the holiday season in the Brazilian city. continue reading »
Crime of Passion in Brazil Results in 5 Adults and 4-Year Old Killed
November 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Five adults and a little girl were gunned down at a house in Aparecida de Goiania, a town in the central Brazilian state of Goias, in an apparent crime of passion, police said Sunday. continue reading »
More Crazy From Courtney Love in Brazil, Foo Fighter Grohl Center of Her Rants (VIDEO)
November 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Courtney Love keeps proving no one can do crazy like she can and now all of Brazil knows it. continue reading »
Brazil Tackles Its Food Insecurity and Obesity Problems
November 16, 2011 | by Fides Agenzia | Latino Daily News
The Fourth National Conference on Food Security has just ended, in the State of Bahia. Organized by the Conselho Nacional de Segurança Alimentar continue reading »
U.S. State Officials to Visit Argentina and Brazil
November 15, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, Thomas Countryman, is on travel to Argentina and Brazil from November 15 to 18 continue reading »
Brazilian Authorities Take Over Three Drug Infested Favelas with 1,500 Police
November 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The operation's success was due to cooperation between the state and federal governments, Rio de Janeiro Gov. Sergio Cabral said. continue reading »
Court Rules Amazon Indians Not Affected by Dam Construction
November 10, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Brazilian federal court gave the green light for construction of the controversial Belo Monte dam, ruling it will not directly affect any Amazon Indian communities. continue reading »
NARCO BLOG Brazilian Police Capture Rio de Janeiro’s Most Wanted Drug Kingpin
November 10, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Antonio Bonfim Lopes, reputed boss of the drug gang that controls the sprawling Rio slum of Rocinha, was arrested by Brazilian police in the wee hours of Thursday. continue reading »
Brazilian Government and UN Launch Initiative to Combat Global Hunger
November 8, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the Brazilian Government today launched a new initiative to help countries run their own national school meal programs to advance the nutrition and education of children. continue reading »
Brazilian ex-President Lula Diagnosed with Throat Cancer
October 29, 2011 | by BBC | Latino Daily News
The 66-year-old has a tumor in his larynx, a statement from the Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo said."After multiple investigations, initial chemotherapy will start in the next few days. The patient is well," the statement read. continue reading »
Pele on World Cup- Brazil is Not Ready
October 29, 2011 | by The MercoPress | Latino Daily News
“Brazil is not ready,” Pele said. “Not yet, it is not ready. The biggest problem, I think, is the organization, that is a big problem, so too is the communications”. continue reading »
Rio de Janeiro Prepares for Dengue Epidemic
October 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
As summer approaches south of the equator, Rio de Janeiro braces for the season’s worst enemy: Dengue Fever. continue reading »
Brazilian Cattle Ranchers Blamed for Another Amazon Indian Killing
September 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Guarani man in his 20s has died of his wounds following a violent attack, allegedly by gunmen employed by Brazilian cattle ranchers. continue reading »
Amazon Indian Nomad Beaten Up by Loggers
September 24, 2011 | by survival international | Latino Daily News
A man of the Awá tribe, one of the last nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes remaining in Brazil, has been brutally attacked by loggers who have invaded the Awá’s land. continue reading »
Brazil President Rousseff First Woman to Open UN General Assembly
September 21, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff opened the 66th session of the General Assembly being the first woman to ever does so. Calling this 'the century of women' Rousseff did not mince words and let everyone know that she sought for Brazil to be a world player. To that end she affirmed her support for Palestine's bid for full U.N. membership. continue reading »
Brazil Census: 43,000 Children Under 14 are Married
September 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In spite of the moral condemnation in this largely Catholic country and the illegality of it, almost 43,000 children under 14 years-old are either married or live with a partner. continue reading »
Violent Attacks on Brazil’s Indigenous Indians Being Reported as They Claim Ancestral Land
September 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Survival International has received reports that truckloads of armed men are violently driving Brazil’s Guarani from their land, leaving them in fear of their lives. continue reading »
Brazilian Indians Demand Shell Leave Their Land
September 7, 2011 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
Indians of the Guarani tribe in Brazil have demanded that energy giant Shell stop using their ancestral land for ethanol production. continue reading »
U.S.-Brazil Join Forces to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination
August 31, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
The United States and Brazil will hold a coordination meeting of the U.S.–Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality (Joint Action Plan) September 1-2 in Brasilia, Brazil. continue reading »
