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Matchbox Twenty Confirmed for ‘Rock in Rio 2013’
February 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Veteran U.S. rock band Matchbox Twenty, with more than 30 million discs sold, will be one of the attractions at Rock in Rio 2013, the organizers announced Friday. continue reading »
Dozens of Brazilian Ports Shut Down as a Result of Strike
February 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A strike to protest the Brazilian government's plan to privatize several ports shut down at least 36 terminals for six hours on Friday, union spokespersons said. continue reading »
Spain’s Cervantes Institute to Help Brazilian Troops Learn Spanish
February 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Rio de Janeiro branch of Spain's Cervantes Institute will help train military instructors to teach Spanish to Brazilian army troops, as per an agreement announced Tuesday. continue reading »
Actor Harrison Ford and Family Visit Rio’s Favelas
February 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. actor Harrison Ford visited the Babilonia "favela," or shantytown, in Rio de Janeiro to become more familiar with a housing program for families currently living in a nearby environmental preservation area. continue reading »
Rio Chooses Vila Isabel Samba School as Carnival Winner
February 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Unidos de Vila Isabel samba school was named the winner of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival for its attractive and colorful parade highlighting rural life and the customs of the Brazilian interior. continue reading »
Brazil Deadly Nightclub Fire Death Toll Continues to Rise to 239
February 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death on Monday of a young man who had been hospitalized with respiratory problems after being injured in the Jan. 27 fire in a discotheque in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria raised to 239 the death toll in the tragedy, authorities said. continue reading »
Hundreds of Thousands Attempt to Break World Record at Rio Carnival
February 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A crowd of revelers hundreds of thousands strong poured into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Saturday to celebrate Carnival to the rhythm of the Cordão da Bola Preta street band while trying to win a place in the Guinness World Records for the world's largest Carnival troupe. continue reading »
Group of Brazilians Take a Stand Against Effort to “Privatize” Rio Carnival
February 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A group of Rio de Janeiro street troupes are crying foul over the numerous multi-million-dollar contracts with carnival sponsors and municipal authorities' growing control over the festivities. continue reading »
Spanish Companies Win Brazilian Highway Contract
February 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spanish companies Acciona, Isolux Corsan and Copasa on Thursday signed contracts to build parts of a beltway around Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city. continue reading »
Another Death Attributed to Brazil Deadly Nightclub Fire, Death Toll Now at 238
February 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The number of fatalities from the discotheque fire in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria rose to 238 with the death in hospital of a 20-year-old man, authorities said. continue reading »
Brazilian Bus Attack Continue, Latest Set on Fire
February 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A bus was set on fire Monday morning by armed men and another was shot at in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, which has been experiencing a wave of violent attacks in recent days, police said. continue reading »
Brazilian Mogul Antonio Ermirio de Moraes Relative and 4 Others Killed in Plane Crash
February 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Five people, including a grandnephew of businessman Antonio Ermirio de Moraes, were killed when a small plane crashed in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, emergency services officials said Monday. continue reading »
Death Toll from Deadly Brazil Fire Continues to Rise
February 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death toll from the fire last month at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, a city in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, has risen to 237, health officials said. continue reading »
Superstar Beyonce Will Perform at Brazil’s Rock in Rio 2013
February 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Beyonce, one of the world's top pop queens, will be the main opening-night attraction at Rock in Rio 2013, to be held between Sept. 13-22, the organizers said Monday. continue reading »
Santa Catarina’s Tourist Region in Brazil Experiencing Wave of Violent Attacks
February 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian police on Sunday killed an alleged criminal in the city of Joinville, in Santa Catarina state, a tourist region in southern Brazil that has been experiencing a wave of violent attacks in recent days, official sources reported. continue reading »
73 Victims of Brazil Nightclub Fire Remain in ICU 1 Week Later
February 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Almost a week after the fire that left 236 people dead last weekend at a Brazilian discotheque, 109 of the injured remain hospitalized, 73 of them in intensive care units, officials said Saturday. continue reading »
Another Victim of Santa Maria, Brazil Fire Dies - Death Count at 236
February 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death of a 20-year-old college student raises to 236 the number of fatalities in the fire at the Kiss discotheque in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria, authorities said Friday. continue reading »
Petrobras Sells Stakes in Edesur Worth $35 Million
February 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Petrobras Argentina, the Argentine unit of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, said it was selling two companies that together have a 48.5 percent stake in the holding company that controls electric utility Edesur. continue reading »
Unemployment Rate in Brazil Drops to 5.5 Percent
January 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil's average unemployment rate last year came in at 5.5 percent, the lowest level since stricter measurement criteria were adopted in 2002, the government said Thursday. continue reading »
Brazil Authorized 70 Percent More Work Visas for Foreigners Since 2009
January 31, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazil last year granted 73,022 work visas for foreigners, 3.54 percent more than in 2011 and a 70.15 percent increase since 2009, the Labor and Employment Ministry announced here Wednesday. continue reading »
