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‘They’re killing us’: world’s most endangered tribe cries for help
Logging companies keen to exploit Brazil’s rainforest have been accused by human rights organisations of using gunmen to wipe out the Awá, a tribe of just 355. Survival International, with backing from Colin Firth, is campaigning to stop what a judge referred to as ‘genocide’ Trundling along the dirt roads…
Iranian diplomat accused of child molestation in Brazil
An Iranian diplomat is facing child abuse allegations in Brasilia after angry parents at a local swimming pool accused him of fondling girls between the ages of 9 and 15. The diplomat was arrested by Brazilian police at the weekend shortly after the incident but his diplomatic immunity secured his…
Brazil’s Rousseff tells Obama of ‘currency war’ worries
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has voiced concern to US President Barack Obama that the easy money policies of developed countries threaten the growth of emerging economies like Brazil. The comments from the leader of Brazil, the world’s sixth largest economy, came Monday on her first visit to the White House…
There’s a new frog in town: #68 –Ameerega berohoka
This poison frog has hopped to the attention of scientists in Brazil One late afternoon during the wet season on Brazil’s great Cerrado savannah, a new frog song was recorded. Males were calling from seemingly all around – on bare soil, under rocks, hiding in vegetation. Active also in the…
Brazilian same-sex couple has child by in vitro fertilization
BRASILIA — A gay couple has succeeded for the first time in Brazil in having a child through in vitro fertilization, the baby’s two fathers announced Friday. Baby girl, Maria Teresa, was born January 29 in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, and her birth certificate lists both men as…
Brazilian government files lawsuit against Twitter
The Brazilian government has filed a lawsuit against Twitter and its users in a bid to stop publication of messages alerting drivers to police speed traps and drunk-driving checkpoints. The suit was filed in a federal court in the central-west state of Goias. Brazil has asked for the “immediate suspension…
Brazil to overtake U.S. as top producer of biotech crops
Brazil is on course to dislodge the United States as the world’s top producer of biotech crops in the coming years, a leading promoter of farm biotechnology said Tuesday. The US currently holds the lead with 69 million hectares (170 million acres) under biocrop cultivation in 2011, ahead of Brazil…
Three dead, 16 missing in Rio high-rises collapse
Three people were confirmed dead and 16 were still missing early Thursday after three office buildings, one of them 20 stories high, collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, authorities said. Officials in Brazil’s second largest city said the three bodies were retrieved as rescue teams with search dogs and heavy…
Thousands to attend anti-capitalist forum in Brazil
BRASILIA — Tens of thousands of anti-capitalist militants, including members of Spain’s “Indignant” movement and the US Occupy Wall Street, are due to attend the World Social Forum, which opens Tuesday in Brazil. The forum is an alliance of social movements opposed to the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering…
U.S. is top 2012 property investment pick
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States will remain the top choice of most global commercial real estate investors in 2012, but the country has lost ground to Brazil which ranked No. 2 this year, according to a survey released Sunday. While the United States offers the most stable and secure option in commercial…
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