JAN
10
2007

FBI arrests two brazilian bishops in Miami

Bishops Estevam Hernandes Filho and Sônia Haddad Moraes, the couple who founded the Brazilian church Renascer, were arrested today at dawn in the Miami airport by the FBI after arriving in a flight from São Paulo, Brazil.

JAN
9
2007

Brazil and China sign cooperation deal on geographic research

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China (SBSM) will sign a technical and scientific cooperation agreement on Tuesday.

JAN
9
2007

Brazilian soyben crop to rise 5.1% this year on rains

Brazil´s soybean production will rise 5.1 percent this year after rains helped the flowering of the beans.

JAN
9
2007

Brazilian judge reverses YouTube ban

A Brazilian judge reversed course Tuesday and lifted an order that led to a ban of YouTube across much of the country because a sexy video of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend kept circulating against the boyfriend´s wishes.

JAN
8
2007

Brazil ready to sign free trade agreement with Arab Gulf

The basic texts for the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), according to Brazilian diplomats, are going to be ratified during the summit of the South American bloc, to take place on January 18th and 19th in Rio de Janeiro.

JAN
8
2007

Rains in Brazil drive thousands from their homes

Officials here have begun forging relief plans after more than a week of rain pounded southeast Brazil, driving nearly 16,000 people from their homes and killing dozens in mudslides.

JAN
8
2007

Brazil economists see Real at 2.2/Dollar at year-end

Brazilian economists raised their year-end exchange rate forecast for the first time in eight weeks, anticipating that dollar inflows from exports and investment will sustain demand for the country´s real.

JAN
5
2007

Lula sends troops to fight crime in Rio de Janeiro

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ordered the armed forces into Rio de Janeiro state to back local forces´ struggle against a bloody surge in crime that has killed 24 people, his office said.

JAN
5
2007

Petrobras market value exceeds R$ 100 billion

For the first time in history, the Petrobras shares reached the value of US$ 103 billion, monthly average market value, equivalent to R$ 221 billion, considering average exchange rates for the period.

JAN
5
2007

Ford announces investment of US$ 1 billion in Brasil up to 2011

The presidency of vehicle factory Ford announced yesterday (4), after a meeting with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, that the group is going to invest R$ 2.2 billion in the country between 2007 and 2011.

JAN
4
2007

Biotechnology for Brazilians and Arabs

Tunisians, Moroccans and Brazilians are exchanging knowledge in biotechnology. The Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), in southern Brazil, is offering a master´s degree course in Agroindustrial and Agricultural-Food Biotechnology, also offered by an university in Tunisia and another in Morocco

JAN
4
2007

Brazilian company creates petroleum pumping technology

A device capable of simultaneously injecting steam and extracting petroleum from wells and cutting costs. The equipment was invented by the Petroleum Engineering Company (Engepet), a small company based in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe.

JAN
4
2007

Brazil court orders YouTube shut on celeb video

Brazilian court ordered the popular video sharing service YouTube, a unit of Internet search provider Google Inc., to be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video from its site, a judicial clerk said on Thursday

JAN
3
2007

The rising cost of AIDS drugs threatens Brazil

A decade after Brazil became the first developing country to guarantee free AIDS treatment to every citizen, the spiraling cost of new drugs is threatening to bankrupt the highly effective program.

DEC
28
2006

Real rises on bets dollar flows to stay strong in 2007

Brazil´s real rose on speculation dollar flows from exports and international investments in financial assets will stay strong next year.

DEC
28
2006

Brazilians transfixed by wave of deaths from anorexia

The struggle for food has long been a drama for millions of impoverished Brazilians. But these days the nation is transfixed by another sort of starvation: anorexia among the successful and well off.

DEC
28
2006

Rio gang attacks on buses leave 18 dead

Armed gangs in Rio de Janeiro killed 18 people in attacks overnight on passenger buses and police posts to retaliate against a crackdown on drug traffickers, the city´s public safety head Roberto Precioso said.

DEC
27
2006

Brazilian President signs minimum wage hike

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law Wednesday raising the nation´s minimum wage by 8.5 percent, a measure that will affect millions of working-class Brazilians.

DEC
27
2006

Vale buys 300 trucks from scania to expand output in Brazil

Vale do Rio Doce, the world´s largest iron-ore producer, will buy at least 300 Scania AB trucks to be used in an iron ore mining project in the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil´s central highlands.

DEC
27
2006

Sao Paulo governor dismisses organized crime in explosions

Sao Paulo State Governor Claudio Lembo said on Tuesday that the series of accidents over the Christmas weekend were not related to organized crime gangs.

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