tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from Brazil http://tips4travels.com/en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:55:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-has-a-plan-to-cut-deforestation-by-70-in-a-decade.htm The Brazilian government has just announced a plan to cut destruction of its Amazon rain forest by more than half over the next 10 years. The aim is to reduce deforestation of the world's largest ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/in-a-decade-brazil-expects-to-grow-by-70-beef-offer-to-14-million-tons.htm The annual production of beef in Brazil should be around 14 million tons in 2018. The figure was calculated by researchers at the Center of Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea), of the Colleg... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/for-this-brazilian-urban-couple-beekeeping-became-a-honey-of-a-business.htm Our story starts like this: Once upon a time there was a couple, a therapist and a psychologist. They lived in a large city, Rio de Janeiro, in the Brazilian Southeast. They had a son and decided, fro... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/fluminense-keeps-sao-paulo-from-winning-3rd-title.htm S AO PAULO, Brazil - Fluminense prevented Sao Paulo from winning its third straight Brazilian league title on Sunday, drawing 1-1 with the defending champions and keeping Gremio alive with one match t... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/116-dead-and-no-place-to-rebuild.htm This is the worst climatic tragedy of Santa Catarina's history, said governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira. Strong rains have been pushing his state in the south of Brazil for over two mo... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:44:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/100000-watch-f1-exhibition-in-sao-paulo-streets.htm Nearly 100,000 people came out to watch Nelson Piquet Jr. drive a Formula One car in the streets of South America's largest city on Sunday.Organizers said Piquet Jr. drove a Renault for a few minutes ... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/finding-ways-to-keep-brazilian-teachers.htm About 200 businessmen, government representatives and groups involved with the Mercosur will meet on December 8 and 9, in Brazilian capital Brasília, to discuss productive integration in the countrie... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/paraguay-makes-its-case-for-a-fair-deal-with-brazil-on-itaipu.htm Paraguay, which is a landlocked country, will make public in Uruguay and Spain, its claims to neighboring Brazil regarding the energy from South America's largest hydroelectric dam, Itaipu, which ... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/cp-receives-el-salvador-vice-president.htm Doha, Nov 29 (bna)--on The Sidelines Of The Crown Prince And Deputy Supreme Commander Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifas Participation At The Follow Up International Conference On Finance For Develo... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/buque-militar-eeuu-en-gira-de-entrenamientos-en-el-salvador.htm SAN SALVADOR -- El buque militar estadounidense de alta velocidad Swift HSV 2 llegará el domingo a El Salvador en el inicio de una gira por naciones del Centro, Sudamérica y el Caribe p... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-is-in-doha-qatar-for-un-conference-on-financing-for-development.htm Brazil will be participating in the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, which starts this Saturday, November 29, in... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/`we-must-win-ugly.htm London, Nov.29 : Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand has told his team-mates: We've got to learn how to grind out wins again. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilians-want-foreign-trade-policy-that-will-make-them-competitive.htm The main suggestion presented by Brazilian businessmen who operate in foreign trade in Brazil is the establishment of a national foreign trade policy capable of and offering Brazil conditions for comp... Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/amazon-deforestation-up-slightly.htm SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Destruction of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest appeared to accelerate slightly over the past year after slowing since 2004, the government said on Friday.The National Space Rese... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-congress-urges-all-hands-on-deck-approach-to-fight-child-sex.htm Gathered in Brazil, a United Nations-backed forum to combat the sexual exploitation of children called this Friday, November 28, for a comprehensive strategy comprising laws, policies, regulations and... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/in-the-middle-east-brazil-still-can-make-deals.htm Brazilian businessmen who participated in the Big 5 Show, a trade fair for the building sector that ended Thursday, November 27, in the Emirates, say that their expectations have been exceeded. This d... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/gerdau-delays-investment-in-steel-mill.htm Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau said on Thursday that it will postpone a $524-million investment in a new steel plant in Argentina that had been due to start construction in November. Gerdau reaffirms i... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-discusses-how-to-compete-in-a-globalized-world.htm Brazil's National Foreign Trade Meeting version 28 (Enaex), which started Thursday, November 27, at the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Firjan), in Rio, Brazil, should hav... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/for-investors-worldwide-brazil-is-priority-number-1-in-latam.htm Although Chile is considered the market with the most favorable environment for business, only two out of ten Spanish corporations consider it a priority and focus their efforts in Brazil, Mexico and ... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/together-with-cuba-and-china-brazil-owes-billions-to-paris-club.htm The Paris Club of creditor nations disclosed this week for the first time ever how much it is owed world wide, - 330 billion US dollars -, with Cuba, Argentina and Peru top of the list in Latinamerica... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/shrinking-global-markets-draw-businesses-to-brazil-and-latam.htm Brazil in particular as well as other Latin American countries continue to be attractive markets for businesses looking for opportunities to expand their sales, as their traditional markets are becomi... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/drug-dealers-shoot-6-cops-in-rio-de-janeiro.htm RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazilian authorities say drug traffickers opened fire on police patrolling the streets near a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, shooting six officers. Authorities say the ga... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/aprueban-presupuesto-estatal-para-2009.htm SAN SALVADOR -- Con el sorpresivo apoyo del partido de izquierda Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador aprobó el presu... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:10:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/us-missionary-murdered-in-brazil-gets-un-human-rights-prize.htm Dorothy Stang, an American nun murdered in Brazil three years ago and the slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto are among the recipients of a United Nations prize, awarded for outstanding work in the ... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-lays-out-us$-35-million-for-a-bioenergy-disneyland.htm Biofuels and oil. These are the main topics of the visit of Russian president Dimitri Medvedev to Brazil this week. On Tuesday, November 25, Medvedev met with Brazilian state-controlled oil multinatio... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-finds-oil-in-new-exploratory-frontier-off-northeast-coast.htm Brazilian state-controlled oil multinational Petrobras and Norwegian company StatoilHydro announced this Tuesday, November 25, that traces of oil were found in an exploratory well in Lua Nova area, in... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-chocolatier-finds-sweet-spot-in-middle-east-in-bitter-times.htm After introducing is product to a few South American countries and the United States the Brazilian maker of chocolates and syrups Harald is trying to expand sales to the Arab market. Since August the ... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:18:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-frees-538-million-dollars-for-consequences-of-heavy-rain.htm Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to free up 538 million dollars for reconstruction and support for the victims of heavy rains in the southern state of Santa Catarina, ... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/russia-brazil-call-for-first-summit-of-major-developing-economies.htm Washington, November 26, SPA--Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Lilva on Wednesday called for the first summit of major emerging-market countries to b... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:59:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-struggles-to-access-emergency-areas-in-flood.htm Brazil sent hundreds of state and federal police officers to quell looting by homeless and hungry landslide victims facing the threat of disease after heavy flooding that authorities say killed mor... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:28:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-bee-rampage-kills-one-hospitalizes-nine.htm SAO PAULO, Brazil — Authorities say bees have attacked a group of roadside workers in Brazil, killing one and sending nine others to the hospital. Authorities say the workers were cleaning a road... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-tribe-in-the-amazon-in-risk-of-being-wiped-out.htm An official from the Brazilian government has warned that the last known survivors of an uncontacted Amazon tribe will face genocide unless illegal logging and ranching on their land are stopped. ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:59:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/dollar-is-flying-away-from-brazil.htm In the first half of November, more dollars left Brazil than entered it. The foreign currency inflow into and outflow from Brazil, up to November 14th, generated a negative result of US$ 877 million. ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:59:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/petrobras-tests-first-oil-platform-made-100-in-brazil.htm Brazilian oil multinational's Platform P-51, the first unit entirely built in Brazil, has left shipyard BrasFELS, in Angra dos Reis, on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro, heading for Ilha Grand... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/tiembla-en-occidente-de-el-salvador.htm SAN SALVADOR -- Un sismo de magnitud 5 con epicentro en la frontera con Guatemala, sacudió el jueves la región oeste de El Salvador, sin registrarse víctimas ni daños, inf... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/want-cheap-ethanol-go-make-it-in-brazil.htm During the panel on energy security, on the first day of the International Conference on Biofuels, a sector representative asked the debaters why the United States continue to overtax ethanol imported... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-gets-top-ranking-in-murders.-which-are-5-of-all-deaths.htm Brazil holds the first place in violent deaths in the comparative study carried out among 11 countries by the Brazilian organization Ipea (Institute of Economic and Applied Research). The report was r... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-exports-us$-1.7-billion-in-leather-a-8-slump.htm Leather exports from Brazil totaled US$ 1.68 billion from January to October this year, representing a decrease of 8% over the same period last year, according to figures disclosed yesterday by the ce... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/ventania-puts-up-over-us$-500-million-for-brazilian-wind-farms.htm Controlled by the Portuguese company Martifer and the Brazilian Energia Global, the firm Ventania is vowing to invest 1.2 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 520 million) in the construction 11 wind farms in... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/a-traditional-brazilian-tile-maker-shows-its-stuff-at-dubai.htm Brazilian ceramic wall and floor tile maker Porto Ferreira is going to participate in the Big 5 Show, in the building sector in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from November 23rd to 27th. Among th... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/in-brazil-85-of-internet-users-do-social-networking.-google.htm Marketing research company comScore with headquarters in Reston, Virginia, a leader in measuring the digital world, has just released results from a study of the state of the Internet in Brazil, which... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-most-violent-of-11-countries.htm BRASILIA, Brazil: A study of 11 industrialized and developing nations has found that violent death is most prevalent in Brazil. Brazil's government Institute of Applied Economic Investigations s... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-uses-radar-to-protect-isolated-tribes.htm The Brazilian government has said it will employ heat-seeking radar in a last-ditch attempt to save the country's remaining groups of isolated Indians. The body-heat sensors will be mounted on a Brazi... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-unemployment-improves-in-october.htm Officials say Brazil shed fewer jobs this October, suggesting the global financial crisis has not yet hit Brazil's labor market.The national statistics institute says October unemployment fell to 7.5 ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/trader-shoots-himself-at-brazilian-stock-exchange.htm A financial trader shot himself in the open outcry pit of Brazil's main financial exchange Tuesday in an apparent suicide attempt, shocking a market already battered by the global credit crisis. Paulo... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:49:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-ace-ronaldo-could-retire.htm Former Brazil striker Ronaldo admits he could retire rather than prolong his career after fighting back from another serious knee injury. The 32-year-old, who left AC Milan last June, made his comeba... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-ronaldo-mulls-retirement.htm Rome - Former World Player of the Year Ronaldo has admitted for the first time that retirement is a possibility if his knee fails to improve. The 32 year-old underwent surgery on his knee in Februa... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:29:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/high-interest-rates-paralyzing-brazil-auto-market.htm increased interest rates and cars here were sold in monthly payments of 36, 48, 60 and 72 parcels. Now that the interest rates are very high and monthly payments are generally around 48 parcels, th... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/magellan-minerals-commences-drilling-at-cuiu-cuiu-project-brazil.htm VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 19, 2008) - Magellan Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MNM) ( Magellan ) announces that it has commenced a limited drill program of approximately 1200m at its ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-uses-heat-seeking-planes-to-uncover-amazon.htm Members of a previously unknown Amazon tribe aim arrows at a plane in May 2008. Photograph: Reuters/handout The Brazilian government is set to employ heat-seeking sensors in a last-ditch attempt to ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/mapfre-re-receives-brazil-license.htm Article Reprints Mapfre Re announced that it has been authorised to establish a local reinsurer in Brazil, through its new subsidiary MAPFRE RE DO BRASIL Companhia de Reasseguros. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/canada-brazil-signs-agreement-for-cooperation-on-science-technology-and-innovation.htm The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and Sergio Machado Rezende, Brazil's Minister of Science and Technology, today signed the Canad... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-halal-exports-to-the-middle-east-to-cross-$6.38bn-in-2008.htm Brazilian Halal exports to the Middle East are expected to exceed $6.38bn in 2008, as the demand for beef meat and poultry continues to rise in the region. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/gm-to-invest-1-bln-dollars-in-brazil.htm BRAZILIA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The General Motors Corporation (GM) has decided to invest 1 billion U.S. dollars in Brazil to expand business there, local media reported Tuesday. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/sao-paulo-coach-ramalho-tipped-to-take-charge-of-brazilian-national-team.htm Juvenal Juvencio, president of Brazil's Sao Paulo soccer club, said on Tuesday that he's waiting to see the team's head coach take charge of the country's national team. Sao Paulo is only three games ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-aircraft-maker-embraer-closes-us$-200-million-in-middle-east-deals.htm Embraer, Brazil's aircraft maker, closed contracts for over US$ 200 million with companies in the Middle East during the Middle East Business Aviation (Meba) exhibition, which took place in Dubai,... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-ethanol-fosters-technological-advances.htm The ethanol productive chain more than allowing the development of agriculture and of the sugar and alcohol industry, is also rich in information in other sectors. Several samples of technological adv... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/iraq-interested-in-brazil.htm Kurdistan's minister of Electricity, Hoshyar Siwaily, showed interest in Brazilian technology for the generation of solar and wind energy. The topic was discussed during the visit of the ambassado... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/arabs-buy-close-to-half-of-the-eggs-brazil-exports-a-400-jump.htm Brazilian exports of eggs to the Arab countries grew 423% from January to October 2008, in comparison with the same period in 2007. Foreign sales leapt from US$ 6.14 million to US$ 32.14 million. In t... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/responding-to-worldwide-criticism-brazil-bans-sugarcane-from-ecosensitive-areas.htm Brazil and Argentina, Mercosur senior members, agreed to sponsor an increase in the common external tariff (AEC) on several products from third countries, during a meeting this Monday, November... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/police-seize-half-ton-of-marijuana-in-southern-brazil.htm RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Police seized 586 kg of marijuana Monday in southern Brazil, local media reported Tuesday. It's the second largest drug seizure in the southern state of Santa Cata... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:59:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-police-arrest-13-for-fraud-in-social-security-system.htm RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian Federal Police on Tuesday arrested 13 people, including the mayor of a small town, in two anti-fraud operations in the southern state of Rio Grande do... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:59:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-ceo-of-anheuser-bush-inbev-vows-best-beer-in-a-better-world.htm Despite all the economic uncertainty Belgian-Brazilian brewery InBev, led by a Brazilian, announced today, November 18, that it has concluded the purchase of the American company Anheuser-Busch, maker... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-and-argentina-set-on-getting-higher-mercosur-import-taxes.htm Brazil and Argentina, Mercosur senior members, agreed to sponsor an increase in the common external tariff (AEC) on several products from third countries, during a meeting this Monday, November 17, of... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:33:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-government-becomes-sponsor-of-indy-races.htm Brazil's trade promotion agency, APEX-Brasil's, decision to sponsor the top ethanol-powered auto racing category, the Indy Racing League (IRL), contributes to consolidate ethanol as a global c... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:33:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-brings-world-to-rio-to-fight-child-prostitution.htm Nearly 3,000 people from five continents, 300 of whom are adolescents are being expected in Brazil for the World Congress III Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children, which will be taking place No... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:33:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/portugal-stars-&quotescape&quot-from-press-upon-arrival-in-brasilia.htm Hundreds of soccer-mad fans and reporters gathered at the Brasilia airport on Monday, hoping to get a glance at Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo and his team. However, they were disappointed and have... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/latin-american-stocks-fall.htm SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Latin American stocks slipped slightly Monday on continued signs of a global recession. Brazil's benchmark Bovespa index closed down 0.2 percent at 35,717, Mexico's IPC was of... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-trader-shoots-self-on-stock-trading-floor.htm A stock exchange trader has shot himself on the trading floor in Brazil.Sao Paulo's Bovespa stock exchange says the 36-year-old man shot himself in the chest a couple of hours before markets closed in... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:37:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/irl-to-use-brazilian-ethanol-next-season.htm IRL President Terry Angstadt signed a memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian agency promoting biofuels on Monday, securing a supply of the alternative, agriculture-based fuel for every race ne... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:10:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-wants-bigger-role-for-emerging-nations-in-internet.htm Egypt has just hosted the 33rd meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which was organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Communications. The meeting lasted five days ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/arabs-buy-us$-1-billion-from-brazil-a-70-boost.htm Exports from Brazil to the Arab countries reached US$ 989 million in October, growth of 69.3% over the same period last year, when they reached US$ 584.4 million. Both cash cows of Brazilian exports t... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/agreement-promotes-mutual-cultural-understanding-between-arabs-and-brazilians.htm A memorandum of cooperation to promote and disclose cultural activities about the Arab world and the Ibero-American countries in Brazil was signed this Friday, November 14, in Rio de Janeiro, between ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-flag-is-big-star-at-iraq-trade-show.htm In Iraq, the most sought products at the stand of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce during the Kurdistan DBX Trade Show, which ended last Friday, November 14, were beef and poultry, sugar, auto p... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:13:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/how-arab-immigrants-got-a-chance-at-the-brazilian-dream.htm Starting this coming 2009 season Formula Indy cars are going to run on Brazilian ethanol. This information was disclosed on Friday, November 14, by the Brazilian Export and Investment... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/sumitomo-to-buy-out-silver-zinc-mine-in-bolivia.htm TOKYO — Sumitomo Corp said Monday it will take over a Bolivian silver- and zinc-mining project from its U.S. parent firm Apex Silver Mines Ltd, turning it into a wholly owned subsidiary. Sum... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/quake-hits-el-salvador-no-injuries-reported.htm SAN SALVADOR -- A 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook buildings and electricity poles in El Salvador’s capital on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-ethanol-will-soup-up-formula-indy.htm Starting this coming 2009 season Formula Indy cars are going to run on Brazilian ethanol. This information was disclosed on Friday, November 14, by the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/for-brazilian-president-the-g-8-is-dead-long-live-the-g-20.htm Brazilian President Lula da Silva said on Saturday the Group of Eight is no longer relevant in today's globalized world and the role of developing international financial regulations must fall to ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/sao-paulo-secures-leadership-of-brasileiro-championship.htm RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- In front of a sold out Morumbi stadium, Sao Paulo beat Figueirense 3-1 on Sunday and hungonto their leadership with only five rounds left in this season's Brasileir... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/salvador-archbishop-nixes-probe-of-killed-jesuits.htm SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador opposes reopening the prosecution of Salvadoran officials in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests, the cleric s... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/suspect-of-ordering-us-missionary-murder-elected-deputy-mayor-in-brazil.htm Three years and eight months after missionary Dorothy Stang was murdered, one of her old political allies, Francisco de Assis Sousa better known as Chiquinho (Little Chico) of the Worker's Party, ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-police-vow-to-punish-officer-who-destroyed-tv-reporter-equipment.htm In Brazil, after a month-long investigative effort, the Bahia State Military Police have confirmed the aggression perpetrated by Lieutenant Marcelo Moura against a Bahian television team, at the begin... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/sismo-de-magnitud-59-estremece-el-salvador.htm SAN SALVADOR -- Un sismo de casi 6,0 grados de magnitud estremeció El Salvador el sábado por la tarde, sin que las autoridades hubieran reportado destrozos o lesionados.El Servicio Naci... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/benjamin/harley-win-all-brazilian-final-at-china-sanya-open.htm SANYA, South China, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Top seeds Benjamin Infra/Harley Marques beat fifth seeds Roberta Pitta/Pedro Cunha in straight sets in the 58th SWATCH FIVB World Tour all- Brazilian final here... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:18:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/medvedev-to-visit-cuba-venezuela-brazil.htm Moscow, Nov 14 : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Cuba, Venezuela and Brazil, after attending the November 22-23 APEC summit in Peru. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-declines-capped-by-vale.htm SAN FRANCISCO (Menafn - MarketWatch) -- Brazil's benchmark index slipped Friday, with losses capped by a rise in shares of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce following the miner's report of positive signals i... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-considers-its-own-bailout-as-it-heads-to-g20-talks.htm LOS ANGELES (Menafn - MarketWatch) -- Brazil, home to Latin America's largest economy, may be the next country to announce an economic stimulus plan, a move that could inject a measure of stability in... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/2007-brazil-air-crash-blamed-on-authorities-airline.htm SAO PAULO: An official probe into the 2007 Sao Paulo plane crash that killed 199 people has blamed the accident on the pilots, Airbus, the airline and the airport authorities, reports said. The Crimin... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/at-least-three-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-brazil.htm At least three people were killed on Friday as the helicopter carrying them crashed in Brazil's northeastern state of Ceara. Three other people aboard the copter were also injured, with two in serious... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/less-than-1/3-states-contribute-to-about-80&amp-of-brazil.htm Eight of Brazil's 27 states contribute to about 80 percent of the country's GDP, according to a study released on Friday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The state of Sao... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/botox-for-the-broke-in-brazil.htm RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Want Botox but don’t have the bucks? Not a problem in beauty-obsessed Rio de Janeiro, at least if you don’t mind a trainee doing the work. The Brazilian Soci... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/spanish-oil-company-uses-seismic-imaging-technology-off-brazil.htm Spain-based oil and gas company Repsol, which operates in over 30 countries, has begun exploration operations off the Brazilian coast and in the Gulf of Mexico using the firm's advanced seismic im... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:19:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-company-raises-over-us$-1-billion-for-ethanol-projects.htm A new Brazilian company, Vital Renewable Energy Company (VREC), announced that it has secured funding from private investors in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, and is ready to launch re... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:18:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/directors-and-actors-come-to-the-us-for-brazilian-film-week-in-dc.htm From Thursday, November 13 through Sunday, November 16, people from Washington, DC and vicinity will have a chance to watch the Second Annual Brazilian Film Week put together by the Embassy of Brazil ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:18:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/in-brazil-education-is-not-guarantee-of-good-job-or-even-a-job.htm Gathered in São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, governors of central banks from several countries discussed, November 9 and 10, coordinated actions for fighting the effects of the international financ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazilian-woman-killed-by-husband.htm RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- A 67-year-old widow was hit in the head by her husband's coffin and died Monday morning in southern Brazil. The incident occurred in the small town of Tapes in sou... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-bandits-loot-police-station-blow-it-up.htm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazilian authorities say bandits have blown up a police station with dynamite after stealing drugs and weapons. Police inspector Carlos Juliao Filho says... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/son-abducted-by-mother-to-brazil-can.htm On June 16, 2004 David Goldman said goodbye to his son, Sean, at Newark Airport, in Newark, New Jersey. He didn't know it at the time but his wife, Bruna, was in the process of abducting Sean and ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/south-america/brazil-news/brazil-wants-more-power-for-emerging-countries-and-a-new-bretton-woods.htm The Brazilian government is going to propose a Bretton Woods II at the summit of heads of state and government of the G-20 in Washington next Saturday. The country is referring to the inte... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:03:00 +0100