Sao Paulo set for opener as Brazil gets first IRL race
CBS Sports - Wed Nov 25, 10:23 pm ETThe Indy Racing League will open its 2010 season on the streets of Sao Paulo, the first time the IndyCar series has held a race in Brazil.
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Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight
NBC26 Green Bay - Fri Nov 27, 12:36 am ETNOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil (AP) - Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend.
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Rich Western nations should fund forest aid, Brazil says
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Fri Nov 27, 4:20 am ETMANAUS, Brazil — Brazil's president said Thursday that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting that rich Western nations had caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rain forest.
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Brazil and Mexico: Latin American Bond and Currency Preview
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 11:34 pm ETNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Latin American local bonds and currencies today. Bond yields and exchange rates are from the previous day’s session.
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Obama Writes to Brazil’s Leader About Iran
International Herald Tribune - Tue Nov 24, 9:05 pm ETPresident Obama reiterated the American position on Iran’s nuclear program a day before Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, visited Brazil.
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Germany’s Top Nazi-Hunter Finds New Lead in Brazilian Archive
Bloomberg - 2 hours 56 minutes agoNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- German investigators trying to track down Nazi criminals before they die may have had their “best break” in years after discovering a trove of Brazilian immigration files more than half a century old.
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Brazil Banks Overpriced After Gains, Mercatto Says (Update2)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 23, 4:19 pm ETNov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s largest banks are too expensive after an “absurd” rally this year spurred by prospects they will accelerate lending to meet rising consumer demand, according to Mercatto Gestao de Recursos.
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Brazil Miniskirt Student to March in Carnival Parade
Fox News - Thu Nov 26, 3:11 pm ETBrazilians may be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She's agreed to march in the nation's famously flesh-baring Carnival parades.
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Rio's beachside tourist districts lose power just 2 weeks after massive Brazil blackouts
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Tue Nov 24, 2:18 pm ETBRASILIA, Brazil - Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home.
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Brazil's president urges West to work with Iran
The San Francisco Examiner - Tue Nov 24, 3:23 am ETBRASILIA, BRAZIL — Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.
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Brazilian championship results and standings
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Sun Nov 22, 6:11 pm ETResults and standings from the Brazilian championship on Sunday. Atletico Mineiro 0 Internacional 1 Botafogo 3 Sao Paulo 2 Flamengo 0 Goias 0 Santo Andre 4 Avai 2 Santos 4 Coritiba 0 Sport 0 Fluminense 3 Vitoria 2 Barueri 1
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Ahmadinejad visits Brazil
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 8:13 am ETBRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran, Brazil and Venezuela can be part of a new world order.
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World Cup-Brazil
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Nov 25, 10:03 pm ETFactbox on World Cup qualifiers Brazil:
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Brazil October Supermarket Sales Up 7.3% Vs Year Earlier -Abras
The Forex Market - Thu Nov 26, 10:38 am ETRIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)--Supermarket sales in Brazil rose 7.3% in October compared to the year before, boosted by greater spending power of low income groups.
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Fitch Upgrades Bicbanco's National Ratings
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 1:39 pm ETRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil & SAO PAULO----Fitch Ratings has upgraded the National Long- and Short-Term Ratings of Banco Industrial e Comercial S.A. to 'A' from 'A-' and to 'F1' from 'F2', respectively.
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Brazil’s President Elbows U.S. on the Diplomatic Stage
New York Times - Mon Nov 23, 1:23 am ETPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is drawing criticism for receiving Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his first state visit to Brazil.
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Major drought in Brazil worsens
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Hospital ship plugs health gap in Brazil's Amazon
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