News: Brazil

We have started to collect the most important news related to Brazil in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Brazil – overview

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• December 10th 2009 – October 27th 2009
• October 23rd 2009 – September 11th 2009
• September 9th 2009 – July 19th 2009
• July 16th 2009 – June 1st 2009
• May 29th 2009 – February 12th 2009
• February 4th 2009 – November 25th 2008
• November 25th 2008 – September 2nd 2008
• September 1st 2008 – July 7th 2008
• June 12th 2008 – March 11th 2008
• February 27th 2008 – December 4th 2007
• November 15th 2007 – August 13th 2007
• August 9th 2007 – July 11th 2007
• July 11th 2007 – May 11th 2007
• May 11th 2007 – February 7th 2007
• February 7th 2007 – November 14th 2006
• November 11th 2006 – September 21st 2006
• September 13th 2006 – June 15th 2006
• June 14th 2006 – April 27th 2006
• April 22nd 2006 – February 4th 2006
• January 29th 2006 – November 15th 2005

Brazil: news

Bug hunt finds Brazil 'mummies'

Wednesday, February 27th 2008, 16:45
related places: Sao Paulo

Exterminators looking for termites find the "mummified" bodies of two nuns in a Sao Paulo monastery.
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Naomi Campbell treated in Brazil

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 20:30
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Sao Paulo

British supermodel Naomi Campbell has a cyst removed at a hospital in Brazil, her publicist says.
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Brazil unveils anti-poverty drive

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 14:55

Brazil's President Lula unveils plans to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure and jobs in the poorest regions.
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Latin America nuclear pact signed

Saturday, February 23rd 2008, 2:22
related countries: Argentina

Argentina and Brazil agree to build a joint nuclear reactor to address looming energy shortages.
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Brazil film wins top Berlin prize

Sunday, February 17th 2008, 11:51
related countries: Germany
related places: Berlin

The Elite Squad, a Brazilian film about police violence wins the Golden Bear - the top prize at the Berlin film festival.
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Brazil carjack killers sentenced

Thursday, January 31st 2008, 10:47

Four young men in Brazil get maximum jail sentences after they dragged a six-year-old boy to his death behind a car they had stolen.
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EU suspends Brazil beef imports

Thursday, January 31st 2008, 0:06
related countries: Botswana

The EU halts all imports of Brazilian beef, saying its foot-and-mouth disease checks are "unacceptable".
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Brazil vows to stem Amazon loss

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 19:40

Brazil agrees new measures to tackle Amazon deforestation at an emergency cabinet meeting.
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'Huge' gas field found off Brazil

Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 7:08
related places: Rio de Janeiro

A massive natural gas field is found off Rio de Janeiro's coastline, Brazil's state-controlled oil company says.
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'Drug lord's' Brazil farm invaded

Monday, January 21st 2008, 20:33

Landless protesters in Brazil occupy a farm owned by an alleged drug lord hours before it was to be auctioned.
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Brazil activist priest 'at risk'

Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 16:23

A Catholic aid agency voices deep concern after a priest working on land rights in Brazil gets death threats.
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Yellow fever alert alarms Brazil

Friday, January 11th 2008, 21:46

Brazil confirms a man who died in the capital did have yellow fever, as hundreds queue for vaccinations.
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Brazil unhappy at Menezes ruling

Sunday, December 23rd 2007, 10:05
related places: Menezes

Brazil is unhappy that no senior police officer involved Jean Charles de Menezes's will be disciplined.
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Brazil bishop ends hunger strike

Friday, December 21st 2007, 3:13

A Brazilian bishop protesting against a major irrigation project gives up a hunger strike after 24 days.
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Brazil museum's Picasso stolen

Thursday, December 20th 2007, 17:26

Thieves in Brazil steal two paintings said to be worth $100m (£50m), including a work by Pablo Picasso.
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Football: Kaka wins Fifa award

Monday, December 17th 2007, 22:01

AC Milan and Brazil star Kaka beats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the title of Fifa world player of the year.
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Venezuela and Brazil link trade

Friday, December 14th 2007, 7:35
related countries: Venezuela

Brazil and Venezuela pledge closer ties on trade and energy, including the building of a new refinery together.
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Key Brazilian tax is thrown out

Thursday, December 13th 2007, 15:56
related countries: Botswana

Brazil's government suffers a major blow as the Senate refuses to renew a key revenue-raising tax.
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Emerging giants in telecom boom

Wednesday, December 12th 2007, 13:06
related countries: India, Russia, United Kingdom

Brazil, India, China and Russia are driving global telecoms growth, a report by UK watchdog Ofcom suggests.
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Troubled Brazilian speaker quits

Tuesday, December 4th 2007, 22:20
related countries: Botswana

The speaker of Brazil's Senate resigns before a vote that could have led to his expulsion over a corruption scandal.
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