New WTO leader faces rough road ahead
by Veronica DeVore, swissinfo.ch May 8, 2013 – 17:08 Brazil’s Roberto Azavedo, announced as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, is a savvy “dealmaker” but will…
Research Predicting A Mixed-Race Future For Humanity
courtesy: The Econmist Affirmative action in Brazil Slavery’s legacy Apr 26th 2013, 12:27 by H.J. | SÃO PAULO TO SUM up recent research predicting a mixed-race future for humanity,…
King and Queen of the Beach Races
Source: The Rio Times RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – An estimated three thousand swimmers, joggers, stand up paddlers, triathletes and their supporters were in attendance as the first stage of the…
Indonesia Outperforms BRIC Countries
Shifting Economic power from G7 to developing world After successfully introducing the acronym BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or BRICS including South Africa) in 2001, Jim O’Neill, chairman of Goldman…
Judge orders arrest of Brazil Google president
Source: BBC A regional judge has ordered the arrest of Google’s president in Brazil, Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, after the company failed to take down YouTube videos. Authorities say the…
Brazil Enacts Affirmative Action Law for Universities
Source: The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s government has enacted one of the Western Hemisphere’s most sweeping affirmative action laws, requiring public universities to reserve half of their…
Three-person civil union sparks controversy in Brazil. (or in other words: polygamy).
A notary in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has sparked controversy by accepting a civil union between three people. Public Notary Claudia do Nascimento Domingues has said the man…
Rio Muslims Prepare for Eid at Tijuca Mosque
Source: The Rio Times By Saira Ansari, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Situated in a little street in Tijuca is an under-construction building with a door made up of several nailed…
Islam in Brazil
By Diana Rojas. In the year 2000, Islam had about 27, 239 followers in Brazil, according to the census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In the…
FIJISUN-Marhaban Ahlen Wa Salen Ya Sayedi
Marhab Ahlan Wa Sahlen, Ya Sayedi Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V. Alhumdo Lillah, it is a great honor for all of us in United States of American to be blessed by…
China and Brazil in $30b currency exchange pledge
Source: China Daily China and Brazil on Friday announced a $30 billion currency exchange, a step toward a broader agreement among emerging economies to pool resources as a bulwark against…
Getting Down to Business in Rio
Source: The New York Times Where’s the voice of business when you need it? For governments in the West, this has been a common refrain of the financial and economic…
Brazil: Slow Economic Growth
Source: The Rio Times RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Figures recently released show Brazil’s economy barely grew in the first quarter of 2012, with shallow growth in the service sector…
This Forest Is Our Forest
Source: The New York Times Twenty years ago, the world came together in Rio de Janeiro for a historic summit meeting to tackle the environmental issues that threaten the very…
Amid Brazil’s Rush to Develop, Workers Resist
Source: The New York Times JACI PARANÁ, Brazil — The revolt here on the banks of the Madeira River, the Amazon’s largest tributary, flared after sunset. At the simmering end of…
Dutch PM hands out Four Freedoms Awards
Prime Minister Mark Rutte has handed out the Four Freedoms Awards in the southwestern town of Middelburg. The main award went to Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva for his…
Palestinians struggle for a ninth vote at UNSC
RAMALLAH (AFP) – Jordan Times. The Palestinians have secured eight Security Council yes votes for their UN membership bid, just one short of the nine they need, the Palestinian foreign…
Brazil Outperformed by Other BRIC Nations
Source: The Rio Times Although China and India traditionally lead the group, Russia’s economy has been buoyed by higher commodity prices in recent months, due partly to higher oil prices, leaving Brazil…
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