Brazil model who lost hands, feet dies

. A sad story.  She should have had forty more years of life and health. " Health officials say a Brazilian model whose feet and hands were amputated because of an infection has died. Officials said in a...

Vale: The World's Largest Iron Ore Miner Laying off 1,300 Workers

" Vale (VALE5.SA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world's largest iron ore miner, said on Wednesday it is laying off 1,300 workers and putting 5,500 more on paid leave, the latest sign of Brazil's...

Brazil poll result mixed for Lula

" Brazil's local elections have brought mixed results for President Luiz Ignacio da Silva's Workers' Party. Almost 130 million Brazilian voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and councillors. ...

Hundreds of dying penguins wash up in Brazil

About 400 penguins have washed ashore on Brazilian beaches this year, which experts say is an unusually high number. While it's not uncommon for a small number of penguins to wash ashore in Brazil, their number...

Rio security boss bodyguard among 11 killed

Rio de Janeiro (ANTARA News/Reuters) - Eleven people, including a bodyguard to the Rio de Janeiro state security chief, were killed on Friday in three shootings in the crime-ridden Brazilian city, police said.The 44-year-old police sergeant was going to work at the residence...

Male Prisoners Force Female Teen to Have Sex for Food in Brazilian Jail

This happens in many places all over the world. I am shocked and indignant, as a woman and as a governor," Gov Carepa said, promising that those responsible would face "exemplary punishment" and that such an...

CVRD investments of US$ 11 billion in 2008

"The 2008 budget is part of the firm's strategic plan and underpins the 5 year, U$59 billion investment program and consequently involves a significant increase in capex for organic growth as compared with the period 2003-2007, estimated at US$ 18 billion. The decision to...

Peruvian prosecutors to demand Fujimori get 30 years in prison

"Fujimori`s murder charges concern two massacres of Peruvian citizens allegedly committed by his military forces in 1991 and 1992 during a crackdown on leftist insurgents. In September, Chilean authorities handed...

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