Brazil: Land reform or deforestation boost for the Amazon?
Region: BrazilNational land will be donated to Brazilians in a program called ‘Terra Legal' (Legal Land), a package of measures to boost the government-backed redistribution of land and to establish rules for those who have lived ... more
Views: 2615Brazil mulls over controversial bill to legitimize land-grab in Amazon
Region: BrazilBrazil’s president Lula da Silva has a controversial bill on his hands: it is his call to approve or veto a law that will grant land title to 300,000 properties illegally established across some 600,000 square kilo... more
Views: 1684Air France jet missing over Atlantic, presumed crashed
Region: BrazilPer CNN, Air France flight 447 carrying 228 passengers from Rio de Janeiro heading to Paris was reported missing early Monday morning. The jet lost contact with the airlines shortly after it flew over a stormy area with st... more
Views: 2140Floods in Brazil Leave 300k + Homeless
Region: Brazil
At least 40 people have died and the number of homeless is now above 308,000 in the worst flooding in northern Brazil in at least two decades, taking Rio Negro, one of the Amazon Forest’s rivers near to its highest l... more
Views: 1738Brazil’s GDP growth may be 0% in 2009
Region: Brazil
During an interview this May 14th, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Matega admitted for the first time that the GDP growth may be 0%. According to him, due to the volatility faced by the Brazilian economy and abroad it is... more
Views: 1626Brazil's Biggest Importer? China
Region: Brazil
Numbers from March and April exports shows a historic change in the Brazilian economy, pointing out China as the Brazilian top trading partner. The sum of Brazil's exports and imports with China reached $3.2 billio... more
Views: 1615Amid Brazil's Flood, Bloggers Form Solidarity Networks
Region: Brazil
by Paula Góes There have been three months of intermittent rain in Santa Catarina and there are now nearly 79,000 displaced people and 110 deaths. Of a population of 5.9 million, 1.5 million people have been direct... more
Views: 2561In Brazil, National Park Under Threat from Illegal Fires
Region: Brazil
by Paula Góes For over a month, the Chapada Diamantina National Park, in Bahia, has been burning relentlessly. According to Brazil's environmental agency, 50 percent of the national park's 1,520 km² have burne... more
Views: 1907Greenlight for Controversial Brazilian Nuclear Deal
Region: Brazil
Posted by Paula Góes to Global Voices Online Controversial Angra 3 reactor for Brazil's Nuclear Power Plant was given a pre-licence [pt] by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IB... more
Views: 1814Brazilian Bloggers Unearth Senate Ad Web Corruption
Region: Brazil
Posted by Paula Góes to Global Voices Online The little banner at the top right corner of the paraiba.com.br website costs the taxpayers of Brazil US$ 30,084.61 per month. According to the contract, this is for t... more
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