Brazil

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — One Friday night last month, the electricity was off in the streets of Palmeirinha, a favela in Rio …

Caribbean news. It is news that should awaken the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from their complacent attitude toward …

Caribbean news. Karol Conka (born as Karoline dos Santos de Oliveira) hails from the Boqueirão quarter of Curitiba in Paraná state in …

Community news. Note from BW of Brazil: As a number of posts on this blog are about the brutality of Brazil’s Military …

In Brazilian music. Antonio Loureiro is probably one of the most fascinating musicians to come out of Brazil in recent times. His recent …

Rolihlahla Dalibunga Mandela (Nelson Mandela) was born in the Transkei region of South Africa on 18 July 1918. His great-grandfather was the …

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is now set to appoint a new Director-General.  He is Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, Brazil’s long-serving Ambassador …

The Foreign Relations Committee of Brazilian Congress approved this month a technical cooperation agreement between the South American country and Saint Lucia. …

AmBev (Companhia de Bebidas das Americas, or Beverage Company of the Americas, in English), a leader of the brewing industry in Brazil …

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