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Brazil’s Industrial Output Fell By Most Since 2008 Surprising Economists
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 Brazil’s industrial production fell in April by the most since 2008,
surprising analysts who had expected output to expand in Latin America’s biggest economy.May 31.05.11
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Lagarde in Brazil on IMF job
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 France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde smiles during a
meeting with the president of Brazil's Central Bank in Brasilia on Monday.
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BRASILIA, Brazil — French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde
said Brazil is underrepresented at the International Monetary Fund and if elected managing director she will continue work giving a bigger voice to developing nations. May 31.05.11
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Brazil federal leaders discuss Amazon conflict
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 AP – Police officers inspect the dead body of rubber tapper
Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva in Brazil's Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's government will protect rural activists and increase policing in its Amazon rain forest.May 31.05.11
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Brazilian FA authorised to open international transfer
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 Brazilian FA authorised to open international transfer window early
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Players such as Renato, Alex and Gilberto Silva will appear in Serie A ahead of schedule after Fifa allowed the CBF to move their transfer window forward.May 31.05.11
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Lagarde in Brazil charm offensive for top IMF post
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 BRASILIA (AFP) – France's Christine Lagarde sought to rally
support for her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund, promising on a visit to Brazil to "deepen" reforms at the institution.
Lagarde, France's finance minister, was in Brazil -- one of several emerging nations.May 31.05.11
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French Finance Minister Pledges To Give Brazil More Clout In IMF
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 BRASILIA, May (BERNAMA-NNN- MERCOPRESS) --
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde pledged to push reforms to give Brazil and other emerging economies more influence at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as she kicked
off a worldwide tour to win support for her candidacy to lead the global lender.May 31.05.11
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Lagarde in Brazil to promote IMF candidacy
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 BRASILIA, Brazil -- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde
met with her Brazilian counterpart Monday to promote her candidacy to head the International Monetary Fund and said she backed the institution's reforms giving developing nations more of
a voice in its operationsMay 31.05.11
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ADVANCE Medical Raises US$6 Million to Become the Partner-of-Choice for
Innovative Medical Technology Companies Expanding in Latin America
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 PALO ALTO, CA and SAO PAULO, BRAZIL--(Marketwire - 05/31/11) - ADVANCE Medical announced today it has raised a
US$6 million Series A financing led by Venrock and Brazilian institutional investors and angels.May 31.05.11
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Brazilian president delays anti-homophobia campaign for schools, rejecting to
tapes, pamphlets
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 SAO PAULO — Brazil’s president suspended an
anti-homophobia campaign Wednesday that had been planned to begin at schools this year because she thought the videos and pamphlets weren’t appropriate for children.May 31.05.11
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Names You Need To Know: Danilo Gentill
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 This post is part of an ongoing effort to crowd-source a
repeating feature in Forbes magazine entitled Names You Need to Know. We are looking for the people, places, products and ideas that will have significant impact in the near future. Join the
ongoing conversation hereMay 31.05.11
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Brazilian activist shot dead in Amazon
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 Rubber tapper Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, left, and his wife
Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva look at the camera in this undated photo in Brazil. Ribeiro da Silva, an activist who was fighting to
protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers, was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said May 31.05.11
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Brazil's lower house amends forest protection law
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 SAO PAULO – Brazil's lower house has passed legislation to loosen restrictions on how small farmers use their land in the
Amazon forest.
Environmentalists warn the changes will lead to increased deforestation. Farmers say it will let them to May 31.05.11
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Brazilian The killings occurred just hours before Brazil's lower houseactivist
shot dead in Amazon
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 An activist fighting to protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers
was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.May 31.05.111
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Brazilian activist denouncing illegal loggers shot dead in Amazon
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SAO PAULO — An activist fighting to protect the Amazon rain
forest from loggers was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.
Brazil's president suspended an anti-homophobia campaign
Wednesday that had been planned to begin at schools this year because she thought the videos and pamphlets weren't appropriate for children.
SAO PAULO — A Brazilian hospital says the lymphatic cancer
afflicting Paraguay’s president is in complete remission.
BRASILIA, BRAZIL : A Brazilian Amazon activist and his wife
were killed in the northern region of the country, as Brazil's House of Deputies approved a new Forest Code, local media reported.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's president suspended an
anti-homophobia campaign Wednesday that had been planned to begin at schools this year because she thought the videos and pamphlets weren't appropriate.
