RIO DE JANEIRO, 10 MAY – The largest football stadium in the world has been privatized. Authorities in Rio de Janeiro announced that the rights to manage the Maracana for the next 35 years were granted to a private consortium.
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In Brazil gay couples have the right to artificial insemination
Thursday, May 9 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News
BRASILIA, 9 MAY – After approval of homosexual marriages, Brazil gay couples will also be able to have children. The right to resort to artificial insemination was in fact approved by the Federal Council of Medicine, CFM.
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Physicians for Brazil’s rural areas will come from Cuba
Tuesday, May 7 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News, Other Countries
BRASILIA, 7 MAY – Rural areas in Brazil need doctors and the solution, said Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota, is to hire six thousand doctors from Cuba. At present, the two countries are in talks to figure out how to implement the project,
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Fiat ready to invest $ 7 billion in Brazil
Tuesday, May 7 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News
BRASILIA, 7 MAY – By 2016 Fiat will invest approximately $ 7 billion to boost local production in Brazil. This is what emerged from a plan presented by Fiat’s CEO Sergio Marchionne to President Dilma Rousseff.
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Bolsa Familia to hit its ten years, still assigned to 45 percent of the original families
Monday, May 6 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News
BRASILIA, 6 MAY – In October, the Bolsa Familia programme will reach 10 years since its creation, under the Lula government. Aid to Brazilian families in difficulty still is given to 45 percent of original applicants, the rest is off for various reasons including the 18th birthday of children,
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Dilma Rousseff: Oil revenues to fund education
Thursday, May 2 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News
BRASILIA, 2 MAY – Oil revenues should fund education. This is the comment of Dilma Rousseff during a speech to the nation, shortly after she sent a new proposal in Parliament to regulate its own law on oil revenues. Education, said the Chairman,
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Brazilian priest supports gay rights, excommunicated
Tuesday, Apr 30 2013 Posted in: Brazil, News
SAO PAULO, 30 APR – A Brazilian priest was excommunicated for his support of gay rights. Roberto Francisco Daniel, 48, can no longer celebrate Mass, as communicated by his diocese, near São Paulo,
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Five policemen arrested for the murder of two journalists in Brazil
Monday, Apr 29 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News
SAO PAULO, 29 APR – Five Brazilian police officers have been arrested for the murder of a journalist and his photographer. According to the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo the suspects killed Rodrigo Neto, on March 9th,outside his house, and Walgney Carvalho,
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McDonald’s fined in Brazil for Happy Meal
Tuesday, Apr 23 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News
SAO PAULO, 23 APR – McDonald’s has been fined by a consumer protection agency in Brazil. The fast food chain is guilty of promoting the Happy Meal, unhealthy food for children, attracting them with the toys inside the packages.
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Brazil: world’s oldest billionaire dead, she was 100 years old
Monday, Apr 22 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News
SAO PAULO, 22 APR – The richest woman in Brazil died at age 100. The newspaper Folha has not released details on the causes of death of entrepreneur Dirce Navarro de Camargo, who owned the firm of Havaianas flip-flops, shoes famous all over the world.
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