Provides the latest RSS feeds for Brazil News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Brazil Sun.com http://www.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/24437442923341f1/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:07 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:07 -0500 30 Residents of a rural community in central Bolivia burned three bars and the house of a man who allegedly raped and killed a four-year-old girl, Bolivian media reported. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/610755/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/610755/cs/1/ VGPR ) announced today it has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement to create a major regional brand to provide clean energy services throughout the South American country of Brazil. The new Jo... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33025562/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:27:44 -0500 Market Wire http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33025562/ LONDON (MarketWatch) -- BP on Thursday announced it was paying $7 billion mostly for a chance to enter Brazil, a region that has drawn other major oil producers looking to tap into oil, some residing ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33024563/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:57:56 -0500 Market Watch http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33024563/ (RTTNews) - Brazil's gross domestic product or GDP increased 4.3% on an annual basis in the fourth quarter, compared to the 1.2% drop in the previous quarter, the statistical office IBGE said on Thur... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33025563/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:11 -0500 Quote.com http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33025563/ A short news item in Brazil's news magazine Veja this week suggested that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is considering running for United Nations secretary general after he leaves office ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022926/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:37:07 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022926/ SAO PAULO, BRAZIL--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - Trustwave, a leading provider of information security and compliance solutions, announces the appointment of Celso Hummel to Channel Manager for Trus... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022923/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:35:56 -0500 Market Wire http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022923/ It's hard to believe the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series season is upon us, but it is. The start of any season is exciting, of course, with everything being fresh and new. Everyone is on the same level; ever... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022924/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:20:23 -0500 USA Today http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022924/ It's hard to believe the 2010 Izod IndyCar Series season is upon us, but it is. The start of any season is exciting, of course, with everything being fresh and new. Everyone is on the same level; ever... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022925/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:20:16 -0500 USA Today http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022925/ Mozambique's tropical savanna is as wide as 550,000 square kilometers, or 1.4 times larger than Japan's land area, and has soil and weather conditions similar to those of Brazil's cerrado, or "inacc... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022306/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:48:31 -0500 Breitbart http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33022306/ (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - UK) BP (LSE: BP) said it is paying Devon Energy Corp (NYSE: DVN) US$7.0 billion in cash for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the US deepwater Gulf of Mexico, giving the ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33020401/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:06:00 -0500 MENAFN http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33020401/ (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Avanco Resources (ASX: AVB) has commenced a 2,000m diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Touro Nickel Project in the Carajas Province of Brazil. The dril... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33020320/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:05:53 -0500 MENAFN http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33020320/ . "As well as giving us a broad portfolio of assets in the exciting Brazilian deepwater, it will strengthen our position in the Gulf of enhance our interests in http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33020766/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:13:08 -0500 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33020766/ . "As well as giving us a broad portfolio of assets in the exciting Brazilian deepwater, it will strengthen our position in the Gulf of enhance our interests in http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33020767/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:13:06 -0500 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33020767/ LONDON - Oil company BP PLC said Thursday it will pay $7 billion to acquire exploration rights in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico from Devon Energy Corp. BP said it is also selling, for $50... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018356/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:26:26 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018356/ LONDON — BP agreed Thursday to pay Devon Energy $7 billion in cash for oil and gas assets in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and Azerbaijan, seeking to increase production. The transaction would giv... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018835/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:14:19 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018835/ T EMPE, Ariz. — The wide grin that seems perpetually attached to the face of Torii Hunter was gone Wednesday morning. The Angels’ media-friendly center fielder fumed about how he was port... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018792/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:07:05 -0500 Boston Herald http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018792/ BP has made clear its interest in Brazil's offshore assets, which have yielded some of the largest oil discoveries of recent decades. "Through our entry into http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018716/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:28 -0500 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018716/ BP has made clear its interest in Brazil's offshore assets, which have yielded some of the largest oil discoveries of recent decades. "Through our entry into http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018715/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:27 -0500 Morning Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33018715/ GENEVA - Global airlines are undergoing a surprisingly strong recovery with Asian and Latin American carriers leading the way, the leading industry group said Thursday, halving its loss forecast for ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33015700/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:26 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33015700/ Qatar Airways will add South America to its rapidly expanding network by flying directly to Brazil and Argentina in the next few months, the carrier has announced. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33015883/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:57:21 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33015883/ +1.70% ) to construct the first phase of a new refinery for crude oil in Brazil. The total contract value is $623 million, of which Skanska's share is 40%, or around $250 million. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33015915/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:30 -0500 Market Watch http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33015915/ RIO DE JANEIRO, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that his country is in good shape thanks to eight years of efforts to improve the economy. At the ina... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33016479/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:00 -0500 SINA http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33016479/ South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is hoping his team will learn to play the 'Brazilian way' at the Soccer World Cup after a month-long training camp in his homeland. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33014254/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:45:41 -0500 Mail and Guardian http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33014254/ Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that the United States must respect the World Trade Organization's (WTO) decision which allowed Brazil to apply trade sanctions of $830 m... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33014159/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:42 -0500 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33014159/ The president of the Brazilian Confederation of Football Ricardo Teixeira offered some strong advice for Adriano on Wednesday.Teixeira declared that if the star striker wants to be part of Brazil's na... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33014257/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:29 -0500 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33014257/ Brazilian president Lula da Silva has become entangled in a controversy for having compared Cuban political prisoners with jailed criminals and was even severely criticized by members of his own party... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33011840/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:41 -0500 Merco Press http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33011840/ La Paz, March 11 : Residents of a rural community in central Bolivia burned three bars and the house of a man who allegedly raped and killed a four-year-old girl, Bolivian media reported. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33009116/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:42:09 -0500 New Kerala http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33009116/ BRASILIA -- Brazil Fiat will be fined US$1.67 million and ordered to recall its Fiat Stilo models, for failing to fix a wheel problem that led to eight deaths, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday. The m... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33009490/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:35:15 -0500 The China Post http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33009490/ Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights.A Cuban dissident on hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political pr... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33009433/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:34:16 -0500 Examiner http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33009433/ BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger stri... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006766/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:02 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006766/ RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose charm and everyman style have made him a hit on the world stage, is risking trouble at home and abroad with a puzzling e... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006888/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:17 -0500 The Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006888/ Major League Baseball's leading executive in Latin America, Ronaldo Peralta has been ousted, according to an e-mail sent to baseball executives and obtained by SI.com. A memo from MLB's vice president... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006922/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:50 -0500 Sports Illustrated http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006922/ DENVER - Latin American artists will display works including such eclectic pieces as a mural chiseled out of vinyl and a large-scale reproduction of the first ever particle accelerator during a monthl... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006345/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:15 -0500 C News http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006345/ The ruling party of President Evo Morales, Movement towards Socialism, MAS, is set to win the coming April regional elections with victories in six of the nine departments (provinces) in which the cou... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006931/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:21:36 -0500 Merco Press http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006931/ BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strik... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006869/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:55 -0500 Breitbart http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006869/ President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of complicity with "the tyranny of Castro." Brazilian pundits also criticized Silva and a political ally called the president's words disappointing. In an intervie... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006862/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:51 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006862/ BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strik... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006863/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:05 -0500 Find Law http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006863/ Chilean president-elect Sebastian Pinera welcomed visiting Bolivian president Evo Morales to Chilean capital Santiago with a soccer match held at the city's police soccer fields on Wednesday."I w... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006933/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:50 -0500 People's Daily http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33006933/ REUTERS - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, ranked the world's richest man by Forbes magazine on Wednesday, built his $53.5 billion empire by buying and turning around a creaking state monopoly and myriad o... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33003620/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:38:54 -0500 The Star http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/33003620/ LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Brazilian equities rose Wednesday, finding support from gains among housing stocks and market heavyweight Petroleo Brasileiro SA as the oil giant reported evidence of oil ... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/32999591/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:35:18 -0500 Market Watch http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/32999591/ U.S. must comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on U.S. cotton subsidies to uphold international law and order, President Lula da Silva said. http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/32996158/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:45:17 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/32996158/ CARACAS, Mar 10, 2010 (IPS) - Although most of the governments in Latin America today are described as progressive, abortion is only legal in one country, while in five countries it is banned under al... http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/32992059/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:33:38 -0500 IPS http://story.brazilsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/24437442923341f1/id/32992059/