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  • Mexico aims to boost trade with Brazil

    Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Jose Antonio Meade visited his Brazilian counterpart, Antonio Patriota, with whom he agreed to promote a series of business meetings to boost bilateral trade. Meade told a press conference that, on the topic of trade, "right now that is Mexico's goal", but that at present there is no intention to negotiate free-trade agreements with Brazil. "There's a mutual ...

  • Brazil midfielder Paulinho denies transfer rumours

    Brazil international midfielder Paulinho has denied speculation that he is on the verge of a move to Europe. The 24-year-old Corinthians star is reportedly on the radar of Inter Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk and Chelsea, among other European clubs, reports Xinhua. Speaking after Corinthians' 3-2 aggregate victory over Santos in the final of the Campeonato Paulista Sunday, Paulinho said he would ...

  • Bangladeshis being trafficked to Brazil

    Police in Brazil have identified a gang specialising in trafficking Bangladeshi nationals into the country, a media report said. About 80 Bangladeshi workers have been lured with promises of earning up to $1,500 a month. But they ended up as slave labourers in order to pay their smugglers nearly $10,000, BBC reported citing the Agencia Brasil news agency. South America's biggest economy has ...

  • Bayer Leverkusen bid for Corinthians Romarinho

    Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen has reportedly made a bid to sign highly rated Brazilian playmaker Romarinho. The German outfit has offered Corinthians 12 million euros to secure the 22-year-old in the European summer transfer window, reports Xinhua. Romarinho emerged on Brazil's football scene last year as a striker but has been transformed into an attacking midfielder by Corinthians coach ...

  • Rousseff opens Brasilia World Cup stadium

    Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff officially opened Brasilia's Mane Garrincha World Cup stadium. Despite controversy surrounding delays and cost overruns, Rousseff said the 71,000-seat venue was now the source of pride among Brazilians, reports Xinhua. "A year ago they said that we wouldn't build our stadiums, that they wouldn't be ready. But now we are seeing that the stadiums have been ...

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End of Watch

David Ayers End of Watch is a potentially powerful story about the lethal daily grind of patrolling South Central Los Angeles that is wrecked by misguided aesthetics. Ayer, who grew up in South Central and is best known as the screenwriter of The Fast and the Furious (2001) ... ...

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  • Paraguay Division Profesional Wrap Melgarejo on a winner

    Nacional Asuncion have maintained their 14-point lead at the top of Paraguay's Division Profesional with a 1-0 win away to Libertad.Marcos Melgarejo scored the only goal of the game for Nacional, while Guarani took advantage of Libertad's defeat to move to second on the table with a 3-2 victory away to Olimpia.In the weekend's top-of-the-table clash, Libertad hosted Nacional ...

  • Ronaldinho Kaka out of Brazil squad

    Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari sprang a surprise on Tuesday by leaving experienced duo Ronaldinho and Kaka out of his squad for next month's Confederations Cup.Just a month before the five-time world champions kick off the tournament on home soil against Japan, 2002 World Cup winner Scolari, called back last November for a second spell in charge of the auriverde, also left out Chelsea ...

  • Brazil clears way for gay marriage

    A top judicial panel has cleared the way for same-sex marriage in Brazil, ruling that gay couples cannot be denied marriage licenses.The National Council of Justice, which oversees the Brazilian judicial system and is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday said government offices that issue marriage licenses had no standing to reject gay couples.'This is the equivalent ...

  • Central China woos Latin American investors

    /enpproperty--> Central China's Henan province said on Saturday it will try to create a more amicable investment environment for Latin American countries, in a bid to further lure investors from the Caribbean adjacent region amid China's economic slowdown. "We will continue to open up fields including education, medical care, finance, aviation, and modern services to foreign ...

  • Real Rebound Seen as Brazil Addresses Inflation Market Reversal

    Brazilian central bank President Alexandre Tombini's commitment to fighting inflation is increasing the prospects the real will rebound from a four-month low, trading patterns show. The currency weakened 0.7 percent against the dollar last week, sending it outside the so-called trading envelope for the first time since March, which typically indicates that a decline will be difficult ...

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