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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Haiti on agenda of Caribbean-Brazil summit (AFP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 03:58 PM PDT

Young Haitian girls carry jugs for water at a tent camp near the capital of Port au Prince on April 17. The continuing plight of Haiti as it recovers from its devastating January earthquake will headline the first Brazil-Caribbean summit next Monday, Brazilian officials said.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)AFP - The continuing plight of Haiti as it recovers from its devastating January earthquake will headline the first Brazil-Caribbean summit next Monday, Brazilian officials said.


Official: Abuse victims receive threats in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 01:42 PM PDT

A man walks past the Papal Cross in Dublin's Phoenix Park. A Belgian Catholic bishop quit his post on Friday after admitting sexually abusing a child, the first such high-level resignation as more paedophilia revelations from the church come to light.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AP - A Brazilian official says that three former altar boys allegedly sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest have received threats and are under police protection.


Brazilian premier defends controversial dam plans (AFP)

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 08:25 PM PDT

Indigenous tribespeople and social movement activists protest in Brasilia to highlight their resistance to the construction of the Belo Monte power plant in Para State, in northern Brazil. The country's President, Lula da Silva, has thrown his weight behind the controversial dam project which has drawn fierce opposition for its impact on people and the environment.(AFP/File/Evaristo Sa)AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has thrown his weight behind a controversial dam project which has drawn fierce opposition for threatening Amazon tribes and wildlife.


In Earth Day setback, Brazil OKs dam that will flood swath of Amazon (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 07:33 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Environmentalists preparing to celebrate Earth Day received a hefty setback this week when the Brazilian government gave the green light for plans to build the world’s third biggest dam that will flood a large swath of the Amazon rainforest.

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