2010年12月28日星期二

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Palestinian leader to lay first stone of Brazil embassy (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 01:16 PM PST

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, pictured on December 13, is to lay the symbolic first stone of an embassy in Brazil this week, following Brasilia's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, the Palestinian representative here told AFP.(AFP/File/Abbas Momani)AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to lay the symbolic first stone of an embassy in Brazil this week, following Brasilia's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, the Palestinian representative here told AFP.


Repsol completes sale of Brazilian unit stake to Sinopec (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 09:33 AM PST

A picture of the Repsol logo at the headquarter in Madrid. Spanish energy giant Repsol shareholders on Tuesday approved the sale of 40 percent of its Brazilian affiliate to Sinopec, China's largest oil group, for 7.1 billion dollars (5.2 billion euros).(AFP/File/Philippe Desmazes)AFP - Spanish energy giant Repsol shareholders on Tuesday approved the sale of 40 percent of its Brazilian affiliate to Sinopec, China's largest oil group, for 7.1 billion dollars (5.2 billion euros).


Lula's legacy, leaving behind a transformed Brazil (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2010 file photo, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, kisses Corina Edelvina Bento as she receives the keys to her new home during the inauguration ceremony of a government-built housing complex at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Silva, 65, who will hand power to his political protege Dilma Rousseff on Jan. 1, 2011, leaves a nation transformed from a perennial underachiever into one with economic and political clout, model social programs and a swagger as it prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.  (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, file)AP - Plopping her swollen ankles upon a purple couch, 72-year-old Dilma de Lima exults in the new government-built apartment she now calls home after a lifetime of misery in Brazil's slums.


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