2011年3月21日星期一

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


US bank: $3 bn in credit to Brazil for World Cup, oil (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 02:40 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama (C) plays soccer with some children while visiting Ciudad de Dues Favela in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on March 20. The US Export-Import Bank will establish a $1 billion line of credit for Brazilian companies to improve infrastructure ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, the bank's president said Monday.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - The US Export-Import Bank will establish a $1 billion line of credit for Brazilian companies to improve infrastructure ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, the bank's president said Monday.


Brazil proposes Rio as UNESCO world heritage site (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 01:47 PM PDT

AP - The Brazilian government is proposing that UNESCO name the city of Rio de Janeiro a World Heritage site.

New hunt planned for AF447 wreckage in Brazil (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 10:49 AM PDT

AP - French officials say investigators are ready to begin a fourth search for the wreckage of an Air France jet that crashed off Brazil's coast two years ago.

Obama turns the page on history in Latin America (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile. Obama painted ideological disputes with Latin America as relics of the past as he urged regional leaders Monday to embrace a new era of equal partnership with the United States.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - President Barack Obama painted ideological disputes with Latin America as relics of the past as he urged regional leaders Monday to embrace a new era of equal partnership with the United States.


Obama departs from Brazil for Chile: AFP (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:34 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama (C) walks off Air Force One with his daughter Malia (L), First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd R) and Sasha as they arrive in Santiago, Chile. Obama arrived in Chile aiming to promote democracy and economic growth, even as the United States faces rising criticism over its military intervention in Libya.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - President Barack Obama departed from Rio de Janeiro Monday for Chile, the second leg of his Latin American tour, an AFP journalist traveling with the president said.


Obama says Latin America ready for new challenges (AP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 03:28 PM PDT

U.S President Barack Obama waves at the  Centro Cultural La Moneda Palace before his speech to Latin America in Santiago, Chile, Monday March 21, 2011. Obama is in Chile as part of a three-country, five-day tour of Latin America. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Reaching out to a vast but overshadowed region, President Barack Obama on Monday called Latin America a rising giant in the world that must live up to greater responsibilities and speak up for those whose rights are crushed.


Brazil's 'City of God' embraces Obama (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 04:46 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - On a dirty rooftop littered with soda bottles, Anderlucia Nogueira began to complain, loudly, about Barack Obama, despite the fact that a handful of snipers were staked out on the roof next door to guard the US president.
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