2011年4月21日星期四

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Small plane crashes in Brazilian Amazon, killing 7 (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 01:54 PM PDT

AP - Brazil's federal transportation agency says a small plane has crashed in the Amazon, killing seven people. it says eight others on the air taxi have survived.

Paraguay dividing over spending Brazilian millions (AP)

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 12:32 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, March 24, 2011, women members of the National Farmers Federation (FNC) march to demand land reform from the government in Asuncion, Paraguay, Thursday March 24, 2011. Brazil is about to triple the amount it pays to Paraguay as compensation for energy from Itaipu, the countries' shared hydroelectric dam. Recently though,  Lugo's electoral promise to use this $240 million in additional annual revenue to buy small properties for thousands of landless peasants seems as remote as ever, given the power of Paraguay's entrenched political parties. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP - President Fernando Lugo is about to realize Paraguay's long-held dream of receiving millions of dollars more from Brazil for energy from their shared hydroelectric dam, money he promised would finance land reform and transform his impoverished, agrarian nation.


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