2011年5月28日星期六

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Like many before, Amazon activists silenced by gun (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 07:41 AM PDT

Rubber tapper Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva, left, and his wife Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva look at the camera in this undated photo in Brazil. Ribeiro da Silva, an activist who was fighting to protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers, was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday. The killings occurred just hours before Brazil's lower house of Congress passed legislation environmentalists warned will increase deforestation in the region. (AP Photo/O Liberal)  NAO USAR NO BRASILAP - They watched as the Amazon rain forest fell around them. Instead of staying quiet, as so many people in the lawless region do, environmentalist leader Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria, fought back.


France's Lagarde to visit Brazil in IMF campaign: source (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 03:29 AM PDT

Reuters - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde will visit Brazil on Monday as part of a campaign to win backing for her candidacy as head the International Monetary Fund, a source close to the minister said on Saturday.
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