2011年11月18日星期五

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Gunmen execute Indian chief in western Brazil (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 01:20 PM PST

AP - Gunmen executed a chief of the Kaiowa-Guarani Indian tribe in western Brazil and disappeared with his body Friday, according to Funai, the country's federal indigenous affairs agency.

Brazilian president signs truth commission law (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 08:20 AM PST

Navy Commander Julio Soares Bueno, left, Commander of the Army Enzo Martins, second from left, Commander of the Air Force Juniti Saito, third from left, and the Commander of the Armed Forces Jose Carlos de Nardi attend a ceremony at which Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff signed a law establishing a truth commission at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday Nov. 18, 2011. Rousseff established the truth commission to investigate human rights abuses by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. However, the commission's recommendations won't result in any prosecutions as long as the country's 1979 amnesty law remains intact. Unlike Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, which also had repressive military regimes, Brazil has never punished military officials accused of human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil's president signed a law on Friday establishing a truth commission to investigate human rights abuses by the military regime that ruled Latin America's biggest country from 1964 to 1985.

Brazil official: Oil leak bigger than thought (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:29 AM PST

A Greenpeace activist holds a sign that reads in Portuguese 'Chevron, your mess, our loss' as she protests an oil spill in an offshore field operated by Chevron Corp, outside Chevron's offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday Nov. 18, 2011. The Brazilian Federal Police on Thursday began investigating an oil spill in an offshore field operated by Chevron Corp., a leak that an environmental group alleges is far bigger than the company has stated. The leaking well is part of the Chevron-operated Frade project, located underwater off the northeastern coast of Rio de Janeiro state. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - The Rio de Janeiro state environment minister says an offshore oil spill is bigger than oil company Chevron is stating.

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