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Brazil's government wants to repave the almost impassable BR-319 route between Porto Velho and Manaus - but the plan is controversial because the 900 km (560 mile) road cuts right through the Amazon rainforest. BBC journalist...
From Bravewords.com: In August 2007, Germany’s most successful music export worldwide, THE SCORPIONS, already ventured deep into the Brazilian jungle for a sold out show – in front of 40,000 enthusiastic fans the band played a...
Brazilian initiative wins as best project in innovation category GERMANTOWN, Md., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today...
The Brazilian government is seeking to repave the almost impassable BR-319 route between Porto Velho and Manaus. But the plan is controversial because the 900 km (560 mile) road cuts right through the Amazon rainforest. The...
BRASILIA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Students from Brazil's Amazon State University have developed technology to broadcast academic courses through the Internet to schools and universities across the state of Amazonas. The TV...
SAO PAULO, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced on Monday in Sao Paulo that leaders from Amazon countries would attend a summit in Manaus on Nov. 26 to form a common position at the...
Hatoum's third novel is again set in his hometown of Manaus, deep in the heart of the Amazon. It is 1964 when Lavo and Mundo meet at school and the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship that is to last 21 years....
Photo: Wallace Souza. BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) A former TV crime show host and state legislator accused of commissioning killings to boost ratings turned himself in to authorities Friday and was jailed on homicide and drug...
The TV presenter accused of commissioning murders to boost the ratings of his daily crime show was in prison yesterday, remanded on murder and drug trafficking charges after he had turned himself in. Police had spent four days...
Bajaj Auto is planning to set up an assembly plant in a free trade zone in Manaus in Brazil next financial year. “We are looking at setting up an assembly plant at a place called Manaus in Brazil in FY11. It is a Free Trade...
