Backwardness has moved to Davos

By RS Urgente
Belem sees, in a very peculiar way, the atmosphere that Porto Alegre met in 2001, when received for the first time the World Social Forum. There are, for sure, important differences. One of them is not a detail: the world has changed. When WSF was born, as a counterpoint to the World Economic [...]

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Brazilian ambassador says that social area should be the new cooperation front between Brazil and USA

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Mylena Fiori
Repórter da Agência Brasil

Brasilia – Social area should be one of the new cooperation fronts between Brazil and USA during Barack Obama government. The expectation is due to the history of Condoleezza Rice’s substitute to the position of  North American State Secretary, ex-first lady Hillary Clinton.

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The President of Mercosul Parliament upholds commercial sanctions against Israel

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Agência Brasil de Fato 01/16/2009
Fernando César Oliveira

The Member of Brazilian Parliament Dr. Rosinha (Workers’ Party), president of Mercosul Parliament, upheld this Thursday the adoption of commercial sanctions against Israel on the part of international community on account of the military attacks against Palestinians in Gaza Strip.
Since last December 27th, within nearly three weeks [...]

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Brazil Starts in February Enriched Uranium Production in Industrial Scale

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Agencia Brasil
January 13, 2008
Brasilia – The state owned company Nuclear Industries of Brazil (INB) is going to produce enriched uranium in Resende, in the southwest of the state of Rio de Janeiro, as from next month. Until the end of year, production might reach 12 tons of the raw material of the fuel [...]

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