News Stories Tagged BRAZIL
Brazil Limits Haitian Immigration
Brazil restricted Haitian visas in January after about 4,000 Haitians arrived in its Amazon frontier, setting off a discussion about what kind of immigrants the country should try to attract. Brazil to lead world in biotech crops: association
Brazil is on course to dislodge the United States as the world's top producer of biotech crops in the coming years, a leading promoter of farm biotechnology said Tuesday. Disgruntled police in Brazil threatening Carnival
Disgruntled police across Brazil are taking aim at the country's iconic Carnival celebration, raising threats to the annual street parties that draw hordes of foreigners as a way to press their demands for pay raises. New terminal opens at Brazil's busiest airport
Brazil's busiest airport on Wednesday opened a new terminal meant to handle as many as 5 million domestic passengers a year. Haitians bound for Brazil languish in Peru's Amazon
INAPARI, Peru (Reuters) - Nearly 300 Haitians fleeing the poverty of their earthquake-ravaged homeland have been stuck for a month in the Peruvian Amazon, where a gate to what they saw as a better life in Brazil has abruptly closed. Mostly educated and in their 20s, they have taken refuge in a stuffy church in the Peruvian border town of Inapari since Brazil stationed federal police along the ... Brazil WCup workers threaten nationwide strike
Workers building and renovating Brazil's stadiums for the 2014 World Cup are threatening to go on strike if employers don't agree to their demands for unified salaries and benefits. Brazil police strife threatens biggest Carnivals
About 300 striking police officers and their relatives held out Tuesday as soldiers blockaded a state legislature building in northeastern Brazil, and public worker leaders threatened a strike in Rio de Janeiro that could threaten the world's largest Carnival celebration. Brazil Sues Twitter Over Speed Trap, Roadblock Tweets
In what may be the first test of Twitter's new international censorship strategy, Brazil is suing the company over tweets that warn drivers of police roadblocks and speed traps. Brazil One of ?Most Exciting Markets?: Mobius
Brazil is among the ?world?s most exciting markets,? according to Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Franklin Templeton Investment?s Emerging Markets Group. Brazil sues Twitter over roadblock warning posts
The government of Brazil has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, demanding the micro-blogging site suspend the accounts of users who tip drivers off to police roadblocks and radar traps.
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