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Prince Charles Met President Lula at the Planalto Palace

Charles, the Prince of Wales met President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Planalto Palace in the Brazilian capital Brasilia and discussed a range of topics including the environment.
Prince Charles,a long-term campaigner in the fight against climate change said that that tackling the environmental threat should have a higher priority than fighting poverty, as [...]

84 Deaths blamed on rain-fueled flooding in southern Brazil

The death toll from flooding and landslides in southern Brazil has increased to 84, Most of the dead were killed in mudslides that swept away homes and businesses.
The rain-fueled flooding in southern Brazil state of Santa Catarina has brought disaster declarations in six municipalities: Gaspar, Rio dos Cedros, Nova Trento, Camboriu, Benedito Novo and Pomerode
The [...]

Exhausted Penguins are washing up on brazil’s tropical beaches

At least 1,000 exhausted birds are washing up on Brazil’s tropical beaches, some are thought to have made a journey of more than 3,000km (1,860 miles) from the cold waters of Patagonia on the southern tip of South America, some of which have died along the way.
Every year penguins make their way north from the [...]

Brazil’s government “Worst Illegal Logger of Amazon Forests

Brazil’s government has been named as the worst illegal logger of Amazon forests by Environment Ministry, one of its own departments.
The Ministry has drawn up a list of the 100 worst offenders and The Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra), was on top the list.
The six largest deforested areas since 2005 all belong to [...]

American Airlines’s special introductory fares to Brazil

American Airlines has announced that is adding three destinations in Brazil to its route network this November — Salvador, Recife and Belo Horizonte — and to celebrate the airline is offering special introductory fares to all three cities for travel through next May, as well as double AAdvantage(R) miles for travel through mid-February 2009
American Airlines’s [...]