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Samba on ice - one day last November I received a phone call from Jane, a lady friend and one of the top female marathon ice skaters in the US, asking me if I would be interested in doing some leg work for the establishment of a Brazilian Olympic speed skating team (...) continued

Steel war: Brazil strikes back - Recently, the Brazilian government decided to initiate a procedure, at the World Trade Organization, against the imposition of safeguards by the U.S. Government (...) continued

Tribute to Baden Powell - The Brazil-on-Guitar team is launching the first German website honoring the famous brazilian guitar player Baden Powell. (...) continued

E-mail privacy and working place - The major Brazilian newspapers have recently reported that GM has dismissed 33 employees because they have sent pornographic messages using the company's e-mail system (...) continued

The Brazilian marketing and opinion research industry continues to grow - Latin America grew in the 90's when each country embarked on economic reforms towards a free market. (...) continued

SAMPA STREET SCENES
When ending in pizza is... good! - It is 3 o'clock in the morning and I am awakened in my apartment in the Jardims, a neighborhood which is wall-to-wall apartment buildings, by the sound of falling timber (...) continued

CHRISTINA RAMOS
Aleijadinho: Myth or Reality? Journalists and historians quite often come across facts that do not match widespread beliefs. However, only some have the courage to raise doubts (...) continued

WORD OF MOUTH
The Internacionalization of Amazônia - During a debate in an American University, the ex-governor of the Federal District, Cristovam Buarque, was questioned on his thoughts on the internationalization of Amazonia. (...) continued

O ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO
Global tourism slumped after 19 years of growth - After 19 years of growth, global tourism slumped by 1.3% for the first time last year, according to an annual report released today by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) (...) continued

THE TORONTO STAR
Molson shuts three plants in Brazil - Beer maker Molson Inc. is closing three Brazilian plants and making other restructuring moves to streamline operations at its Kaiser subsidiary in the South American country (...) continued

Brazil sanctions against Canada go to arbitration - he World Trade Organization decided recently to set up an arbitration panel into Brazil's request to impose retaliatory sanctions against Canada (...) continued

FINANCIAL TIMES
Brazil grain harvest to fall short of benchmark -The Brazilian grain harvest will fall short of the 100m tons benchmark that the government had set for this year's crop, according to two official institutes (...) continued

Brazil looks beyond sale of green coffee - In the mountainous areas of Minas Gerais in south -east Brazil, coffee beans are maturing slowly at about 1,000m above sea level. The harvest comes later than in other regions because the sun is not so strong (...) continued

Investment in Brazil's media set to open up - Brazil's media companies, which by law have been owned exclusively by families or individuals, are set to open up to new investors after Congress recently eased capital restrictions that had sheltered them from competition for decades but starved them of funding (...) continued

Brazil publishing group attracts capital - Cash-starved Brazilian media groups have been quick to outline their plans to attract capital after last week's constitutional reforms easing investor restrictions in the sector (...) continued