Tutti i temi: Brasile

18.03.2008 Brasilian suurin kaupunki, 11 miljoonan asukkaan São Paulo, päätti poistaa ulkomainokset koko kaupungista. Mainostemppu on ainutlaatuinen koko maailmassa.

27.02.2008 Tuhannet Brasilian intiaanit elävät tilapäisleireissä, eikä heidän ajoittain väkivaltaiseksi äityvälle kamppailulleen maasta näy loppua. Ongelma on erityisen kärjistynyt Mato Grosso do Sulin osavaltiossa, jossa sekä guaranít että terenat ovat vallanneet esi-isiensä maita.

20.02.2008 In an effort to halt species extinction in the Brazilian Amazon, the state of Para is launching a Zero Extinction Program.
From: Conservation International

14.02.2008 Developing countries are increasingly seeking to maintain social class divisions and 'order' in urban slums by using heavy-handed military tactics, writes Raúl Zibechi.

30.01.2008 Trooppinen metsäkato Amazonin sademetsissä on kiihtynyt pahimmaksi neljään vuoteen: syys–joulukuussa 2007 Amazonista tuhottiin 5 950 neliökilometriä sademetsää.

28.01.2008 Lepratapauksia rekisteröitiin uusimmissa tilastoissa maailmassa 260 000. Yli sadassa maassa esiintyvä, periaatteessa helppohoitoinen tauti vaivaa erityisesti Etelä-Aasiaa, Afrikkaa ja Latinalaisen Amerikan maista Brasiliaa.

24.01.2008 The destruction of the Brazil's Amazon rain forest increased drastically in recent months after a two-year "breather," the government reported yesterday.
From Earth Times

21.01.2008 Brasiliassa murhattiin viime vuonna vähintään 76 alkuperäiskansojen jäsentä, mikä on 58 prosenttia enemmän kuin vuonna 2006, ilmenee katolisen kirkon alustavista tiedoista.

13.12.2007 The development and adoption of biofuels should be done carefully and with exhaustive research onto its effects on food security and the environment, comments Science and Development Network director David Dickson.
From: SciDevNet

27.11.2007 Two Brazilian indigenous communities have successfully reclaimed their lands after a 40-year occupation by a powerful cellulose company. Their victory exemplifies the increasing unity, militancy, and efficacy of rural and indigenous factions in Brazil.

26.11.2007 Brazil's ability to negotiate price reductions with pharmaceutical companies for patented HIV/AIDS drugs saved the country $1 billion between 2001 and 2005, according to a study.

21.11.2007 Guanabaranlahti Rio de Janeiron edustalla Brasiliassa on osa lumoavan kaunista maisemaa. Todellisuus saasteineen on kuitenkin paljon kuvajaista karumpi: yritykset vesien puhdistamiseksi ovat toistaiseksi kuin pisara valtameressä.

20.11.2007 Brazilian bloggers are commemorating today the death of a runaway slave and national hero by debating how far their vastly multicultural society has come towards ending racism.

14.11.2007 "On surkuhupaisaa, että niin monet Stora Enson työntekijät menettävät Suomessa työnsä. Stora Ensosta ei ole nimittäin meille Brasiliassa mitään hyötyä", sanoo Brasilian maattomien maatyöläisten liikkeen MST:n johtaja.

07.11.2007 Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay will co-host a UN event to gather support for a proposed charter that would counter worldwide human rights abuses against gay people.
From: Human Rights Watch

31.10.2007 An activist protesting the illegal development of genetically modified seeds was shot and killed at point blank range by armed gunmen allegedly linked to the multinational corporation Syngenta.

25.10.2007 A zone on the frontiers of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay has been portrayed by the U.S. media and government as a "hotbed" "teeming with Islamic extremists and their sympathizers," but a group of reporters found these claims inaccurate as they traveled into the region.

25.10.2007 The second Internet Governance Forum to be held at Rio, Brazil from 12-15 November will discuss related issues and make relevant recommendations to the international community.

19.10.2007 Eight Greenpeace activists trapped in a Brazilian environmental protection agency office for nearly two days have finally escaped. The team was forced to seek refuge after loggers blocked them from transporting a dead nut tree it had government permission to collect and use.

27.09.2007 Major breakthroughs have recently been made in granting citizenship to roughly 3 million stateless people living in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, and to children born to expatriate Brazilians.