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Glovo Television, logo. Photo Courtesy of blog.viajespacifico.com.pe Brazil's TV dream machine fueled by 7,000 people In a Rio suburb, wealthy and beautiful heiresses, orphans and assassins lunch together in a mini-city where Globo television creates the soap operas that captivate more than 50 million Brazilians.
10 декабря 2013
Couples tie knot en masse in Rio's first gay marriages A total of 130 couples said "I do" in a mass wedding Sunday at Rio de Janeiro's Superior Court of Justice, marking the city's first gay civil marriages.
09 декабря 2013
Football: Brazil risks own goal with high Cup prices Eyeing a massive boost to tourism and prestige, Brazil hoped it had won the jackpot in earning the right to host the next World Cup and summer Olympics.
03 декабря 2013
The prices of gasoline, ethanol and diesel fuel are shown at a gas station at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro November 29, 2013.©Reuters/Ricardo Moraes Despite rising demand, Brazil ethanol sector struggles Hobbled by rising production costs and low prices, Brazil's ethanol sector is in crisis, with many sugar mills closing despite rising demand.
01 декабря 2013
©Reuters/Mike Segar Smartphone app to give earthquake warning A smartphone app designed to give early warning of earthquakes could be ready as early as next year, according to scientists at the World Science Forum in Rio de Janeiro.
30 ноября 2013
Marcelo Odebrecht, CEO of Brazilian construction group Odebrecht. ©Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil Odebrecht wins auction for part of key Brazil highway Engineering giant Odebrecht on Wednesday won the right to operate a 855-kilometer (534-mile) stretch of highway in Brazil's key central grain-producing region of Mato Grosso, authorities said.
28 ноября 2013
©Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah Russia, UAE, Turkey, Brazil await decision on Expo 2020 host Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Brazil will Wednesday find out if their chosen cities have won the right to host the 2020 World Expo, an event which boosts tourism and business.
27 ноября 2013
More than a million Xbox One consoles sold on launch day Microsoft on Friday crowed that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time in the morning.
23 ноября 2013
Chef Alex Atala: Brazil's taste ambassador Brazilian chef Alex Atala, widely seen as one of South America's culinary wizards, is making his name by highlighting the little-known cuisine of the Amazon region.
22 ноября 2013
Amid poison claims, ex-Brazil president exhumed The remains of Joao Goulart, ousted as Brazilian president ahead of the 1964-85 military dictatorship, were Wednesday exhumed to determine if he was poisoned.
14 ноября 2013
©Reuters/Ricardo Moraes Football: Australia concern at World Cup security Australian football officials on Tuesday expressed concern at the security situation in World Cup host nation Brazil, admitting that dealing with the issue was going to be a challenge.
13 ноября 2013
©kazakhfilmstudios.kz Kazakhstan's Harmony Lessons receives Grand-Prix in Sao Paulo Harmony Lessons film by Emir Baigazin from Kazakhstan has received the Grand-Prix of the 37th international Film Festival in Sao Paulo.
11 ноября 2013
©Reuters/Steve Marcus Brazil freezes assets tied to Alstom, Siemens price-fixing claims Brazilian judges have frozen assets worth $26 million involved in an alleged cartel suspected of price-rigging during bidding for Sao Paulo's metro rail systems.
09 ноября 2013
©Reuters Kickboxing: Kazkahstani becomes world champion Kazakhstan fighter Nurken Tolegenov has become the world kickboxing champion.
30 октября 2013
90 arrests, trucks, buses torched in Sao Paulo unrest One person was injured and 90 detained while trucks and buses were torched in Sao Paulo late Monday in renewed violence after police fatally shot a 17-year-old boy.
29 октября 2013
©Reuters/David Gray Rio sells Australian coal mine stake for $1.02 bn Resources giant Rio Tinto announced the US$1.02 billion sale of its stake in Australia's Clermont thermal coal mine Monday as it seeks to shore up its ailing bottom line.
29 октября 2013
©Reuters/Mansi Thapliyal Net giants opposed to Brazil datebase creation Web giant Google and other Internet companies say they oppose creating Brazil-based databases of local customer information.
27 октября 2013
Photo courtesy of globe-one.com Germany, Brazil want UN privacy resolution Germany and Brazil are working on a UN General Assembly resolution to highlight international anger at US data snooping in other countries.
26 октября 2013
©Reuters/Pilar Olivares Brazil chases FIFA over World Cup structures Brazilian state prosecutors are seeking to recover almost $100m from football's global governing body FIFA which was spent on temporary structures at venues for next year's World Cup.
25 октября 2013
©Reuters/China Daily Japan firms to invest in Brazilian shipbuilder A Japanese consortium on Tuesday said it would buy a 30 percent stake in a Brazilian shipbuilder as its eyes the lucrative market for resource-exploration vessels.
23 октября 2013

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