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Verena Signs Binding Letter of Intent to Increase Ownership in the Conceicao Project

The Project is currently held by Mineracao Rio Tocantins Ltda. which, in turn, is jointly owned by GKM and Verena .


Is mankind killing penguins washing ashore on Brazil's coast?

The discovery of hundreds of young penguins washing up along the Brazilian shoreline over the past month has sparked a scientific mystery over what may have led the birds thousands of miles astray.


Drunk Driving Gets a Lot Tougher in Brazil: Alexandre Marinis

Candlelight dinner? Forget the wine. Think the way to your heart's desire is through her sweet tooth? Don't overdo the liquor-filled chocolates.


Brazil simplifies Chagas treatment

A Brazilian government laboratory said Monday it will begin producing child-sized doses of a drug commonly used to treat Chagas disease, which kills thousands of people each year across the Americas.


Climate worries about wetlands drive Brazil meeting

Washington/Rio de Janeiro - Worries about the rapid disappearance of the world's wetlands and its potential effect on global warming tops the agenda of 700 world experts who meet starting Monday in Cuiaba, ...


Wetlands could unleash "carbon bomb"

The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming "carbon bomb" if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said on Sunday.


Alumina raises costs of Brazilian aluminium joint ventures

Australia's Alumina has raised the estimated costs of its two Brazilian aluminium joint ventures, blaming the continued appreciation of the Brazilian real against the US dollar and higher material and ...


Brazil official's Nazi reference rocks WTO talks

Some pre-negotiation jabbing turned into a potentially damaging diplomatic incident Saturday when Brazil's foreign minister said rich countries' deception in trade talks reminded him of tactics used by Nazi ...


Brazilian comedian Goncalves dies at 101

Brazilian actress and comedian Dercy Goncalves, known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behavior, has died. She was 101.

Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Sao Lucas says Goncalves died Saturday of respiratory problems after being hospitalized the same day with pneumonia.

Goncalves was known for speaking her mind, often peppering her conversation with obscenities. In 1991, she shocked Brazil by parading topless on a Carnival float. She was 84 at the time.

Goncalves kept working late in life and made several TV appearances after turning 100.


'Save our wetlands'

Moves around the world to drain marshes and other wetlands to make space for farming could be hastening climate change, scientists gathering in Brazil from Monday will be hearing.