Sao Paulo Informer

Arrests and a dead teenager during Gay Parade in Brazil

Robert — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:45:42 +0000

Authorities say a teenager has been shot to death in a fight between rival gangs at a gay parade in southeastern Brazil. Police say the teenager was shot when the gangs got into a confrontation late...

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Can Brazil live up to its promise as a ‘natural knowledge economy’?

Sao Paulo Informer — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:18:47 +0000

To forge a new direction, nation must avoid the petrol-power trap

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Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns

Sao Paulo Informer — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:17:00 +0000

Dams in Brazil, Ethiopia and Malaysia will force people off land and destroy hunting grounds, says Survival International

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Funding, infighting and forests – the Brazilian view on climate change

Sao Paulo Informer — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:47:09 +0000

Brazil's special ambassador for climate change, Sergio Serra, offers an insider's view as negotiators gather in Bonn for another round of talks

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Points of culture: what Brazil can teach Britain about art

Sao Paulo Informer — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:51:22 +0000

A series of debates at the Southbank Centre shows how Brazil understands things that supposedly 'developed' countries don't – not least about the transformative social power of art

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Brazil’s poverty makes its aid donations both natural and surprising

Sao Paulo Informer — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:45:39 +0000

An increasingly assertive Brazil is now one of the world's biggest providers of help to poor countries

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Chelsea warn Ashley Cole the grass is no greener in Madrid

Sao Paulo Informer — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:24:07 +0000

• No escape from press abroad, says chairman Buck • Club working to make his private life 'more enjoyable'

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It’s a long way back by bus in Brazil from the mythic land of the capivara

Sao Paulo Informer — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:37:25 +0000

Brazil's Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara has prehistoric rock paintings that show Homo sapiens lived in South America at least 100,000 years ago

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Brazil daily to move online

Sao Paulo Informer — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:45:40 +0000

This article was written by Roy Greenslade, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 14th July 2010 08.09 UTC The Rio de Janeiro-based Jornal do Brasil is to stop circulating its 119-year-old print edition...

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Sao Paulo will be host city for World Cup 2014 in Brazil

Sao Paulo Informer — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:36:28 +0000

Organizers of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil say Sao Paulo will remain a host city even though Morumbi Stadium has been dropped because of financial issues. World Cup organizers and the FIFA said they...

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Ampla Energia e Servicos SA pays 64.5 Million US Dollar in Dividends today

Robert — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:17:43 +0000

Brazilian electricity company Ampla Energia e Servicos SA will pay a total of 114.34 million Brazilian reals ($64.5 million) in dividends, it said in a statement. The company said the total amount...

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Gay Pride Parade in Sao Paulo draws millions and gets abused – Video

Robert — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:01:11 +0000

Millions of gays and lesbians have jammed several of Sao Paulo’s main avenues for the 14th annual gay pride parade in South America’s largest city. Dancing to music blasting from sound...

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Airports in Brazil rather overcrowded?

Robert — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:43:49 +0000

Brazil’s airports serving World Cup 2014 venues are saturated and eight are ‘on the brink of operational collapse’, a government study revealed on Monday. The report, by the Applied...

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Corinthians defeated Santos and keep the top spot in Brazil

Robert — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:38:17 +0000

Corinthians defeated Santos 4-2 on Sunday to keep the league lead in the Brazilian football. Four different players scored for Corinthians – Jorge Henrique, Bruno Cesar, Ralf and Paulino. Andre...

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Brazilian health minister recommends more sex against high blood pressure

Robert — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:51:34 +0000

Brazil’s health minister has a remedy for the nation’s high-blood-pressure problem: More sex. Minister Jose Temporao says adults should be exercising more to help keep their blood...

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Did the Priest in Sao Paulo abuse 8 altar boys?

Robert — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:41:45 +0000

A Roman Catholic priest in Brazil is facing charges he abused eight boys in cases dating back to 1995, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding to a growing list of allegations against clergy in Latin...

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Good Friday with Mundo Livre

Gustavo Cordeiro — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:02:00 +0000

The Good Friday this year was special for those who were in Sao Paulo and are fans of Chico Science: The band Mundo Livre S.A made a memorable concert at Itaú Cultural, on Paulista Avenue, the...

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Rio de Janeiro sinking

Gustavo Cordeiro — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:20:51 +0000

Rio de Janeiro is suffering floods and landslides caused by rain since last Thursday. The Fire Department and the Emergency Management Agency (SEDEC/RJ in Portuguese) are working day and night aided...

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Santos 9×1 Ituano

Gustavo Cordeiro — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:59:27 +0000

In another historic victory Santos had nine times the ball into Ituano’s goal, for the Paulista Championship, resuming the leadership that had been lost to Santo André. The soccer match took...

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Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo Informer — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:25:48 +0000

Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil and the world’s 7th largest metropolitan area. (Also the largest city proper in the Western World). Sao Paulo is also the capital of the state of Sao...

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