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Brazil court grants Nissan ex-boss Ghosn access to Rio apartment
Carlos Ghosn at Nissan’s Honmoku Wharf, a logistics hub about 10 km southeast of Nissan’s global headquarters in Yokohama, July 16 2011
2018-12-12, This is Money
SAO PAULO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A Brazilian court decided on Wednesday that ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn or his daughter should have the right to access a contested...
Gunman opens fire in Brazil cathedral, kills at least 4
A soldier patrols in the Chapadao complex slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
2018-12-11, The Post-Standard
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A man opened fire in a cathedral in southern Brazil after Mass on Tuesday, killing four and leaving four others injured before turning a gun on...
Brazil should stay in Paris climate agreement -future environment minister
FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2018 file photo, an environmental activist holds a sign with a message that reads in Portuguese: "Not him, because he does not care about defending nature," during a protest against presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil. On whether President-elect Bolsonaro decides to leave the Paris agreement will be a potential decision that will be closely watched. Brazil agreed to reduce greenhouse emissions by 37 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
2018-12-11, This is Money
By JakeSpring BRASILIA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's future environment minister under President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that the country should stay in the...
Bolsonaro finishes Cabinet appointments
Senator Jose Medeiros, Deputy Jair Bolsonaro and Senator Magno Malta
2018-12-10, The Japan News
AFP-Jiji SAO PAULO (AFP-Jiji) — Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, a longtime climate-change skeptic, has named a rightist lawyer with a contentious background to...
The countries still waiting to be discovered by the rest of the world2018-12-13
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Brazilian faith healer accused of sexual assault by more than 200 women faces arrest2018-12-13
The Independent: A Brazilian faith healer, who became internationally famous after appearing on a TV show hosted by Oprah Winfrey, has been accused of sexual abuse by over 200 women. Prosecutors have asked a court in Abadiania, a small town in central Brazil,...
'Cannibal' walks into police station holding a human leg and says he is 'tired of ...2018-12-13
The Independent: A man who told police officers that he was “tired” of eating human flesh, has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman in South Africa for her body parts. Nino Mbatha, a traditional healer, was charged last year for the murder...
Memorial for cathedral victims, death toll rises to 52018-12-13
Tucson: SAO PAULO (AP) — Close to 1,000 people attended a memorial service Wednesday for the people gunned down inside a cathedral in southeastern Brazil, and authorities said the toll of dead had risen to five. ......
Bahamasair Signs Three Year Global Maintenance Agreement with ATR2018-12-13
Public Technologies: Toulouse, 13 December 2018 - Caribbean airline Bahamasair has become the latest airline to select ATR's Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA) contract. The GMA covers the full Bahamasair fleet, which is composed of three ATR 42-600s and two ATR 72-600s. The...
Brazil: band of Milton Friedman's disciples takes charge, questioning Paris climate deal2018-12-13
Petroleum World: - Guedes's team hopes to cut taxes, privatize and open trade - Liberal economists' empowerment follow decades on sidelines By David Biller and Raymond Colitt RIO/BRASILIA Petroleumworld 12 13 2018 Paulo Guedes, the man tasked with fixing Brazil's economy,...
Large Brazilian Dairy Producer Chooses MiX Telematics for Fleet Management2018-12-13
PR Newswire: SAO PAULO, Brazil, December 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- MiX Telematics, a leading global provider of fleet and asset management solutions, is proud to announce that it has been selected by a large dairy company in Brazil to help address their safety, security,...
Brazil: same-sex couples rush to the altar ahead of Bolsonaro inauguration2018-12-13
The Guardian: On the night of the Brazilian election, BiancaGama cried as it became clear that the country’s next president would be Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right politician whose career has been marked by homophobia....
BYD delivers pure electric buses to Sao Paulo2018-12-13
China.dot.org: Stella Li, global vice president of BYD, Tyler Li, president of BYD do Brazil and BYD Vice President of SalesWilsonPereira , together with Bruno Covas, Mayor of São Paulo, in addition to representatives of Transwollf, the MunicipalSecretary of Mobility and...
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Insight: Vitol, rival oil traders in spotlight of Brazil bribery probe2018-12-13
Yahoo Daily News: By BradBrooks and JuliaPayneSAO PAULO/LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil's epic "Car Wash" corruption investigation has taken down presidents and elite businessmen, and led to the largest corporate leniency deal ever signed. But graft allegations lodged by...
Vitol, rival oil traders in spotlight of Brazil bribery probe2018-12-13
This is Money: By BradBrooks and JuliaPayneSAO PAULO/LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's epic "Car Wash" corruption investigation has taken down presidents and elite businessmen, and led to the largest corporate leniency deal ever signed. But graft allegations lodged by...
Trump says he’s not worried about impeachment – but after what just happened to Cohen, ...2018-12-13
The Independent: SometimesDonald Trump opts for illusion, sometimes elision. Right now, it feels like a combination of the two. Firstly the illusion. In an interview with Reuters the day before former lawyer Michael Cohen was jailed for three years for making hush money...
Beto O'Rourke passes Joe Biden to become most popular Democratic challenger to Trump in 2020, ...2018-12-13
The Independent: Texan Beto O’Rourke has slipped ahead of Joe Biden to become the most popular choice among Democrats to challenge Donald Trump in 2020, according to a new poll. Even though the 46-year-old congressman narrowly last month failed to win the senate seat of...