Maranhao, Brazil News

Greenpeace activists have occupied cranes in the Brazilian port of Sao Luis to stop a shipment of pig iron in a protest against an amnesty for illegal loggers in the Amazon jungle, the environmental pressure group said today.

BEIRUT: Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim arrived in Beirut for an official two-day visit Sunday, affirming his country's commitment to Lebanon's stability and commending the personnel of Brazil's departing frigate UNIAO, the flagship of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon's Maritime Task Force.Amorim honored the Brazilian naval personnel in a ... (more)

In countries like Mexico, where this indigenous baby was born, and Brazil, many mothers still give birth at home, attended by midwives.

Ken Angielczyk , an assistant curator at the Field Museum of Natural History , is searching for fossils of ancient mammal relatives in northeastern Brazil.

Ken Angielczyk , an assistant curator at the Field Museum of Natural History , is searching for fossils of ancient mammal relatives in northeastern Brazil.

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