Oct 13, 2010 | WaterWorld
Corsan to invest US$787mn to improve state sanitation in ...
Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state water utility Corsan intends to invest 1.3bn reais in 2011 to improve sanitation services throughout the state, company president Luiz Ariano Zaffalon told BNamericas.
Missing sex abuse priest arrested
POLICE say they have caught a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared after he was convicted of sexually abusing young girls in southern Brazil.
Fugitive Brazil priest convicted of abuse arrested
Police say they have caught a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared after he was convicted of sexually abusing young girls in southern Brazil.
The bill still has to pass the Senate and get Obama's signature. -Last week, Lula removed general Maynard Marques de Santa Rosa from his position after the general had continued to criticize the newly-founded Truth Commission designed to investigate and detail human rights abuses during Brazil's 21-year military dictatorship.
Exotic to Everyday: Brazil's Passion for Fashion
At the Ronaldo Fraga fashion show in Sao Paulo, the models appeared backwards, wearing wigs over their faces.