Brazil Travel News

Leading South American guitarist Andre Geraissati yesterday said he planned to perform with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra next year.

A week of Brazilian films kicks-off this Friday at the National Cinema Centre. On show will be six movies and one documentary, and the highlight of the week will be Two Sons of Francisco, which was a 2005 box-office hit in Brazil.

Sofitel Luxury Hotels has this week announced a new management contract with Carrasco Nobile S/A, a consortium managed by the Spanish group Codere, to manage the Casino Carrasco Hotel in Montevideo which will become the Sofitel Montevideo Casino Carrasco and Spa.

The University of Western Ontario has announced the reappointment of Ted Hewitt as Vice-President for the term July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2015.

Paulo Roberto Vieira stumbled into the Brazilian consulate, bedraggled, nearly broke and at the end of his rope.

By Alan Clendenning Brasilia - Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighbourhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather on Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home.

Last Summer I got the chance to visit several Universities while traveling around Brasil.

Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva said Friday after meeting the Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that peace in Middle East depends on establishing a Palestinian state.

After a gruelling week and a half of back-to-back meetings, gala events and travel from state to state and country to country in South America, President Shimon Peres is due to return home today, but he won't have much time in which to rest up.

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane will on Thursday pay an official visit to India where she is expected to participate in the Regional Heads of Mission Conference.

Brazil is the fourth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world,largely because of carbon released through deforestation of its vast Amazonforest by ranchers and farmers.

Brasilia, Nov 14 Presidents from Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and France Nicolas Sarkozy are debating Saturday in Paris on environmental topics for the forthcoming Summit of the United Nations Organization on Climate Change.

Vehicles travel along an expressway, linking north and south SA o Paulo, during a massive blackout that affected Brazil and Paraguay.

Israeli President Shimon Peres began on Tuesday a six-day official visit to Brazil.

Barbados will have a new embassy in Brazil by January 2010. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, made the official announcement Wednesday as she disclosed an agrment has been granted by the Brazilian government for the accreditation of senior foreign service officer Yvette Goddard as Barbados' first resident ...

Brazil's government vowed Wednesday to find what caused a massive and mysterious blackout that plunged half the country into the dark and raised questions over its preparedness to host the 2016 Olympics.

Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is in the final stages of negotiations for the purchase of a leading Brazilian defense company, an Israeli daily reported Wednesday.

A major electricity outage left tens of millions of people in Brazil's two largest cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro without power on Tuesday night due to problems at the Itaipu dam.

President Peres to address Brazilian Senate in effort to boost Israel's status in South America Amnon Meranda 11.10.09, 22:07 / Israel News BRASILIA - " President Shimon Peres has embarked on a week-long visit to Brazil and Argentina, highlighted by a speech to the Brazilian Senate Tuesday where Israel's president offered his hosts "100 years of ...

Israeli President Shimon Peres is to arrive in Brazil Tuesday for an official visit that comes just two weeks before the expected arrival of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.