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Peru: Government signs Cajamarca water contract
Cajamarca water contract signed; sexual blackmail incidence increased; international criticism of president Humala
Brazil 27/2/11
Two die as Antartic research base is ravaged by fire, Pará senator to face slave labour trial, and the continent’s oldest carving discovered in Minas Gerais.
Brazil 13/2/2011
Rio’s emergency services strike just days before Carnival, a campaigning journalist is found murdered, and the Attorney General sues Twitter over speed trap tweets.
Brazil 27/11/11
Chevron fined and banned from drilling after oil spill, Petrobras heads off strike action, and Senate passes nationwide smoking ban.
Brazil 20/11/11
Rio police launch investigation into Chevron oil spill, S&P upgrade Brazil’s credit rating, and census results reveal historic Afro-Brazilian majority.
Brazil 23/10/11
Three doctors convicted of killing patients for organs, Minister of Sport hangs on in the face of corruption allegations, and Rousseff meets with her IBSA counterparts.
Brazil 16/10/11
Agriculture minister hospitalized, Patriota re-affirms Brazilian support for Venezuela, and nearly a million march in Rio to end homophobia.
Brazil 25/09/11
Spectacular anti-corruption protests in Rio, Rousseff opens debate at the UN General Assembly, and the central bank moves to halt currency slide.
Brazil 24/7/11
A British student found dead in Amazonia, police indict three over murders of Amazon activists, and Petrobras announces huge new oil investement.
Brazil 30/05/11
Three environmental activists brutally murdered, as forestry code reforms passed by chamber of deputies.
Brazil 15/05/11
New trade measures provoke tension with Argentina, forestry reform postponed, and a false tsunami alarm.
Brazil 09/05/11
Brazil legalized same-sex civil partnerships this week, police smashed an international drugs ring, and a breakthrough in the Flight 447 investigation.
Brazil 02/05/11
A crucial breakthrough in the investigation into Flight 447′s crash, Vale buys into Belo Monte, and a Google Maps controversy.
Brazil 25/04/11
A huge police operation in Rocinha ended with a massive drugs bust, but the main target remains at large.