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Signs in Chinese reflect China’s heavy participation in the construction of the new Angola - Credit - Mario Osava-IPS

Building the new Angola – How Chinese and Brazilian firms rise u...

November 30, 2012 no comments

LUANDA, Mario Osava (IPS) - “In Luanda there are no matches.” This was the first line of a report written by Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez in the Angolan capital in 1977. Soap, mil...

China and Brazil strike $30bn bilateral swap deal to reinforce economi...

June 22, 2012 no comments

Announcement also includes plans for joint satellite launches, culture centres and language networks

15 school children are shot execution style by 23-year-old former stud...

April 8, 2011 no comments

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8, 2011 (AFP) – Grief-stricken Brazilians on Friday buried their children slain in a school massacre in Rio, as the nation struggled to comprehend the ghastly act of a sui...

Disgraceful Brazil, China, India and Russia resist France bid for UN s...

March 30, 2011 no comments

France is pressing for an urgent vote on a UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions against Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, but is facing resistance, diplomats said Wednesday. Brazil, ...

A night of first times

October 4, 2009 no comments

THE DAY REPLAYED - Hoodoos and hexes came to an end on the tenth day of the tournament as the match-ups for the Round of 16 became known. Hungary advanced to the knockout stage for the first ...

Sierra Leone’s President Koroma Arrives in Brazil

August 20, 2009

Sierra Leone’s President, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has arrived in Brazil, the first visit by the President to that country since he was elected in 2007 and the first visited ever to be made to that count...