Rio de Janeiro - Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia on Tuesday blamed "capitalism" and "imperialism" for the financial crisis that is shaking world markets.
"Nobody knows how far this crash will get. I am among those who believe that the crash of neoliberalism (extreme capitalism) will be worse than that of 1929, it will affect the whole world. No country can say that they will not be affected," Chavez said in the Brazilian city of Manaus.
Rio de Janeiro - A Boeing 777-200 operated by Alitalia, with 295 people on board, made an unplanned landing Thursday in the north- eastern Brazilian city of Recife, due to mechanical problems on the flight from Rome to Buenos Aires.
Brazil's airport authority Infraero said the landing was completed without further problems at 2:15 am (0515 GMT), after the pilot informed the control tower that he was having "technical problems." No one was injured.
Rio de Janeiro - At least 15 people were killed and eight others were injured in a massacre presumably perpetrated by drug traffickers in the southern Brazilian town of Guaira on the border with Paraguay, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
The killings were apparently a vendetta between rival gangs of smugglers of drugs and weapons, the police told Brazilian media.
Rio de Janeiro - At least 11 people died and a further 13 were injured in Brazil when a van and a car crashed on a road near the town of Itaberaba, in the north-eastern state of Bahia.
Brazilian road police said Monday that the accident happened Sunday afternoon when the vehicles were returning to the town of Vila Sao Vicente after their occupants played an amateur football game in Itaberaba.
Rio de Janeiro - Some 2,000 penguins have been found dead since Sunday in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, victims of an oil spill from an unidentified ship, Brazilian media reported Thursday citing the authorities.
Hundreds of other animals survived the catastrophe and were being taken care of by experts in Santa Catarina state capital Florianopolis, after being found with their bodies covered in oil.
Rio de Janeiro - A disposable diaper saved the life of an 18-month-old who fell from the third floor of a building in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Recife, local media reported Wednesday.
The boy's diaper got caught on a fence as he fell, and he only hit the ground after the diaper gave way, lessening the impact of the crash.
Brazilian media cited police sources saying the toddler did not suffer any serious injuries, although he did have minor fractures and remained in hospital.
Rio de Janeiro - Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia on Tuesday blamed "capitalism" and "imperialism" for the financial crisis that is shaking world markets.
Rio de Janeiro - A Boeing 777-200 operated by Alitalia, with 295 people on board, made an unplanned landing Thursday in the north- eastern Brazilian city of Recife, due to mechanical problems on the flight from Rome to Buenos Aires.
Rio de Janeiro - At least 15 people were killed and eight others were injured in a massacre presumably perpetrated by drug traffickers in the southern Brazilian town of Guaira on the border with Paraguay, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
Rio de Janeiro - At least 11 people died and a further 13 were injured in Brazil when a van and a car crashed on a road near the town of Itaberaba, in the north-eastern state of Bahia.
Rio de Janeiro - Some 2,000 penguins have been found dead since Sunday in the southern Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, victims of an oil spill from an unidentified ship, Brazilian media reported Thursday citing the authorities.
Rio de Janeiro - A disposable diaper saved the life of an 18-month-old who fell from the third floor of a building in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Recife, local media reported Wednesday.
