Violent land clashes up in Brazil under Lula: study
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Violent clashes over land increased during Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first term, disappointing rights groups that hoped the former union leader would alleviate rural tensions, a report issued on Thursday said.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The gap between rich and poor  in Brazil is huge but when it comes to housing, they often live  side-by-side.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The leaders of France and Brazil warned on Monday that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than a billion people living on
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BRASILIA, Brazil - Nearly 9,000 square miles of the Amazon have been destroyed this year, the government said on Wednesday, while an environmental group blamed work on a new highway as the chief reason.
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By Andrew Hay BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil made progress in itsambitious plan to hand out land to poor peasants in 2004, butstill fell short of goals aimed at narrowing chronic wealthinequality, government data released on Wednesday show.
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Series of clashes break out on land and sea in the war-torn north
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By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Rio de Janeiroauthorities on Thursday played down a human rights group reportwhich claimed police violence in the Brazilian city was rife,saying the number of people killed by police was decreasing.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 8 -- Thousands of students, workers and environmentalists protesting President Bush's arrival here Thursday shut down a road in a central business district, and some clashed with helmet-wearing riot police who fired tear gas and beat demonstrators.
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Recent increases in defense spending by Brazil and Venezuela are attracting observers' attention.
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By Axel Bugge BRASILIA, Brazil  - Burning of the Amazon andother forests accounts for three quarters of Brazil'sgreenhouse gas emissions and has made the country one of theworld's leading polluters, a long-delayed government reportshowed on Wednesday.
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SAO PAULO -- Landless farmers invaded a mine, a bank , and other corporate property in Brazil yesterday to protest the impact of big companies on the poor and President Bush's visit to Latin America's largest nation.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a run-off vote.
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Brazil will combat rising deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental agents to areas where illegal clearing of the rain forest jumped dramatically last year
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By Andrew Hay URUCU, Brazil  - A tower of orange flame risesabove the Amazon jungle, firing the energy goals of theBrazilian government.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looked almost certain to face a run-off election after a string of corruption scandals turned many voters against him in Sunday's presidential election.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Newly surfaced photographs of  a victim of Brazil's 1964-85 military rule have put the  government in a quandary -- how to avoid riling the armed  forces while satisfying rights groups' demands for answers  about the country's "Dirty War."
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Brazil will combat rising deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental agents to areas where illegal clearing of the rain forest jumped dramatically last year, officials said Thursday.