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DEVELOPMENT: Brazil's Powerhouse Bank
Caracas :: Venezuela | 2 days ago
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With his slicked-back hair, neatly trimmed, close-cropped beard, and impeccably pressed suits, Luciano Coutinho looks like any other obscure Brazilian banker...At the World Bank, by contrast, loans have totalled just under 47 billion dollars a year, according...
Tags: Brazilian Amazon, Brazilians, BNDES Latin America, Plataforma BNDES, billions dollars, Jirau Dams, development banks, Amazon Watch, Luciano Coutinho, dams project, Venezuela, Caracas, Multilateral development banks, World Bank, BNDES, Business Finance, Inter-American Development Bank, Luiz Inￃﾡcio Lula da Silva, Development
Looking ahead, Brazil's farmers take up reforestation
Lucas do Rio Verde :: Brazil | 12 days ago
Credibility For nearly 20 years, Luiz Alberto Bortolini cleared trees and planted soybeans as fast as he could, one of many pioneers who turned this barren outpost into prosperous farmland. Now, he and hundreds of other successful farmers are replanting trees as...
Tags: Brazil, Amazon Watch, Lucas, Lucas do Rio Verde, The Nature Conservancy, Afforestation, Rainforest, Environment of Brazil, Deforestation, Forestry, Non-governmental organizations, Environment
Tension roils Peru after deadly Amazon clashes
Lima :: Peru | 6 months ago
Credibility 49PM EDT I ndigenous protesters and Peru's army refused to back down and a truce looked distant Saturday, after two battles in the Amazon jungle killed some 50 people in the worst crisis of President Alan Garcia's term.
Tags: Peruvian Amazon, Peru Amazon, Reuters Peru, Amazon Indians, Amazon Watch, police officers, police hostages, Alan Garcia, police kills, indians protesters
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