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China turns to Brazil to supplement soya needs

Soybeans have been the source of China's staple diet of tofu for more than 2,000 years, but the supplies of local soy beans are not sufficient to meet home consumption, so the Chinese are turning to Brazil to supplement their needs.

Brazil News Digest China turning to Brazil to meet a growing demand for soybeans (Boston Globe)
Posted: 04/08/07 07:57 by Alain

Brazilian gangs use children to do the dirty work

Barely out of their teens, Brazilian children are welcomed into the drug gangs to the do the dirty work as their prison sentences are shorter when they are caught.

Brazil News Digest Child Soldiers in the Drug Wars (Spiegel Online)
Posted: 04/06/07 06:48 by Alain

Brazilians drink the left over coffee

Brazilian's are enthusiastic coffee drinkers, second only to the United States in terms of quantity, but quality is a different story, as all the best coffee is exported.

Brazil News Digest In a Coffee-Mad City, the Bitter With the Sweet (New York Times)
Posted: 04/06/07 06:45 by Alain

Italian terrorist captured after 30 years in Brazil

Italian police celebrated the capture of Cesare Battisti in Rio recently. He is reputedly a cold-blooded killer and left wing terrorist who has evaded capture for almost 30 years.

Brazil News Digest Brazil holds runaway Italian terrorist of 1970s (Guardian Unlimited)
Posted: 04/06/07 06:42 by Alain

Police battle gangs for control in Rio's slums

Police and militia groups, who have wrested control of many of Brazil's slums, regularly fight pitched battles in Rio's poorer quarters.

Brazil News Digest In Rio's Slums, Militias Fuel Violence They Seek to Quell (Washington Post)
Posted: 04/06/07 06:38 by Alain

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