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Brazil to deploy 6,000 Cuban doctors in remote areas -minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil plans to hire 6,000 Cuban doctors to serve in remote parts of the country where medical services are deficient or nonexistent, despite controversy over the quality of their training.
Avon profit beats on cost cuts, sales jump in Brazil, Russia
(Reuters) – Avon Products Inc posted higher earnings on cost cuts and increased sales in Brazil and Russia, appearing to make progress in the turnaround plan its chief executive put in place last…
UPDATE 2-AB InBev cuts Brazil outlook after weak start to year
* Shares down 3 pct, among weakest of European blue chips (Adds financial director, analyst comments, shares)
UPDATE 1-Embraer, Finmeccanica unit call off Brazil chopper deal
* Another hit for AgustaWestland after India bribe scandal
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REFILE-Cuban dissident blogger met by small protests in Brazil
RECIFE, Brazil, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Cuba’s best-know dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, was greeted on Monday by a small group of protesters calling her a CIA agent upon arriving in Brazil, the first stop on a whirlwind tour that will … Continue reading
Scores killed in Brazil club fire
At least 232 people die in a fire that swept through a night club in southern Brazil, police say, after a musician reportedly let off fireworks on stage.
UPDATE 3-Fire at nightclub kills more than 200 in Brazil
* President Rousseff cuts short visit to Chile (Adds details, context)
Amid slowdown, Brazil turns inward
SAO PAULO — When the Brazilian economy began to stall last year, officials in Latin America’s largest country started pulling pages from the playbook of another major developing nation: China. They hiked tariffs on dozens of industrial products, limited imports … Continue reading