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...Janeiro has a reputation for being a libertine playground, but the city's tourist board has been acting a bit uptight. Riotur has threatened to sue the Fox network over an episode of The Simpsons in which the family visits Brazil. While there, Bart is ingested by a boa constrictor, Homer is kidnapped by a taxi driver and monkeys roam the streets. Perhaps most insulting, the show suggests Brazil is responsible for the Macarena (the dance comes from Spain). Riotur spent $18 million promoting the city last year and doesn't want it to go to waste, though bringing attention...
...Bono's crusade for African debt relief and the continent's recovery [March 4]. Bono may not save the world, but his efforts are worthwhile. While we spend billions on warfare, people are dying of famine. It is time to value life. LUIZ VALERIO DE PAULA TRINDADE Sao Paulo, Brazil...
...BRAZIL Farm Invasions The government faced a growing crisis over land redistribution after peasants occupied President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's family farm and that of a close business associate. Police arrested 16 leaders of the MST landless movement after a 600-strong invasion of a farm belonging to Cardoso's sons. Within 24 hours, 150 members of the mst invaded the farm of a presidential business associate in retaliation for the arrests. The national ombudsman resigned in protest at police heavy-handedness...
...Last month CIGNA INTERNATIONAL, whose expatriate-benefits division has grown about 30% each of the past five years, added a country guide to its website cigna.com/expatriates that gives such information as lists of qualified local doctors and evaluations of hospital facilities. The site also offers quirky tips: in Brazil, "Do not send purple flowers, as this signifies mourning"; and in the city of Campinas, "Ambulances are not well equipped; therefore, take a taxi or private transport to the hospital...
...still awaiting trial. U.S. intelligence has tipped off American businesses when it has learned their competitors have not been playing by the rules--for example, in cases in which bribery threatened to influence the award of a big aerospace contract in Saudi Arabia and a telecom contract in Brazil. But U.S. agencies are reluctant to go much beyond such warnings, out of concern about not favoring one firm over another...