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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Nairobi, Kenya $40.00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil $36.00 Aruba $34.25 London, England $33.33 Montego Bay, Jamaica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Aug. 21, 2000 | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...RIO DE JANEIRO, FEBRUARY 2000 A U.S. ship suspected of carrying GM corn is turned away by a Brazilian meat producer. The nation as a whole prohibits the importation of GM foods unless they've been proved safe; earlier this month, a federal court upheld that policy despite a statement from the Cabinet that Brazil "cannot be left out of this technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Food Fight | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

...campaign phrase can suddenly change his stripes? You didn't report that Barry Scheck offered to pay for a DNA test for McGinn, who was convicted of rape and murder. The fear of being caught with a wrong decision is what drives most politicians of any stripe. PHIL PARKINSON Rio Rancho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

Sendak said We Are All in the Dumps With Jack and Guy, his latest work, was inspired by a homeless child he saw in a cardboard box on Rodeo Drive and by reports of street children being shot in Rio de Janeiro...

Author: By Linas M. Alsenas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sendak Criticizes Decline in Literature | 5/19/2000 | See Source »

...Internet business community believes the market will naturally reach down to include the middle class and some of those below, whether governments help or not. "The poor will have access," says Roberto Wilson, partner at the Rio-based private-equity firm CVC/Opportunity Equity Partners, because "the working poor consume." Many entrepreneurs and analysts point to the example of television in Brazil, where, despite extreme poverty, more than 80% of households own a set. "This is not a rich country, but things really penetrate," says Alvaro de Castro, director of business development at Web incubator Visualcom and author of two books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America Logs On | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

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