Business | Chris Kraul | April 13, 2001
For insight into why Brazil has fallen far short of becoming a global trading and economic power, look no further than the congested docks at its port of Santos, South America's largest and perhaps most inefficient shipping hub.
Business | November 27, 1997
The Brazilian government scored a crucial legislative victory Wednesday when the lower house of Congress backed a key element of its efforts to streamline the civil service, officials said.
News | Ron Harris | September 3, 1994
About twice a month, gynecologist Maria Picarde says yes, but this time when a young woman in her cramped office made the request, the doctor shook her head no.
News | Mac Margolis | December 14, 1993
On a quiet Friday afternoon last month, the governor of Paraiba state, Ronaldo Cunha Lima, burst into a fashionable restaurant in this regional capital, pulled a .
Business | Mal Margolis | April 26, 1993
Reviled as a trademark pirate and bracing for trade sanctions from Washington, Brazil is finally poised to enact a law that would extend patent protection to pharmaceutical products, software and biotechnology.
News | June 28, 1991
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello appealed to world leaders to back a $1.2-billion plan to save the Amazon rain forest, government officials said Thursday.