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• NYT > World: Brazil Looks for Answers After Huge Blackout

  
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  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . Failure at one of the world’s largest hydroelectric plants cut power to an estimated 60 million Brazilians.
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• Blackout raises doubts over Brazil infrastructure

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 718
  Source: Reuters * Power restored after huge blackout hits Sao Paulo, Rio * President Lula says problem due to transmission lines * Doubts over Brazil infrastructure despite economic rise (Adds analyst comment, ...
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• Brazil Looks for Answers After Huge Blackout

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 142
  Failure at one of the world’s largest hydroelectric plants cut power to an estimated 60 million Brazilians.
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• Major Blackout Plunges Brazil into Darkness

  
  EDRO — Authority: 98
  Another Warning Shot by Nature Power failure in Brazil plunges its two largest cities into darkness Tens of millions of people sat at home by candlelight as police urged then not to venture outside to prevent an upsurge in street crime . A major power failure brought chaos to Brazil’s two largest ...
  17 hours ago

• Millions left in dark in Brazilian blackout

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other cities without power for two hours after hydroelectric dam goes offline A power failure has blacked out Brazils two largest cities and other parts of Latin Americas biggest country for more than two hours, leaving millions of people in the dark after a huge hydroelectric dam ...
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• Power in Paraguay and Brazil Fails

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  RIO DE JANEIRO — A problem with the Itaipú hydroelectric power plant plunged Paraguay and large parts of Brazil into darkness on Tuesday night, virtually paralyzing the two countries.
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• Blackouts darken Brazil’s 2 largest cities (AP)

  
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  AP – A massive power failure blacked out Brazil’s two largest cities and other parts of Latin America’s biggest nation for more than two hours late Tuesday, leaving millions of people in the dark after a huge hydroelectric dam suddenly went offline. All of neighboring Paraguay also lost power, but for only about ...
  22 hours ago

• Paraguay: OportuNet - un programa para reducir la brecha digital

  
  AgInfo News from IAALD — Authority: 130
  Comenzó la tercera fase de OportuNet, proyecto ejecutado por la Fundación Paraguaya con fondos de USAID. El programa busca dar acceso a Internet a varios puntos rurales, así como capacitaciones y entrenamiento en liderazgo. OportuNet busca disminuir la brecha digital y facilitar el acceso al mundo especialmente a ...
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• Paraguay’s Anti-Terrorist Group and the US

  
  Latin American Thought — Authority: 98
  On 4 November 2009, the United States announced they would donate US$1.39 million in equipment towards the formation of an elite unit of highly trained troops in the Paraguayan army. Backed by US funding (sources put the total amount of the expedition at US$3 million) and training from SOUTHCOM, the troops are trained ...
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• Satellite detects bulldozing of uncontacted tribes forest

  
  NatGeo News Watch — Authority: 131
  The only uncontacted tribe in South America outside the Amazon is having its forest rapidly and illegally bulldozed by ranchers who want their land to graze cattle for beef, Survival , a British-based charity that advocates for indigenous people, said this week. Satellite image shows deforestation of the ...
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• Latin American countries no longer fear US in setting drug policy

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 444
  ( World Politics Review ) For roughly four decades, a clear foreign policy rule set has existed between the United States and Latin America, centering largely on the question of counternarcotics. Starting with Richard Nixon’s “war on drugs,” an explicit quid pro quo came into existence: U.S. foreign aid (both ...
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• The beaten Cuban bloggers Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

  
  Fausta's Blog — Authority: 140
  Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. Today’s top story: Yoani Sánchez and Orlando Luís Pardo Lazo last Friday, November 6, were kidnapped off a street in Havana just as they were about to participate on a peace demonstration. They were severely beaten by three men, threatened, and ...
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• 2009-11-09 Cerro Porteno – 12 De Octubre 3-2

  
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• Cranberry Harvest; Healing the Wounds of War; Paraguay; Bacon as a Weapon

  
  Good Food on KCRW.com — Authority: 429
  Cranberries require a flood of water during harvest. This week, third-generation cranberry grower Dawn Allen Gates tells us just what happens in a cranberry bog. Farming is hard work, but it can also be therapeutic. Michael OGorman explains ho... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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• Single woman raises and supports 200 children in Paraguay at shelter called "United by Christ"

  
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• Amalia Granata – Maxim Paraguay Magazine (November 2009)

  
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  Amalia Granata – Maxim Paraguay Magazine (November 2009). Amalia Granata Magazine scans from Maxim Magazine’s Paraguay edition for the month of November 2009. Source : The Phun
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• When Revisionism Swings Too Far to the Other Side: A New Book on the War of the Triple Alliance

  
  Alterdestiny — Authority: 571
  While this book has the potential to be interesting, this review raises my eyebrows immediately. There is no doubt that the War of the Triple Alliance was an absolute bloodbath; Paraguay did in fact lose 90% of its male population, something which (unsurprisingly) took its toll for generations. Still (and this ...
  3 days ago

• Book depicting Queen of Paraguay Eliza Lynch prompts calls for Brazilian penitence

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Eliza Lynch was depicted by Brazil as a warmongering manipulator after South Americas bloodiest war. Irish authors present a more sympathetic account When Brazil won the bloodiest war in South Americas history it cast itself as the victim and Eliza Lynch as one of the chief villains. The unofficial "Queen of ...
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• Lugo: Im not Hugo

  
  Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog — Authority: 515
  Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo was interviewed by Aljazeera in the wake of coup rumors and his firing of military commanders. His overall message: I am not Hugo Chávez, political power is not concentrated in the executive branch, I am not a socialist, and a military coup is unthinkable even though some people ...
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• 2010 Chevrolet Agile

  
  GotBroken.Com — Authority: 140
  Chevrolet Agile hatchback brings the latest in advanced exterior and interior design, comfort and convenience features, and technology, introducing the latest evolution in engine efficiency: the 1.4L (Econo.Flex) engine with the new electronic management system developed by GMChevrolet has established a new benchmark ...
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