04/08/2012 | En Parrilla
Bo Xilai's wife on trial for murder of Neil Heywood next week
The wife of Bo Xilai, one of China’s most powerful political leaders will stand trial for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood on Thursday, with analysts predicting that her fate had already been decided.
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30/09/2011 | Medio Ambiente
Brazil - Belo Monte: Brazilian judge orders construction of Amazon dam to stop
Belo Monte hydroelectric dam project halted after ruling that it risked damaging fish stocks on Xingu river.
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25/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil - Amazon rainforest activist shot dead
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection.
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25/05/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil - Amazon rainforest activist shot dead
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection.
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17/09/2010 | Economia y Finanzas
Brazil's huge new port highlights China's drive into South America
Investments guarantee Chinese access to soy, oil and other badly needed resources.
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06/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil crime wars: Spiderman's story of drugs and Jesus in Rio's slums
How evangelical preachers are trying to stem the tide of killings in the Olympic city."If you add them all up I control 15 communities," boasted Spiderman as his shiny 4x4 hurtled through the narrow backstreets of western Rio de Janeiro. Behind the wheel was Juarez Mendes da Silva, 28, one of the Brazilian city's most wanted drug lords, better known by the nickname Spiderman. The words "Jesus" and "Christ" were tattooed on to his forearms in black. In the boot his pet dog, Bloodsucker, shared space with an M-16 assault rifle.
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30/12/2007 | Sociedad
Healed by the Amazon angels
Flying medics risk treacherous landing conditions to reach sick people in some of the most remote parts of the world's largest rainforest.
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