Rescuers have failed to free a humpback whale that washed up on a beach over the weekend, and biologists said on Tuesday its chances of survival are slim. More than 100 people still struggled to get the 10-ton whale off Jurujuba beach just across Rio de Janeiro at the entrance to Guanabara Bay and back into the ocean.
Namibian President Sam Nujoma met on Monday with Brazil’s leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to discuss increased trade between their two countries, including defence equipment, and bilateral cooperation. Nujoma was on an official visit to Brazil. He arrived on Sunday in the company of five ministers on a two-day trip, returning the favour after Lula travelled to Windhoek in November.
Brazil’s government has accepted an apology to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from lawyers for a New York Times reporter who wrote an article suggesting the president has a drinking problem, the justice minister said on Friday. The article said Silva’s drinking habits have become a ”national concern” in Brazil.
A child died in a collapsed house and seven fishermen were missing and feared dead early on Sunday as a large spiralling storm lashed the coast of southern Brazil, civil defence officials said. Meanwhile, meteorologists disagreed over whether the storm was a hurricane — the first on record in the South Atlantic.
HIV-positive patients have lower levels of a protein associated with bone density, according to a small Brazilian study.
With a mock crop dusting exercise performed by a bright orange single engine plane flying over a sugar cane-growing region, Brazil’s aircraft manufacturer, Embraer this week unveiled what it said would be the world’s first industrially produced alcohol fueled plane.
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While economic growth had been unprecedented since the last World Summit in Rio, economic inequality had deepened and environmental degradation accelerated, said President Thabo Mbeki in Brazil.
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/ 13 September 2001
Botswana, Brazil, Thailand and Uganda were given awards for their actions against Aids.