<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Long Fall in Ecuador: Populist to Pariah]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10416-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10416-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former president Lucio Gutierrez wasn't always the political pariah who this week inspired street riots and a vote by the legislature to overthrow him.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecuador's Ousted Leader Awaits Asylum]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6718-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6718-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A day after the country's presidency changed hands in the wake of violent street riots and a congressional revolt, relative calm  --  if not a sense of lasting political stability  --  returned Thursday to the capital's rain-soaked streets.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Brazil, a New Appeal to Faithful]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51511-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51511-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO, Brazil  --  Pack 15,000 bodies shoulder to shoulder in a vast old warehouse, get them singing as loud as their lungs will allow and feel the temperature rise.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AOL Latin America Strapped For Cash]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58597-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58597-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[America Online Latin America Inc., an Internet service provider partly owned by Time Warner Inc., said it may file for bankruptcy protection because it doesn't have enough cash to pay its debt and fund its business beyond September.]]></description><author> Elzio Barreto  and Cecile Daurat</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[24-Hour Networks Aim to Unite Region]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21849-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21849-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BRASILIA  --  Imagine al-Jazeera, South American-style.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WTO Backs Ruling on U.S. Cotton Programs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5387-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5387-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  GENEVA, March 3 -- The World Trade Organization on Thursday upheld a ruling condemning government help for cotton producers in the United States, saying that many U.S. programs include illegal export subsidies or domestic payments that are higher than permitted by WTO rules.]]></description><author> Jonathan Fowler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder Galvanizes Nun's Cause]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40503-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid 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loggers and ranchers.]]></description><author> Michael Astor</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once-Barred Practice Flourishes in Brazil]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40058-2004Dec31.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40058-2004Dec31.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  BELFORD ROXO, Brazil -- Beyond the storefront churches and sidewalk bars on Rio's gritty north side, where the asphalt ends and dirt roads begin, Brazil gives way to Africa.]]></description><author> Michael Astor</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through a Glass, Bubbly]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33316-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid 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Glass artist Penny Herscovitch, one-half of Padlab, a Los Angeles-based design studio, crafted her first batch of bubble-glass mezuzas before heading to a big family gathering. Now she sells them, along with unusual clocks, bowls and other objects made according to the same technique.]]></description><author> Jeff Turrentine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bale Folclorico da Bahia: A Burst of Brazilian Energy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33077-2004Nov7.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33077-2004Nov7.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Culture shock can be a positive experience, as was the case Saturday night at George Mason University's Center for the Arts. Brazil's only professional folk dance company, Bale Folclorico da Bahia, performed with a level of energy, enthusiasm and abandon not often seen in North American dance, folk or otherwise.]]></description><author> Kirsten Bodensteiner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil's Ruling Party May Lose 2 Key Posts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14408-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14408-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Brazil's ruling Workers' Party headed into Sunday's municipal runoff elections expecting to lose the mayor's seats in two of its biggest strongholds but likely to make gains in other cities nationwide.]]></description><author> Alan Clendenning</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powell: Brazil Has No Nuclear Aspirations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9632-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9632-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 5 -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Tuesday he was  confident Brazil had no intention of becoming a nuclear power, but he called on the country to work out differences with the U.N. atomic agency over inspections.]]></description><author> Stan Lehman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Municipal Elections Strengthen Party of Brazilian President]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7200-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7200-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In its first electoral test since taking power 21 months ago, the party of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged stronger from nationwide municipal elections but did not win in the country's biggest city, Sao Paulo.]]></description><author> Stan Lehman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Ordered to Reduce Crop Supports]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7008-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7008-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[GENEVA, Sept. 8 -- The United States was ordered to withdraw some of its support for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.]]></description><author> Naomi Koppel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alejandro Sanz Tops Latin Grammys]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55107-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55107-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 -- Latin  Grammy favorite Alejandro Sanz won four awards and Brazilian jazz songstress Maria Rita collected two Wednesday at a ceremony aimed at uniting Spanish- and Portuguese-language music with the flash and sizzle of American pop.]]></description><author> Anthony Breznican</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joyous End to an Era]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36021-2004Aug26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36021-2004Aug26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Abby Wambach scores the winning goal in overtime to lift the United States past Brazil for the women's soccer gold medal Thursday.]]></description><author> Barry Svrluga</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazilian Soccer Brings Joy to Haiti]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13326-2004Aug18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13326-2004Aug18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The world's crown prince of soccer led Brazil's majestic national team, defending World Cup champions, into a freshly painted little stadium and electrified the nation.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazilian Leads in Latin Grammy Nominations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50541-2004Jul14.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50541-2004Jul14.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Brazilian  music producer Tom Capone led the field of Latin Grammy contenders with five nominations.]]></description><author> Gina Keating</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bebel Gilberto, All By Herself]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62412-2004Jun22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62412-2004Jun22.html?nav=rss_world/americas/southamerica/brazil/post</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 7:40:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Four years ago, when Brazilian singer and songwriter Bebel Gilberto achieved unexpected commercial and critical success with "Tanto Tempo," a pastel-toned, electronica-inflected update of bossa nova, reporters unfailingly brought up her bloodlines. After all, she is the daughter of guitarist and singer Joao Gilberto, one of Brazil's musical treasures and a crucial figure in bossa nova, and Miucha, a well-respected singer with her own solid career, including several albums with the great originator of the bossa nova Antonio Carlos Jobim.]]></description><author> Fernando Gonzalez</author></item></channel></rss>