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Written by admin on 06 February 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 6 (IANS) Santos star striker Neymar scored his 100th career goal on his 20th birthday but it did not ensure victory for his side.
The highly anticipated goal came in the 70th minute as team mate Paulo Henrique Ganso drove a free kick from the lower left side of the field towards the front of the Palmeiras net. Neymar leaped into the air and headed the ball past keeper Deola before starting to celebrate.
Despite Neymar’s historic goal Sunday, he was unable to help Santos as Palmeiras rallied to win 2-1 in the fifth round of the Sao Paulo state championship, Xinhua reported.
Neymar has scored 82 goals with Santos while his other 18 were scored with the Brazilian national youth and senior teams.
With a contract valid until July 2014, Neymar has high hopes of establishing new records with Santos.
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Written by admin on 05 February 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 5 (IANS/EFE) State-controlled energy giant Petrobras announced the discovery of an oil and natural gas accumulation in the Solimoes basin of Brazil’s Amazon region.
The find was made during drilling of the Leste do Igarape Chibata well in Coari, a town in Amazonas state located 25 km from the so-called Urucu oil province.
Drilling reached a final depth of 3,295 meters.
Tests indicate the find has the capacity to produce 1,400 barrels per day of good-quality light oil and 45,000 cubic meters per day of natural gas, Petrobras said Friday.
–IANS/EFE
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Written by admin on 03 February 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 3 (IANS) Flamengo head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo was fired, just one day after leading the team to qualification in the 2012 Libertadores Cup group stage.
No replacement has been named yet. However, both Joel Santana and Renato Gaucho are in the running.
Fans displayed mixed feelings with the release of Luxemburgo. Some feel that he was used and that the club manipulated him. Others believe that the coach has been unsuccessful in corralling the talent of Ronaldinho, resulting in a disappointing performance over the past year.
Due to a clause in Luxemburgo’s contract, Flamengo will be forced to pay the coach nearly $2 million in compensation for terminating his contract early, Xinhua reported.
With Luxemburgo no longer in command of Flamengo, controversial striker Adriano may very well find himself returning to the club.
A conflict between Luxemburgo and Adriano previously barred the player from transferring to Flamengo. With Luxemburgo out of the way, fans may get what they have been asking for. The striker’s contract with Corinthians expires in June and the team has already expressed its interest in disposing of him.
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Written by admin on 03 February 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 3 (IANS) Brazil’s oil and natural gas production was a record high in 2011, authorities said Thursday.
According to National Petroleum Agency, Brazil’s oil production totalled 768 million barrels last year, up 2.5 percent from 2010, while natural gas production reached 24 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), up 4.9 percent from 2010, reported Xinhua.
In December, oil production reached 2.214 million barrels per day, and natural gas production reached 2.663 million BOE per day, both record-high figures.
From 2002 to 2011, Brazil’s oil production increased 45 percent, while natural gas production rose 55 percent.
A total of 91.2 percent of Brazil’s natural gas and oil production came from fields operated by the country’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras.
The Campos Basin, off Brazil’s southeastern coast, was responsible for 83.4 percent of the oil production and 38 percent of the natural gas production last year.
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Written by admin on 02 February 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 2 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian authorities Wednesday rescued 52 farm workers who were being held in slave-like conditions on three ranches in the Amazon state of Para, the government said.
Four of the workers were minors – a 15-year-old girl who worked as a cook and boys aged 13, 14 and 16 who cut wood or worked in the fields, the labor ministry said in a statement.
Workers were living with their children in seven canvas tents that had been erected on the rural properties.
The ministry imposed fines totalling 168,900 reais ($97,630), which the ranch owners are to pay to the workers.
Brazilian authorities last year rescued 2,271 workers subjected to degrading conditions in 158 operations, meting out a total of 5.4 million reais ($3.1 million) in fines.
The government also maintains a “black list” of 294 companies that have been denounced for holding workers in slave-like conditions.
The list is publicly available and prevents those companies from applying for loans at public-sector banks.
Several industries and exporters’ and supermarket associations also use the list to crack down on the sale of products from companies that use slave labour.
–IANS/EFE
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Written by admin on 01 February 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 1 (IANS) Brazil’s Sao Paulo stock exchange (Bovespa) had the best January in six years, with the benchmark Ibovespa index rising 11.1 percent in the month, a media report said.
The figures are impressive, given that the Ibovespa accumulated a fall of 18 percent last year.
On Tuesday, the Ibovespa rose 0.48 percent to 63,072 points, the highest closing level since July 4, reported Xinhua.
The common stocks of oil giant Petrobras, Brazil’s largest company listed in Bovespa, accumulated a rise of 17 percent in January, and closed at 26.91 reais ($15.46) Tuesday. In 2011, Petrobras’ common stocks fell 24.7 percent.
After falling 21.2 percent in 2011, Petrobras’ preferred stocks rose 14.3 percent in January, reaching 24.57 reais ($14.12) Tuesday.
Mining giant Vale’s common stocks rose 13.3 percent to 44.70 reais ($25.68), a sharp contrast from 2011, when they accumulated a 28.7 percent fall. Vale’s preferred stocks rose 12.8 percent to 42.69 reais ($24.53), after falling 22 percent last year.
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