The city of São Paulo is bidding to host the ‘Expo’ world fair in 2020, competing against Dubai, Yekaterinburg and Izmir. If São Paulo is successful it will be the first time the Expo has been held in Latin America. The winning city will be announced in November this year.
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The Vice-President of Brazil, Michel Temer, visited London on June 8 to participate in Nutrition for Growth conference on food security co-hosted by the governments of the United Kingdom and Brazil, together with the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). Read more

Redeemers of a macho society - The Economist - 14/6
Rio mayor dares to dream as World Cup and Olympics loom - The Guardian - 11/6
How Brazil tackles scourge of child malnutrition - BBC News - 8/6
Millions flood Brazil for world's largest gay pride parade - The Daily Telegraph - 4/6
Brazil 'to write off' almost $900m of African debt - BBC News - 25/5

In an article published on the Project Syndicate website, Brazilian foreign minister Antonio Patriota argues that increasing the number of permanent and non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council is 'urgent and indispensable'.
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The International Animal Health Organization (OIE) has stated that the risk of mad cow disease (BSE) in Brazil remains 'negligible' and that the country is free from African horse disease. Read more

The Business Channel recently broadcast a 45-minute programme on the opportunities for UK-Brazil trade and investment created by Brazil's rise to become one of the major players in the world economy. Britain & Brazil: Prospects for Growth includes interviews with Ambassador Jaguaribe and Lord Green, Minister for UK Trade and Investment.
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The Brazilian diplomat Roberto Azevedo has been chosen to succeed Pascal Lamy as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization – the first time a Latin American has held the position. President Rousseff expects Mr Azevedo's leadership of the WTO to help create 'a fairer and more dynamic global economic order'. Read more
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In this prize-winning murder mystery novel, recently published in English, two young boys play the role of detectives as they solve a grisly crime in 1960s Brazil.
'Edney Silvestre makes innocence and reality collide in a look at the history of Brazil as the scene of crime and perversion' (Folha de São Paulo)
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The VI World Science Forum will be taking place in Rio de Janeiro from 24 to 27 November, with the theme of "Science for Global Sustainable Development". Read more

Brazil's National Library Foundation has announced a long-term project aimed at translating a significantly greater amount of Brazilian literature into foreign languages. Over the next nine years, foreign publishers eligible to translate the work of Brazilian authors will be invited to apply for grants from a fund totalling more than US$7m. Read more