Well, first, how to get there? Once you are in Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas in Brazil, there are two ways to get to Parintins: by plane, about a 1 hour trip, or by the Amazon River...
Get to Know how Kiva works! Loan in Bolivia has been 100% funded This is an update on your loan to 1º De Mayo Dos Group in Bolivia. Thanks to you and 167 other Kiva Lenders, the $4,725.00 loan request in Bolivia has been 100% funded. This loan will be used for the purpose of: to buy cookies, soft drinks and sweets to stock her store Over the 8 months of this loan, Kiva's Field Partner in Bolivia, Emprender, will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on...
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OFFICIAL INVITATION "The sixth edition of the Amazon International Fair - FIAM 2011, will take place from 26th to 29th October, 2011, at Studio 5 Convention Center, in Manaus, capital of the Amazon State, Brazil. This event is promoted by the Superintendency of the Manaus Free Zone – SUFRAMA, a Federal Autharchy linked to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. ...Under the theme: The Amazon and You. The Meeting is Here, we invite you to be part of this thriving window into the economic potential...
All over the world the impact of the September 11 attacks cause reactions and had effects we can sense even today. I saw the second tower being struck live on TV, if I did so did millions around the...
My dear new friend Júlia Tygel is now on her way to the Big Apple to study more music and to share her art. I have been following her career since I met her and her talented friend Adriana Holtz at...
A great deal has changed in how we conduct business, where our economic activity takes place and where our markets are over the past few decades. We've seen information technology revolutionise our...
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When I told friends at work I would spend my one week off in the Amazon region, in city of Manaus, many could not believe. "What kind of destination is that?", I was asked. There are basically two images...
Em Português This year, the 15th edition of Gay Pride Parade, brought to the city São Paulo 4 million people. Every year the Parade takes place at Paulista Ave. - the economic heart of the biggest city...
I can't believe the news today I can't close my eyes and make it go away How long, how long must we sing this song? How long, how long? 'Cos tonight We can be as one, tonight Broken bottles under children's feet Bodies strewn across the dead-end street But I won't heed the battle call It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall Sunday, bloody Sunday (4x) Oh, let's go And the battle's just begun There's many lost, but tell me who has won? The trenches dug within our hearts And mothers...