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BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais - CEMIG (CIG) (CIG.C) (Bovespa: CMIG4, CMIG3) (XCMIG.MC) (CEMIG) announces the following webcast: What: http://www.mediatown.com.br/prnewswire/player/?id ...  

The UFC sent out a press release today confirming the "Mineirinho" stadium (Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil as the official site of the UFC 147 fight card. The fight card is scheduled to take place this June and will feature a rematch between Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort, as well as the finals of 'The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil'.MMAFrenzy.com  

" OcupaA A o Eliana Silva " [pt], a camping site of around 300 families in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which had been occupied mostly by homeless workers [pt] on April 21, in protest against lack of housing conditions, was sieged by the military police today, May 11.  

The UFC officially announced today that the UFC 147 fight card will take place from the "Mineirinho" (Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond) soccer stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Silva and Belfort initially met in 1998 at UFC Brazil in Sao Paulo ...  

Currently on schedule with its preparations for the 2014 FIFA World ... World Cup. We want to make the most of the opportunities that this major sporting event will bring to our city and showcase to the world what Belo Horizonte has to offer to football ...  

Brazil Hospitality Group (BM: BHGR3; OTC: BZHGY) will begin managing the Hotel Presidente, in Uberlandia, the largest city in the Minas Gerais triangle region on May 22, 2012. This is the Company's first operation in the state of Minas Gerais.  

SAO PAULO, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BHG S.A. – Brazil Hospitality Group (BM&FBovespa: BHGR3; OTC: BZHGY) will begin managing the Hotel Presidente, in Uberlandia, the largest city in the Minas Gerais triangle region on May 22, 2012. This is the Company's first operation in...  

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. - USIMINAS (OTC: USDMY, USNZY) (BM&FBOVESPA: USIM3, USIM5, USIM6) (Latibex: XUSIO, XUSI) announces the following Webcast: What: First Quarter 2012 Results Conference Call, which will be...  

As expected, next month's UFC 147 event will be a scaled-down version of the original plan. While once expected to take place at an outdoor stadium and challenge the UFC's all-time attendance record – thanks to a since-rescheduled Anderson Silva vs.  

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) confirmed their endorsement as event partners of the LatinFinance Brazil Sub-Sovereign Finance & Infrastructure Summit this June 12-13 in Belo...  

which pegs the Felipe Drummond Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, as the official venue. And it comes just three days after UFC President Dana White yanked the headlining title fight between Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen from the ...  

Brazilian steelmaker Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA (USIM5.BR, USIM3.BR, USNZY) on Saturday restarted operations at a chimny in blast furnace number 2 at is plant in Cubatao, Sao Paulo state, after a fire broke out late Friday. The fire was ...  

We go back pretty far and had been through some trials together. I'm going to miss him, as I'm sure a whole lot of others will too. Dylan just finished his concert at Chevrolet Hall in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It was the third night of the tour. There were ...  

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brazilian Gold Corporation (TSXV: BGC) is pleased to report results for initial metallurgical testwork on representative composite drill-core samples of primary mineralization from the São Jorge deposit. The study was conducted by Testwork Desenvolvimentos de Processo Ltda., Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil. All samples were analyzed by SGS Lakefield Geosol Laboratórios Ltda., Vaspasiano, Minas...  

Horizonte Minerals PLC (>> Horizonte Minerals Plc), a Brazil-focused miner, said Wednesday it has signed a tentative joint venture agreement for Magellan Minerals Ltd. (>> Magellan Minerals Ltd.) to earn up to a 70% interest in Horizonte's Agua Azul do ...  

TORONTO, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Horizonte, the AIM and TSX quoted Brazilian focused exploration and development company, announces that it has today published its unaudited financial results for the three month periods ending 31 March 2012.  The Management Discussion and...  

Brazil's Minas Gerais state is demanding a payment worth 1.2 billion Brazilian reais ($640 million) in past taxes from Brazilian mining company Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) as both parties disagree about the calculation of taxes over production, the company said.  

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but the preservation of UFC 147 came too late to salvage the Anderson Silva-Chael Sonnen main event, which has been pushed back to UFC 148. As of now, the card has three confirmed bouts—Milton Viera vs Felipe Arantes, Fabricio Werdum vs Mike Russow and ...  

It has been reported that globally diversified miner Anglo American may face further stoppages as part of its 5.8 billion Brazilian reais ($3.19 billion) Minas-Rio iron-ore project in Brazil. Appeals court judges in Brazil's Minas Gerais state will ...  

Belo Horizonte nightclub Santtorini has offered Adriano VIP treatment if he signs for Atletico Mineiro. The former Inter star is currently without a club after being released by Corinthians earlier in March after a 12-month spell marred by ...  

Quito, Ecuador- It's rather ironic to find commonalities between President Rousseff's government and past Brazilian military regimes. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is particularly emblematic of democracy's victory over dictatorship.  

Cencosud's general manager Daniel Rodriguez said Tuesday. Cencosud, the third-largest retail chain in Latin America, will conduct an up to $1.55 billion capital increase in the local exchange, the U.S. or a combination of both markets this year ...  

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil's major mining associations, representing 90% of the largest mining companies in the country, will take legal action to try to block new taxes on production imposed by Para, Minas Gerais and Amapa states. Minas Gerais mining ...  

SAO PAULO – Workers at Brazil's controversial Belo Monte dam resumed work on Friday after a labor court declared the two week-long strike illegal. Sintrapav, or the Union of Heavy Construction Industry Workers of Para, the state where the dam ...  

The Xingu River will never be the same. Construction of Belo Monte Dam has begun in the Brazilian Amazon, as shown by these photos taken by Greenpeace, some of the first images of the hugely controversial project. Indigenous groups have opposed ...  

TORONTO, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Horizonte Minerals Plc, (AIM: HZM) (TSX: HZM) ('Horizonte' or 'the Company') the exploration and development company focused in Brazil, held its Annual General Meeting yesterday and all resolutions were ...  

Philip M. Fearnside is a Research Professor at the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA) in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil since 1978. Author of over 450 publications, his honors include Brazil’s National Ecology Prize, the UN Global ...  

Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger has spoken out against the Belo Monte hydroelectric project. She is quoted the Financial Times: The Brazilian government’s future energy plans call for 30 more large dams in the Amazon. Dams upstream of ...  

PRI's The WorldFormer Brazil President Fernando Henrique Cardoso Awarded $1 Million Kluge PrizeFox NewsFernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil, is the winner of the Kluge Prize, an award that comes with $1 million and is administered by the Library of Congress. Cardoso, who was elected president of Brazil in 1994 and reelected in 1998, ...Brazil's Ex-Leader Honored as ScholarNew York TimesUS Library of Congress honors Brazil's ex...  

Exclusive: Brazil targets Argentina with trade licensesChicago TribuneBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil escalated a growing trade fight with Argentina on Monday by increasing the bureaucratic obstacles for importing a list of perishable products, a senior government official told Reuters, putting at risk its involvement in a ...Brazil targets Argentina with trade licensesReutersBrazil targets Argentina with new import licenceStabroek Newsall 40 news...  

Brazil's OGX Posts 1Q Loss On Exploration CostsFox BusinessSAO PAULO – Brazil oil and gas company OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA (OGXP3.BR, OGXPY), controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista, reported a loss in the first-quarter, as the company is still in pre-operational phases with no generation ...OGX Declares Commerciality of a Portion of the Waimea Complex in the Campos ...MarketWatch (press release)Brazil's OGX says 1st...  

Problematic Petrobras Plaguing Brazil ETFsMarketWatchBy Benzinga.com In all the hullabaloo that punctuated last week's market action, somewhat unnoticed was the fact that Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) , Brazil's state-run oil company, delayed its first-quarter earnings report. The report, which was originally ...and more »  

Soybeans Rebound From Six-Week Low as U.S., Brazil Exports RiseBloombergSoybeans rebounded from a six-week low as export sales from the US and Brazil climbed, draining supply in the world's two largest growers of the oilseed. The amount of soybeans inspected for US export almost doubled in the week to May 10 to 20.3 ...and more »  

Workers at Brazil's controversial Belo Monte dam went on strike Monday to demand higher pay and benefits, the union representing the workers said.