Portuguese Language Blog

Today we’re going to take a look at the big headlines this week coming out of Brazil.

Alligator kills 11-year-old girl in Brazil, MSNBC

Sugar output in Brazil’s Center-South may be 35 million tons, Business Week

Brazil’s Lula sends anti-fraud bill to Congress, Reuters

Brazil’s middle class grows to nearly 50 percent of the population, Latin American Herald Tribune

Robinho scores winner on Santos return, CNN

Preteen as Carnival queen stirs Rio controversy, Washington Post

Let’s take a look at the headlines from business and economy in Brazil this week:

• Vale eyes Brazilian fertilizer assets, Financier Worldwide
• Vale deve roubar mercado de gigantes da mineração neste ano, Estadão
• Brazil Alupar completes $141 million debenture issue, Wall Street Journal
• Brazil Petrobras signs deal…, Wall Street Journal
• Azul transporta 2.2 milhões de passageiros em seu primeiro ano, Estadão
• Bovespa garante alta…, Globo

Make sure you give it a go with the Portuguese articles!

Yesterday, The Guardian published an article about a study of the Brazilian Amazon that indicates that the long lost mythical city of El Dorado did in fact exist, and existed in pre-Columbian Brazil.

While researchers haven’t actually found a city made of gold, they have discovered 200 earthworks built over a span of 155 miles. The structures date back to between 200 and 1283 AD. There are an estimated 2,000 structures, though many have yet to be examined.

The buildings consist of trenches and mounds, thought to be fortifications or homes. Some researchers believe the lost city could have had up to 60,000 inhabitants, more than some European cities at the time.

The existence of the city defies that notion that advanced civilization could not thrive in the Amazon due to the harsh living conditions and poor soils.

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