Sao Carlos Reports Strong Growth in 3Q08; Net Revenues +50%, EBITDA +54% and FFO +46% Nov 7, 2008
Today Sao Carlos has only one commercial real estate under development, the tower D at the Centro Administrativo Rio Negro property, and the funding for this investment is assured. For the full earnings release, please access our website: and watch our conference calls on the 3Q08 results: November 7, 2008 09:00 a.m.(US-EST) 12:00 p.m.(Brasilia Time) Phone: (1 800) 860-2442 (US only) (1 412) 858-4600 (other countries) Code: Sao Carlos Replay: (1 877) 344-7529 (US only) (1 412) 317-0088 (other... (PR Newswire)
* Drought threatens Argentine farmers and the economy Sep 1, 2008
This year, economic losses in the farming provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Corrientes and Rio Negro have already reached US$293 million, and wheat and corn-related losses could top US$700 million nationwide, according to an estimate by the Buenos Aires-based La Nacion newspaper. The paper said that in many spots, annual rainfall is now 20 to 30 percent below its normal level. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Top Ten Sights in Argentina Aug 31, 2008
It is a ski resort in the province of Rio Negro where tourists enjoy snow in winter and fishing, trekking and camping in summer. The area of the lakes is of immense beauty and the visitor can enjoy pleasant and quiet voyages in the lakes and climb some of the surrounding mountains. (Suite101.com)
The amazing Amazon mesmerizes students Aug 21, 2008
Though the Amazon is the river one usually associates with the Rain Forest, the students said it is really two: the Rio Negro with its jet black water and the Amazon, which they describe as almost coffee-and-creamlike, a caf ... We spent a lot of time along the Rio Negro. (Danvers Herald, MA)
South Americas best wilderness lodges Jul 31, 2008
Just ask celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, President Jimmy Carter and Prince Frederick of Denmark, all of whom have visited Ariau Amazon Towers, a canopy level hotel complex in Brazils Rio Negro National Park. Also on this story. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Music, movies, exhibits mark NBAF's 20th Jul 18, 2008
Billed as an "all night jam session," the show will include jazz pianist Tyrone Jackson, who will perform a mix of classic and contemporary jazz from 5 to 10 p.m., followed by Afro-Cuban jazz band Rio Negro, playing from 10 to midnight. In between sets, you can check out the two big exhibits at the High: "Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968" and "After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy." July 18, 5 p.m. to midnight. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Wynton Marsalis leads hot jazz weekend Jul 17, 2008
The Tyrone Jackson Quartet and Rio Negro: Friday Jazz ... Jackson performs an eclectic blend of classic and contemporary jazz followed by Latin jazz band Rio Negro. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Protec at Patagonian Publisher Jul 13, 2008
NEW YORK Taking a step toward a fully convergent newsroom, Argentine daily Rio Negro has installed the Milenium Cross Media solutions from Protec S.A., headquartered in Madrid with offices in Miami and Santiago, Chile ... Rio Negro aims to coordinate workflows between its print and electronic editions, as well as create more effective synergies between the two media ... Rio Negro also will manage its editorial content through the archive module, for the newspaper and its supplements, allowing... (MediaWeek.com)
National Black Arts Festival 20th Anniversary - Our Gift of Creativity to You Jun 13, 2008
5 -- Too Black, Too Fast, painting and sculptures of African American jockeys by Michael McBride and George Nock (formerly with the NY Jets) Music -- Legends Celebration: An Evening with Gladys Knight, Civic Center, July 19 -- Hot Ice International Groove Lounge, Center State, July 19 -- Robert Spano conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, featuring Wynton Marsalis and his trio, Woodruff Arts Center, July 19 -- Millie Jackson, Rialto Center for the Arts, July 25 -- World Music Festival at... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Guatemala dam will bring money, misery Jun 8, 2008
In 1982, security forces massacred 177 women and children in Rio Negro, a village along a southern stretch of the Chixoy River 30 miles south of Las Margaritas Copn, to build the nation's largest hydroelectric dam ... Three massacres followed in 1982 in which 444 of Rio Negros 791 residents were killed, according to the Guatemala Truth Commission ... The Chixoy Dam, largely financed by the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, eventually inundated Rio Negro and more than 3,000 acres... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Brownstone Provides Update on Activities in Argentina Jun 3, 2008
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 3, 2008) - Brownstone Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: - ; "Brownstone") is pleased to provide an update received from the operator, Petrolifera Petroleum Limited (TSX: - ; "Petrolifera"), with respect to its 253,000 acre (approximately 1,025 square kilometers) Vaca Mahuida Block in the province of Rio Negro, Argentina ... Brownstone Ventures Inc. is a well-financed Canadian-based, energy focused investment company with equity interests and direct interests in oil... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Guatemala jails five for massacre May 30, 2008
They received the maximum sentence of 30 years for each of the murders which took place during an infamous massacre of 177 women and children in Rio Negro. The victims died refusing to move from the site of a new hydroelectric dam. (BBC News -- Americas)
Volcano raises fears in Patagonia May 12, 2008
Government officials have insisted the ash is not toxic, though people in the Argentine provinces of Chubut and Rio Negro, and Chile's Tenth Region have complained of burning eyes, breathing trouble, and tainted water. The ash blowing east across the Andes mountains from Chile has dusted hundreds of square miles of Argentina. (Boston Globe)
Argentine farmers withhold food Apr 1, 2008
Mario Llambias, another farmer strike organizer, said 400 road blockades are continuing across a wide swath of Argentina from Salta in the far north to Rio Negro province in Patagonia at least for now. We continue to insist that the government doesnt understand what is at the root of the problem, Llambias said. (MSNBC -- International)
Argentine president presses farmers to lift 19-day strike Apr 1, 2008
Mario Llambias, another farmer strike organizer, said 400 road blockades are continuing across a wide swath of Argentina from Salta in the far north to Rio Negro province in Patagonia. "We continue to insist that the government doesn't understand what is at the root of the problem," Llambias said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
* Amazon River still holds the hopes of many Feb 21, 2008
For several kilometers flying northwest in a small plane out of this city in the northern part of Brazil, where the Rio Negro and the Rio Salimoes meet to form the Amazon River, there was evidence of humans: the cutting of forests, clearings with crops, buildings and roads. But then, suddenly, as if we had left a coastal city for the ocean, the development ceased. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
31 c00002220omments Feb 19, 2008
Along the Rio Negro in the Pantanal, it seems very plausible that large pacus are important for dispersal of tucum seeds longitudinally (upstream-downstream) along the main river channel and to seasonally linked, relatively-large oxbow and levee lakes. However, in comparison to the flooded forests described by Goulding for the Amazon, the flooded forests of the Pantanal's Rio Negro are much less extensive, shallower, and probably less accessible to larger fish ... The gallery forest pools along... (Nature News Service)
New monkey species discovered Feb 7, 2008
He credits local guides for providing insight into the gigantic puzzle that is the biogeography of primates of the Rio Negro basin. Dr Boubli also hopes the discovery will help encourage conservation activities in the Amazon region. (ScienceAlert)
Fish help to spread forest seeds Feb 6, 2008
The team explored the guts of 70 fish collected at Fazenda Rio Negro, a ranch run by Conservation International in the Nhecolndia region, an ecologically diverse area of the Pantanal that teems with wildlife. They report in Biotropica that there was a positive correlation between fish size and the number of intact seeds in the stomach: more than 141 seeds from the tucum palm were found in the largest individuals. (Nature News Service)
New Monkey Species Found in Remote Amazon Feb 5, 2008
Jean-Phillipe Boubli of the University of Auckland found the animal after following native Yanomamo Indians on their hunts along the Rio Arac, a tributary of the Rio Negro in. RELATED. (National Geographic)
Pluris Energy Provides 2007 Year-End Review Jan 25, 2008
The acquisition positions the Company upon closing with production and significant leasehold assets of potentially over 135,000 net acres primarily located in the Neuqun Basin, Rio Negro Province, Argentina. The concessions are adjacent to and on trend with well known oil fields which have produced over 20 million barrels of oil to date. (Investors Business Daily)
Peacock bass star in Amazon region Dec 27, 2007
Susan Cocking, The Miami Herald BARCELOS, BRAZIL - Casting a top-water plug toward the shoreline of a flooded island on the Rio Negro, I was startled by a loud crash-splash somewhere back in the trees ... Added his uncle, Richard Stamp, who released peacocks of 22, 21, 20, 18, and 17 pounds in one week on the Rio Negro: "Truly amazing, the way they bite, the ferocity. The peacock outdoes the largemouth 10 to 1."Many South Florida anglers and guides already knew that, of course ... Seeing what an... (News & Observer -- Sports)
Apco Argentina Declares Fourth-Quarter Dividend Dec 11, 2007
79 percent participation in a joint venture engaged in the exploration, production and development of oil and gas in the Entre Lomas concession located in the provinces of Rio Negro and Neuquen in southwest Argentina. Contact: Kelly Swan Williams (media relations) (918) 573-6932 Thomas Bueno Apco Argentina (investor relations) (918) 573-2164 Portions of this document may constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined by federal law. (PR Newswire)
Into the Amazon -- a journey with a bit of comfort Oct 13, 2007
We were in a canoe tethered to a submerged tree, fishing for piranha in the dark waters of the Rio Negro, about 200 kilometers northwest of the Brazilian city of Manaus ... The main concentration is on the Rio Negro, to the north and west of Manaus, where the tannic acid that darkens the water and gives the river its name inhibits mosquitoes from breeding, so visitors do not have to worry as much about malaria or dengue or other typical tropical maladies ... o Paulo, it is on a bluff above the... (International Herald Tribune)
Where to stay Oct 13, 2007
As a result, transportation to the hotel includes a visit to the site where the Rio Negro and the Solimoes join to form the Amazon ... br) is just off the west bank of the Rio Negro. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Russia, Chile pick Oscar entries Oct 8, 2007
Pic is produced by Proyecto Tucan, Rio Negro and Dynamo Capital. L.A.-based the Little Film Co. handles international sales. (Variety)
Marifil Finds 5.4 M @ 309 G/T Indium From Previous Toruel Drilling Sep 25, 2007
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - Sept. 25, 2007) - MARIFIL MINES LTD. (TSX VENTURE: - ; "Marifil" or "the Company") announces further assaying of previous drill samples from its wholly-owned Toruel property in Rio Negro Province, Argentina has resulted in substantial added value with the discovery of indium associated with the silver-rich polymetallic base metal mineralization (see Marifil news release dated June 1, 2006). Thirteen drill hole intercepts between 20 and 25 meters deep show a... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Brownstone Confirms Cash Resources Unaffected by Credit Market Uncertainties Aug 21, 2007
Brownstone Ventures Inc. is a well-financed Canadian-based, energy focused investment company with direct interests in oil and gas exploration projects, including working interests in approximately 290,000 acres in the Piceance/Uinta Basins of Colorado and Utah, 295km2 in the Assam/Arakan Basin, Northeast India and 253,000 acres in Rio Negro, Argentina. For additional information, please see Brownstone's website: www. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
In the Amazon: conservation or colonialism? Jul 27, 2007
ANAVILHANAS ECOLOGICAL STATION, Brazil: Depending on one's point of view, the World Wildlife Fund's financial support of a nature reserve here on the Rio Negro is either part of a laudable attempt to conserve the Amazon jungle or the leading edge of a nefarious plot by foreign environmental groups to wrest control of the world's largest rain forest from Brazil and replace it with international rule. In 2003, after signing an agreement with the WWF and the World Bank, the Brazilian government... (International Herald Tribune)
Cold weather hits South America Jul 10, 2007
Temperatures plunged to -22C (-8F) in parts of Argentina's province of Rio Negro, while the capital, Buenos Aires, saw snow for the first time since 1918. Two exposure deaths were reported in Argentina and one in Chile. (BBC News)
Apco Argentina Partner Receives New Exploration Permit Jul 3, 2007
July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The province of Rio Negro in Argentina has awarded a hydrocarbon exploration permit to Petrolera Entre Lomas S.A. for the Agua Amarga area ... The bid also provides for a royalty interest for the Rio Negro province of 18 ... 79 percent participation in a joint venture engaged in the exploration, production and development of oil and gas in the Entre Lomas concession located in the provinces of Rio Negro and Neuquen in southwest Argentina. (PR Newswire)
Petrolifera Petroleum Limited reports significant new field confirmation well on its Rinconada block in Argentina; Confirms continued drilling success at Puesto Morales; Provides Argentina update Jun 5, 2007
The success also raises Petrolifera's expectations for its recently-acquired Vaca Mahuida Block which is contiguous with the Rinconada block to the south and east, also in Rio Negro Province, Argentina. As Petrolifera expects to have four rigs working on the Puesto Morales and Rinconada Blocks this summer, including the two it presently has on location, one more from the local market and one more (Quintana No.13) now anticipated to be operative by August 2007, an active drilling program is... (Canada Newswire)
Aquiline Adds Second Rig as New High Grade Zone Confirmed at Navidad May 23, 2007
Aquiline's two main assets are the Calcatreu Gold Project, in Rio Negro Province, Argentina and the Navidad Silver Project in neighbouring Chubut Province. Aquiline operates Navidad in trust under an Interim Project Development Agreement. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Marifil Cuts Broad Zones of Zinc Mineralization in Drilling at San Roque May 22, 2007
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON--(CCNMatthews - May 22, 2007) - MARIFIL MINES LTD. (TSX VENTURE: - ; "Marifil" or "the Company") announces the assay results received from the next five holes of its 28-hole diamond drill program at its wholly-owned San Roque project, Rio Negro Province, Argentina. Holes DDH-5 through -9 continued to cut significant intervals of indium, as seen in the first four holes (see Marifil news release of May 8, 2007), as well as intercepting promising levels of gold and base metals,... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Sacred Tribal Ritual -- The Disease-Fighting Powers of Poisonous Ant Bites Apr 19, 2007
We set out by speedboat for the small village of the Satar Mau, approximately 30 minutes upstream from Manaus on the tea-colored waters of the Rio Negro. We had been invited to meet a small tribe of Indians whose lives, livelihood and customs have not changed in centuries. (ABC News)
Floods in Uruguay leave 800 homeles00004000s Apr 2, 2007
The worst affected provinces were Durazno, Soriano, Florida, Rio Negro and Colonia ... In Mercedes, capital of Soriano province, 120 people were evacuated when the Rio Negro, which divides Uruguay in two, broke its banks. (Xinhuanet, China)
Fair-Trade Pets? Eco-Fish Touted to Save Amazon Enclave Mar 29, 2007
The flashy red-and-blue-striped cardinal tetra fish provides income for rural communities in the Rio Negro region, near the city of Barcelos ... Now some conservationists fear the tank-raised tetras will lead to a degradation of Rio Negro livelihoods and consequently its ecosystems ... "If this threat is untended, it could result in the collapse of the Rio Negro industry," said Scott Dowd, senior aquarist at the New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts. (National Geographic)
Marifil Cuts More Strong Gold Values Near High Grade Indium Find at San Roque Feb 20, 2007
The San Roque property comprises approximately 12,705 hectares and is located 56 kilometers east of San Antonio Oeste, a port on the Atlantic coast, in Rio Negro Province, Argentina. (i)Target 1 - The Las Minitas target area contains three sub-parallel, NE-striking gold-bearing structures, the Del Indio vein, the Escondida vein, and the El Relincho vein. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
* Taiwan Quick Take Jan 19, 2007
Peng Shih-yan (^h), who was traveling on the Rio Negro River, fell overboard along with six other tourists when a storm battered their boat on Sunday. Ko said that Peng's body had now been found and Taiwan's representative office would help Peng's family to fly to Brazil to make arrangements. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
