An expensive surprise: Life at sea takes a visa Dec 2, 2008
It gets worse the cruise ship was only stopping at one Brazilian port, Fortaleza, for only nine hours. If weve known that it will cost us that much for a few hours in Brazil, we would have looked for cruises that do not go to Brazil at all, says Aaron Belams. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Cosmetic Surgery in Brazil Nov 24, 2008
Another option to consider is Estetica Brasil, based out of Fortaleza on the north coast. Fortaleza boasts beaches and dunes, and it s sunny throughout the year. (Suite101.com)
Brazil seek end to home goal drought Nov 19, 2008
Brazil last hosted a European side in March 2002 when Yugoslavia came to Fortaleza for a match which marked striker Ronaldo s international comeback after a two-and-a-half year absence. Since then, nearly all of Brazil s friendlies have been staged in Europe or Asia, including matches against other South American teams. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
GOL Reports Operating Profit of R$ 61.2mm for 3Q08 Nov 17, 2008
Through this partnership, passengers of the European airline can purchase tickets on GOL to Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Maceio, Natal, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. -- The Company ended the quarter with 25. (PR Newswire)
Inside the key matchups of UFC 90 Oct 25, 2008
Since then the bad blood has simmered, and the fight gives the two Fortaleza, Brazil natives an outlet for their frustration. This isn't scheduled to be on the TV card, but could make it if other fights run short. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Barack Obama loses election Oct 7, 2008
Father Christmas did pretty well in the northern city of Fortaleza, but ultimately couldn't wriggle all the way through the electoral chimney. Another failed candidate pushing the limits was Mama, a 103-year-old woman who was the oldest to put her name on a ticket. (The Age, Australia)
Brazil ruling party steady in local election Oct 6, 2008
The PT won the northeastern state capitals of Recife and Fortaleza, the southeastern capital of Vitoria, as well as the northern state capitals of Porto Velho, Palmas and Rio Branco, official results showed. Party officials said they had also done well in smaller cities and celebrated the election results. (Reuters)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Bailiffs arrived as Christopher Foster's Aug 31, 2008
peter, Fortaleza, Brazil. This has all the hallmarks of champagne tastes, and a lager income. (Times Online)
Brazilian bliss Aug 30, 2008
The Brazilian beachside cities of Fortaleza, Natal and Recife are where the worlds most fun-loving people flock to ... Romantic places too, especially their glamorous coastal capitals, respectively Recife, Natal and Fortaleza, where life, it seems, would be one big samba show ... Laid-back on Meireles Beach in Fortaleza. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Delta increases connections to Brazil Aug 28, 2008
On Dec. 22, the airline will launch flights between Atlanta and the Fortaleza International Airport via the Guararapes International Airport in Recife. Delta (NYSE: DAL) already has daily nonstop service between Atlanta and New York-JFK and Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport, and between Atlanta and Rio de Janeiro's Galeao-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
British girl Cara Burke found 'dismembered Aug 1, 2008
Luiz Guilherme, Fortaleza, Brazil. Responding to Beth in Padua, unfoirtunately the "innocent" brazilian killed by police in the US was driving while intoxicated, had been stopped for doing the same 2 days prior, run from police when asked to stop, was in the country illegaly, and had drugs in his car. (Times Online)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Nation Beat finds common musical ground in Brazil and the US South Jul 25, 2008
In teaming up with Araujo, who was living in Fortaleza, eight hours from Recife, when she was introduced to the band through a friend, Kettner says he's found not only a great singer, but a collaborator who brings that elusive and contested quality, authenticity. "It really kind of solidifies the whole concept," he says. (Boston Globe)
Delta applying for more flights to Brazil Jul 19, 2008
Atlanta-based Delta is applying to the U.S. Department of Transportation for more flights from Atlanta to Brazil, including daily flights between Atlanta and Manaus, four flights per week between Atlanta and Fortaleza, and four flights per week between Atlanta and Belo Horizonte. If approved, Delta plans to start the flights in December. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Daily Briefing: AUTOMOTIVE: Chrysler denies bankruptcy rumor Jun 27, 2008
The agreement will allow U.S. carriers to also serve Fortaleza, Curitiba and three other cities to be selected by the United States. Delta spokesman Kent Landers said the company is pleased, but "more importantly Delta is hopeful that negotiations will resume in the near future to open up additional access to Brazil's major business centers - Sao Paulo and Rio - where access is highly restricted.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Street symphony Jun 8, 2008
Fortaleza has grown from 500,000 to three million in a generation. When I am staying at the house at the Praia de Iracema in Fortaleza, trying to write a book well away from distractions, I am woken in the morning by the fruit seller touting his wares ... Loudspeakers and amplifiers on bicycles seem to be this year's "must have" for the more affluent street traders in Fortaleza. (BBC News -- Americas)
Ghanaian Drug Baron Arrested In Brazil May 20, 2008
He was arrested alongside two women, Mandy Veit, a German, and Irena Beata Ciaslak, a German-Polish, at the Pinto Martins Airport in Fortaleza, the capital of Ceara State in December 2007 ... The correspondence said it was established that Amankwahs experience was highly needed by the mafia because the cost of a kilogramme of pure cocaine in Europe was 40,000 euros, while the price in Fortaleza, Brazil, was only $12,000. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Brazil offers beauty and one wild festival May 16, 2008
By chance, I arrived in the harbor city Fortaleza, the capital of Cear and the gateway to Brazil's northeast coast, toward evening on a Sunday ... Before we set out from Fortaleza, Senhor Ramos, our guide, spread the maps on the hood of the Land Rover that would be our headquarters for the next two weeks ... We would make our way from Fortaleza to Jericoacoara, a beachside outpost of relative modernity that is but a tiny point in 250 miles of open sand, and then from there to the delta of the... (MSNBC -- Travel)
VRG Announces Interline Agreement with Copa May 13, 2008
The agreement will offer additional benefits for VRG passengers in Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Recife or Salvador. From these cities, customers traveling to Central America, the Caribbean, the United States, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela can now connect to Copa flights with just one ticket. (PR Newswire)
Wiki pinpoints Brazilian crime Apr 18, 2008
But this under-reporting of crime is one of the motivations behind a new interactive website called Wikicrimes, created by Professor Vasco Furtado from the University of Fortaleza in northern Brazil. "The idea is very simple; when people are robbed it's quite common for them to tell other people," he tells me. (BBC News -- Technology)
Study abroad grows as more students view it as crucial Apr 14, 2008
Landen Romei spent six weeks last fall during a semester abroad sharing a bedroom with an eight-year-old and her mother in a house in Fortaleza, Brazil. "There was very little privacy," said Romei, a Washington University senior majoring in International Studies and Spanish. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Saraiva acquires Siciliano Mar 7, 2008
Today Siciliano has franchisees in the cities Caxias do Sul (Rio Grande do Sul State), Fortaleza (Ceara State), Mossoro (Rio Grande do Norte State), Jundiai (Sao Paulo State), Rio de Janeiro (Rio Janeiro State), Natal (Rio Grande do Norte State), Rio Claro (Sao Paulo State), Sao Carlos (Sao Paulo State) and Sao Vicente (Sao Paulo State). More on the Brazilian Book Industry According to CBL data, the Brazilian Book Chamber, the book industry is still very fragmented and its revenue reaches... (PR Newswire)
Accused bank heist leader held Feb 27, 2008
Police said Santos led the August 2005 robbery in the northern city of Fortaleza, where thieves tunneled 260 feet to reach the vault of a Brazilian bank. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Race)
Uruguay recommends yellow fever vaccine for visitors to Paraguay ... Feb 19, 2008
However, the ministry said that coastal cities are not high risk areas, naming Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador, Recife and Fortaleza specifically. "The situation discussed must be considered in the epidemiological context of Brazil's yellow fever virus presence, which has not registered any urban cases since 1942," the statement said. (Xinhua)
Acquisition of TV Show (Brazil) and Star Global Com (Peru) Jan 24, 2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Communications Equity Associates (CEA) announced today that it advised an investor group (Investor Group) on the acquisition of a controlling equity stake in Old UGC, Inc. (Old UGC) from Liberty Global, Inc. Old UGC owns equity interests in Pay-TV companies: (i) TV Show in Fortaleza City, Brazil and (ii) Star Global Com in the cities of Arequipa and Tacna, Peru ... TV Show is a leading Pay-TV and broadband connectivity provider in the City of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cabo da Roca, Portugal: Where land meets sea Jan 5, 2008
Hotel Fortaleza do Guincho, Estrada do Guincho Cascais. A Relais irc;teaux hotel in a 17th-century fortress with 24 rooms and three suites overlooking the ocean. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Aloisio Lorscheider; was influential Brazilian cardinal Dec 24, 2007
He became Archbishop of Fortaleza in 1973 and in 1976 he was nominated cardinal by Pope Paul VI.. After the death of Paul VI, Cardinal Lorscheider reportedly helped lobby other Third World cardinals to vote for the Patriarch of Venice, who became Pope John Paul I.. (Boston Globe)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
MTV Selects Envivio Encoders for Mobile TV Services in Brazil Dec 3, 2007
Coverage for the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Goiania, Salvador, and Recife is targeted for 2008. We selected Envivios encoding products because of their remarkable encoding performance at low bit rates and resolutions, and because of their compliance with Brazils 1seg specifications, added Pascotto. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
TAM Creates Extra Flights From Salvador and Florianopolis to Buenos Aires Nov 23, 2007
Since March of this year, the company has offered daily flights linking Fortaleza (Ceara) and Salvador (Bahia) to Ezeiza Airport, with stops in Guarulhos (Sao Paulo), to give passengers from the northeast region of Brazil the convenience of flying on the same aircraft to Buenos Aires. Since November 20, TAM has operated two daily flights between Confins Airport, in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), and Ezeiza Airport, in Buenos Aires. (PR Newswire)
Survival tips Nov 21, 2007
John Hunter, Fortaleza, Brazil. Click and share. (MSNBC -- Travel)
GOL Reaches Milestone: 70 Million Transported Passengers Nov 7, 2007
VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. offers over 120 daily flights to 14 destinations in Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fernando de Noronha, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont and Tom Jobim), Salvador and Sao Paulo (Congonhas and Guarulhos). VRG also offers 22 daily flights to seven international destinations in South America and Europe: Buenos Aires, Bogota and Caracas, in South America and Frankfurt, London, Paris and Rome, in Europe. (PR Newswire)
* Defending champ Zou routs David Ayrapetyan Nov 2, 2007
With Tishchenko ahead 25-5, the lopsided contest was stopped by referee Rogello Fortaleza in the third round. Tishchenko will meet Pichai Sayota of Thailand, who advanced with a 21-13 victory over Mongolia's Uranchimeg Munkh-Erdene. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
California: Two dead in blinding desert sandstorm Oct 17, 2007
A family of 11 visiting from Fortaleza, Brazil and on their way to Las Vegas were in a van that crashed. Nine of them were injured and taken to Antelope Valley Hospital with broken arms, legs and lacerations, a family member said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Melrose People: Dr. Scott Darragh Oct 2, 2007
We had about 21 chiropractors from around the world, and all met in Fortaleza, a northeast city in Brazil. The population there is 2 million people. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Friday Finishers Sept. 21 Sep 21, 2007
SC Johnson kicked things off with a ground breaking for its new Fortaleza Hall, a tribute to late SCJ chairman Sam Johnson on the company s 14th Street campus. The hall will house a replica of the Carnauba, the S-38 Sikorsky seaplane that ventured to Brazil in search of the palm wax that set the course of the Johnson family business more than seven decades ago. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Honoring the legacy Sep 18, 2007
Fortaleza Hall is to be Fisk Johnsons tribute to his late father, Sam ... With Monday s ceremonial ground breaking, Fisk Johnson unveiled to employees his plan for Fortaleza Hall and the attached Community Building ... The Fortaleza name is based on the Brazilian city with special significance to the Johnson family. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
* World News Quick Take Aug 22, 2007
He is accused of overseeing the construction of an 80m tunnel that stretched from a house to the vault of a Brazilian central bank branch in the city of Fortaleza. More than 10 suspects have been jailed in connection with the robbery, but less than US$10 million has been recovered. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Brazil Flights Aug 14, 2007
Ocean air flies to Bras;lia, Fortaleza, Juazeiro do Norte, Petrolina, Salvador, S;o Paulo-Congonhas, S;o Paulo-Guarulhos, and Recife. Gol Airlines - This Brazilian low cost airline recently began a rapid expansion on the South American continent. (Suite101.com)
Tecnisa Net Income Grows 118% and Reaches R$20.6 Million Aug 11, 2007
We are currently present in 5 state capitals: Sao Paulo, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Salvador, Goiania and Brasilia, and we significantly increased our participation in the middle and middle-low segments. -- We launched 5 projects in the 1H07, reaching a total PSV (Tecnisa's share) of R$249. (PR Newswire)
Photos released of UK's largest cash robbery show armed men threatening staff at cash depot Aug 2, 2007
It eclipsed a $70 million theft from the Central Bank in Fortaleza, Brazil in August, a $65 million heist at the Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Center in London in 1987, and a $50 million robbery at the Northern Bank of Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2004. But all four were dwarfed by the wartime theft of $900 million in U.S. bills and as much as $100 million worth of euros from the Iraq Central Bank in 2003. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Brazil Aviation Chief Fired Amid Air Chaos Jul 26, 2007
Some irate passengers invaded a parked plane in the city of Fortaleza to protest. Linda Prada, a chiropractor from San Jose, Calif. (CBS2.com, CA)
Brazilian Jet With 170 Aboard Crashes in Sao Paulo Jul 18, 2007
In 1982, 137 people were killed when a VASP plane crashed into a mountain near Brazil's northern city of Fortaleza. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called an emergency Cabinet meeting in Brasilia and canceled his activities tomorrow. (Yahoo News -- Brazil)
News in brief Jul 11, 2007
The man collapsed after being taken to the police station following his arrest on Sunday evening in the north-eastern city of Fortaleza. He was taken to hospital by ambulance but was dead on arrival, according to Fortaleza's tourist police chief, Milena Monteiro. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Stuart qualifies for Pan American Junior Championships Jun 30, 2007
- Southern Illinois long jumper officially qualified for the Pan American Junior Championships to be held in Fortaleza, Brazil July 6-8. Stuart, a Nassau, Bahamas native, had to reach the 19-08. (Siusalukis.com)
GOL Launches Flights to Cruzeiro do Sul, in Acre May 29, 2007
With the addition of this new destination, GOL's daily flights from Fortaleza (CE) will reach the furthest regions of Brazil through connecting flights in Belem (PA), Manaus (AM), Porto Velho (RO) and Rio Branco (AC) ... Please see the destination table below for flight departure schedules: Origin Destination Frequency Departure Arrival Fortaleza Cruzeiro do Sul Daily 6:30 AM 1:20 PM Belem Cruzeiro do Sul Daily 8:40 AM 1:20 PM Manaus Cruzeiro do Sul Daily 10:00 AM 1:20 PM Porto Velho Cruzeiro do... (PR Newswire)
• Building to be a tribute to the late Sam Johnson May 16, 2007
One of the highlights of his life came in 1998 when he, Fisk and his other son, Curt, flew to Fortaleza, Brazil. They flew the same route that Sam's father, HF Johnson Jr., took on a similar journey in 1935 to study the carnauba palm in Brazil. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Pope Calls Latin America 'Continent of Hope' May 14, 2007
"We need to find ways to evangelize more effectively so that people become true Catholics," said Bishop Jose Antonio Tosi Marques from the Brazilian city of Fortaleza. Bishop Erwin Krautler from the Amazon state of Para said the Church must do more to help the poor. (Newsmax)
TAM and TAP Announce Partnership Apr 29, 2007
Currently, it is the airline with the most flights from Brazil to Europe, departing from Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, and Natal. Starting in July, TAP will also have five additional weekly flights departing from Brasilia to Lisbon, reaching a total of 60 weekly flights. (PR Newswire)
Runaway beach Feb 24, 2007
On January 10 he boarded a bus in Fortaleza, about 300km down the coast, with 60 other passengers (all Brazilian) ... "Not really. I figured the place was an ecological preserve without much room to grow; it had no hotels or restaurants, and it was an awfully long plane ride from the US to Rio or Sao Paulo, then up to Fortaleza, then eight hours on a bus. And to go through all that just to sleep in a fisherman's hammock." ... And Fabio Nobre, who was running a 4x4 tour company out of Fortaleza,... (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Crippin family returns from a medical mission in Brazil Feb 6, 2007
Family friends, Al and Nadine Piersbacher, have been missionaries in the area of Fortaleza, Brazil for 30 years ... The family spent some of the time in Fortaleza, located on the east coast near the "horn" protrusion of the country and some time in the mountain village of Pacoti, reached after a two-hour drive in the mountains and rain forest. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Five best ... island escapes Feb 3, 2007
Saturday February 3 2007. Ihla do Papagaio is the stuff of fantasy. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Suspect In $70M Brazil Heist Found Dead Jan 23, 2007
Magalhaes was one of nearly 40 people formally accused of taking part in the August 2005 heist one of the world's largest ever at the central bank branch in Fortaleza, 1,500 miles northeast of Sao Paulo. The bodies of two other men were found in the well, but it wasn't immediately clear whether they had any connection to the bank heist, authorities said. (CBS News -- World)
TAM Increases Daily Flights to Paris Jan 11, 2007
As a consequence, one of the daily flights leaving from Guarulhos, in Sao Paulo, to Miami, will be operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft, which is similar to the flight originating in Fortaleza with stops in Belem and Manaus. The measure also considers the lower demand to this U.S. destination in the first weeks of the year. (PR Newswire)
