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)
Report: Planes nearly collided in Brazil Sep 16, 2008
The "Fantastico" show on the Globo television network reported Sunday that the Boeing 737 belonging to Gol nearly collided with the propeller-driven air force plane as the airliner tried landing in Rio Branco, a city in the Amazonian state of Acre. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)
From maid to minister Apr 6, 2008
" To fulfill that dream Silva moved to Rio Branco, the state capital. "When I got to Rio Branco, I started to take literacy classes in a programme for young people and adults," she said. "I learned how to read and write in 15 days. "Political activist Silva was then able to work her way into university, where she graduated with a degree in history. She briefly became a teacher, before meeting Chico Mendes, a famous Brazilian environmental and labour rights activist. Shortly after meeting Mendes,... (Aljazeera.Net)
Joachim Schmid Selected Photoworks 1982 2007 Aug 2, 2007
Belo Horizonte, Praa Rio Branco, which consists of a cluster of 45 photographs, is a project that started in Brazil. The black and white photos were rescued negatives found in the plaza of the same name. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Enormous, brutal, smelly creature more than myth to Amazon tribes Jul 9, 2007
" So widespread and so consistent are such accounts that in recent years a few scientists have organized expeditions to try to find the creature. They have not succeeded, but at least one says he can explain the beast and its origins. "It is quite clear to me that the legend of the mapinguary is based on human contact with the last of the ground sloths," thousands of years ago, said David Oren, a former director of research at the Goeldi Institute in Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon River. "We... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Is monster slothstalking Amazon? Jul 8, 2007
RIO BRANCO, Brazil Perhaps it is nothing more than a legend, as skeptics say. Or maybe it is real, as those who claim to have seen it avow. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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) ... Cruzeiro do Sul is GOL's second destination in Acre; the Company began regular flights to the capital, Rio Branco, in August 2004 ... Please see the destination table below for flight departure schedules: Origin Destination Frequency Departure Arrival Fortaleza Cruzeiro do Sul... (PR Newswire)
