Tag: Manaos

• Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 07:16 UTC

  “Manaos less riskier than Iraq” Brazilian Sports minister tells English media

  

  Brazil's Sports minister Aldo Rebelo minimized the possibility of violence during the coming World Cup and replied to the British media that the Amazon city of Manaos, where England will be playing a match, will not be riskier that war zones.

• Saturday, February 8th 2014 - 08:46 UTC

  Unfinished World Cup stadium takes another life: this time in Manaus

  

  A worker died in an accident while working outside the World Cup stadium in the Brazilian city of Manaus, local authorities and the Sports Ministry said. The Amazonia Arena, which should have been completed in December according to FIFA's original deadline, is behind schedule and workers were rushing to get the job finished.

• Friday, August 16th 2013 - 03:27 UTC

  South American defense ministers meet to improve monitoring of Amazon region

  

  South American defense ministers gathered in the northern Brazilian city of Manaus on Thursday to discuss how to improve monitoring of the huge Amazon region. Attending the seminar which runs through Friday are Brazil's Celso Amorim, Colombia's Juan Carlos Pinzón and Ecuador's María Fernanda Espinosa.

• Thursday, May 2nd 2013 - 07:45 UTC

  Brazil leads meeting of Amazon basin Cooperation Treaty in Ecuador

  

  Brazilian Foreign minister Antonio Patriota arrives Thursday in Ecuador for bilateral talks on trade, investment and immigration, and to attend a day later the Amazon group summit of ministers, reports Itamaraty palace.