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Santa Catarina is one of the most human and industrial developed states in Brazil.
Besides it is considered the best and the most beautiful state to make tourism.
People are kind and beautiful, you walk safe through the streets, you have good hotls structure, good roads and airports, and thousands of beaches to know.

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The dazzling costumes and floats that last week marked Rio's world famous Carnival are back as the top six finishers of the annual samba school competition take part in the Parade of Champions.

The Parade of Champions takes place every year on the Saturday after Carnival. more...

The goalkeeper of Brazil's most popular football team has surrendered to the police in connection with the disappearance of his former lover.

Bruno Fernandes, who plays for Rio de Janeiro's Flamengo, is being investigated after Eliza Samudio went missing nearly a month ago.

A teenage cousin of the footballer told police she had been abducted and was dead.

World Cup 2010: Brazil Star Kaka Insists He'll Be At 100 Percent For Finals

Playmaker not concerned about form going into the tournament.

Brazil playmaker Kaka has insisted that he will be in perfect condition for the Selecao when the World Cup starts next month.

The 28-year-old has admitted that his season for Real Madrid was less than impressive but has declared that there is plenty of evidence to suggest he can still perform well in South Africa. more...

PORTO VELHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Straddling one the Amazon's main tributaries and flanked by dense jungle, a construction pit the size of a small town bustles with bulldozers and nearly 10,000 workers blasting huge slabs of rock off the river bank.

While blue-and-yellow macaws fly overhead, a network of pipes fed by a constant flow of trucks pours enough concrete to build 37 football stadiums.

The $7.7 billion Santo Antonio dam on the Madeira river is part of Brazil's largest concerted development plan for the Amazon since the country's military government cut highways through the rain forest to settle the vast region during its two-decade reign starting in 1964.

MACHADO, Brazil (Reuters) - Some of the coffee world's most discerning palettes came together in the heart of Brazil's coffee belt on Friday to judge which brews in the world's top grower are best for an expanding specialty market.

After hours of painstaking swilling, spitting and note making this week, judges at the Brazilian round of the international Cup of Excellence competition whittled the field down to 11 finalists from 56 entries.

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