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May 11, 2013
A Brazilian WTO head: An opportunity to make trade work

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is now set to appoint a new director-general. He is Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, Brazil's long-serving ambassador to the organization.
His appointment is good news for developing countries in so far as Carvalho de Azevêdo is from a leading developing country that has shown itself not to be averse to taking on the countries that have dominated the WTO...

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March 23, 2013
Brazilians jailed for smuggling migrants

TWO Brazilians have been jailed for smuggling illegal migrants to the United States through an elaborate network which included Nassau and Freeport.

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January 18, 2013
Brazilian Smuggling Ring Uses Bahamas As Route To US

Brazilian migrants paid $16,000 a person to be smuggled 10,000 miles around the world to the United States via Nassau and Freeport.

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December 07, 2011
Brazilian female, American male charged with defrauding resorts and stores

A Brazilian woman and an American man were charged in a magistrates court yesterday with scamming three major Bahamian resorts and four stores of nearly $100,000 during their month-long vacation in The Bahamas.?

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August 16, 2011
Lavagem da Rua 46 / Cleansing of 46th Street - Brazilian Cultural Parade Festival

Brazilian Day in New York - This year, the 27th anniversary, one of the largest street festivals in Manhattan, will take place on two different stages Sunday, September 4, 2011 from 11 am to 7pm.

The main stage, located at 43rd St. and 6th Ave., will host the most popular Brazilian country sensation Luan Santana, and the Afro-Brazilian Samba Group Exaltasamba, internationally acclaimed and host...

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December 01, 2010
BFSB seeking to tap into Brazilian market

Bahamian financial professionals are aggressively wooing Latin America for high net worth Individuals (HNWIs), and Brazil saw the 'landfall' of arguably the largest Bahamian contingent to date this past week.
Approximately 25 Bahamian professionals accompanied the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) to that jurisdiction, according to Antoine Bastian, managing director of Genesis Fund Services ...

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March 26, 2024
$7.5 Million in Cocaine Seized

MAYAGUANA, BAHAMAS - A Brazilian man believed to be in his late thirties is in police custody following a drug bust in Mayaguana.

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January 20, 2015
Top American hand surgeon to speak at medical meeting free meet and greet for locals

Dr. Alejandro Badia, hand and upper limb surgeon, who was recently proclaimed as one of the top hand surgeons in the United States, founder and medical director of Badia Hand to Shoulder Center, spokesperson and advocate on the latest in orthopedic technology: "ARPWAVE Neuro Therapy", CEO of the OrthoNOW Orthopedic Urgent Care franchise network, and past president of the ISSPORTH (International So...

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September 29, 2023
AG urges financial services industry to "innovate again" amid looming funds threat

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Attorney General Ryan Pinder said yesterday that it is now time for the financial services industry to "innovate again" as he warned that this nation could lose a significant number of funds licensed in The Bahamas as a result of tax policy to be introduced imminently by Brazil.  While addressing the Nassau [...]

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February 14, 2012
PM reports on meeting with Haitian president

Haitian President Michel Martelly told government officials that he is hoping to create opportunities in Haiti to attract citizens back to their home country, according to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham.
"We had a normal, sensible discussion about the Haitian government's interest in exporting agricultural produce to The Bahamas, in increasing their business to The Bahamas and in providing opportu...

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