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Agência Brasil Brasília – The Ministry of Culture reports that it intends to open 1,300 new public libraries by the year 2006. The libraries will be established in locations that do not have libraries. The project is part of a new "Hunger for Books" program launched by minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil. "The idea is

Agência Brasil Brasília – The Ministry of Culture reports that it intends to open 1,300 new public libraries by the year 2006. The libraries will be established in locations that do not have libraries. The project is part of a new "Hunger for Books" program launched by minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil. "The idea is

Agência Brasil Brasília – The Ministry of Culture wants Unesco to declare the samba a World Cultural Heritage. The decision to make the request official was made at a meeting attended by minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, the president of the Institute of Historical and Artistic Landmarks (Iphan), Antônio Augusto Arantes, and the sociologist and cultural

Agência Brasil Brasília – The Ministry of Culture wants Unesco to declare the samba a World Cultural Heritage. The decision to make the request official was made at a meeting attended by minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil, the president of the Institute of Historical and Artistic Landmarks (Iphan), Antônio Augusto Arantes, and the sociologist and cultural

Travel News Network should go on air in September, and be transmitted in Brazil and Latin America on the paid television system. Partnerships are also being negotiated with Arab, European, and Asian countries, informed Paulo Ricci, project director of company Mixer, in charge of the enterprise. One of the company partners is filmmaker Carlos Diegues, famous for films such "God is Brazilian" (2002), "Orfeu" (2000), "Tieta of Agreste" (1996), and "Bye Bye Brazil" (1979), among others.