Topic: Pernambuco

Brazil's federal government will authorize state governments in the north and northeastern regions of the country to invest 15.7 billion Brazilian...

Brazil worried as more superbug infections emerge

Three patients in the northern state of Pernambuco were in stable condition in intensive care suffering Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC), a bacteria immune to most antibiotics, health officials told local media.That brought the number of KPC-infected patients in Pernambuco hospitals to ...
Pernambuco wood is widely regarded amongst bow-makers and musicians to be the best material for crafting bows for violins, violas, celli and double basses. Pernambuco wood is the only material, natural or synthetic, which has so far been found to have the ...

Hoots For Owls (Picture Essay of the Day)

Supremely adapted to a nocturnal existence, owls have been silent observers of the night for thousands of years. And while many species roost in cavities in trees or in the branches of evergreens, some, such as the short-eared owl, make their homes ...

Invest in Pernambuco Brazil

Recife is the capital city of Pernambuco. The city is known for being the most cosmopolitan city in the northeastern region of Brazil. Boa Viagern, one of the most beautiful urban areas in the country, is situated in Pernambuco. Pernambuco is also ...
Rescue teams pressed a grim search Wednesday for hundreds of people missing in raging floods that swept through towns in northeastern Brazil, killing at least 45 people.As three days of heavy rains eased, authorities feared a sharp rise in the death ...

41 dead, up to 1,000 missing in Brazil floods

Raging floods in northeastern Brazil have killed at least 41 people and left as many as 1,000 missing, officials said Tuesday, while firefighters described entire towns being wiped off the map.Dramatic television pictures showed survivors scrambling to rooftops to avoid ...
Brazil scrambles to aid flood victims after 41 killed, 120,000 driven from homesOfficials scrambled Tuesday to get food and medical aid to two flood-hit Brazilian states where torrents of water ripped through towns, killing at least 41 people and driving 120 ...

Hundreds reported missing, 38 dead in Brazil floods

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Torrents of flood water devastated towns and villages in northeastern Brazil, killing at least 38 people and leaving more than 600 missing, media reports said on Tuesday.Days of heavy rain in the states of Alagoas and Pernambuco ...
Pernambuco is a Brazilian state located in the northeast of the country. According to last year's statistics by the IBGE, the population of the state stood at about 8,745,000 residents with a population density of 89.6 inhabitants per ...