A crusading federal prosecutor in Brazil this week opened his second 20 billion real ($10.9 billion) lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and driller Transocean, doubling the charges against both companies while drawing criticism from other Brazilians. The new lawsuit, the second filed by Eduardo Santos de Oliveira against the companies in less than five months, is related to an oil leak discovered [...]
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Catherine Zeta-Jones: Her Allure Photo Shoot.- In one memorable moment of her current Broadway show, Catherine Zeta-Jones, keeping her back to the audience, flashes a male co-star with only a G-string under her silk robe. “I’ve got to keep it interesting for the boy. We’ve got a long run,” says the actress. She brought the [...]
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The film directed by Juan Jose Campanella won the prize that kept Argentine and the rest of The Americas in suspense. It is the second time in which Argentinian film gets the statuette. “The secret of his eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)” this early morning won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film category in [...]
“Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s,” which opens Wednesday at the Newark Museum, has something that exhibits in Manhattan museums lacked: Latin America… Read more here…
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