Brazil provide details on boxer Gatti’s death (AP via Yahoo! News)
Arturo Gatti hanged himself with a handbag strap from a staircase column more than seven feet off the ground, Brazilian police said Friday as they released new details about the boxer’s death.
San Jose’s Alvarez may make switch to El Salvador (tribalfootball.com)
San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Arturo Alvarez is on the verge of being allowed to switch to the El Salvador national team. read more
Equity International May Open Brazil Real Estate Unit (Update1) (Bloomberg)
July 31 (Bloomberg) — Sam Zell’s Equity International may open a real estate financing company in Brazil as record-low interest rates in Latin America’s biggest economy boost demand for alternative investments.
Salvadoran schools close 2 weeks for swine flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
El Salvador has decided to close schools nationwide for two weeks to combat the spread of swine flu.
F1′s Massa to return to Brazil on Monday (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa will leave hospital on Monday to return to Brasil in a private jet, his personal physician Dino Altman said Friday.
Brazil reports British shipments to toxic waste body (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Brazil has reported Britain to the top international body overseeing the trade in hazardous waste over allegations it exported hundreds of tonnes of household rubbish, a Brazilian diplomat said on Friday.
Brazilian police: Arturo Gatti hung himself from staircase more than seven feet off ground (ESPN)
Boxer Arturo Gatti’s body has been exhumed, and the Quebec coroner’s office will perform a new autopsy at his family’s request.
Brazil, Alabama races added to 2010 IRL schedule (AP via Yahoo! News)
The IndyCar series is heading back to South America.
St. Peter’s missioners return from El Salvador to share their stories (The Phoenix)
Phoenix Intern Seeing the damage caused by unstable government, chronic violence and extreme poverty in a row of dilapidated apartment buildings or disreputable street alleys pales in comparison to seeing such scars “in the eyes of the people.”
IRL to race in Brazil next year (UPI)
SPARTA, Ky., July 31 (UPI) — Indy Racing League officials announced Friday the series will conduct races for the first time next year in Brazil and Birmingham, Ala.
Producir biodiesel es viable en El Salvador (SciDev.net)
El artículo señala que, sin embargo, para los ecologistas “el impacto ambiental y las consecuencias sociales” de la producción y comercialización masiva de biocombustibles “generan aumento de la deforestación de bosques nativos, expansión indiscriminada de la frontera agrícola, destrucción del ecosistema y la biodiversidad y desplazamiento de trabajadores rurales”.
Tickets for USA-El Salvador FIFA World Cup Qualifier at Rio Tinto Stadium Go on Sale to the Public (OurSports Central)
SANDY, Utah (Tuesday, July 28, 2009) – After a presale for U.S. Soccer SC members and others, tickets for the U.S. Men’s National Team’s FIFA World Cup qualifier against El Salvador on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Rio Tinto Stadium will go on sale next Friday, Aug. 7, at 12:00 p.m. MT. Following the U.S. Soccer SC sale, Real Salt Lake Season Ticket Holders will also have a two-day, online pre-sale …
