Brazilian

Portuguese-language BTN (RedeBTN.com) reports on a new push to reach children and teens in Massachusetts who have no health insurance.  See the video at: youtube.com/watch?v=VH

The following excerpt is from Brazilian Journal and NewAmericaMedia.org (NAM), posted 6 Jan. 2010.

(Saturday, 9 January 2010) – The family of Marcelo Alves, a 35-year-old migrant from Brazil who now lives in Massachusetts, is somewhat accustomed to seeing the effects of persistent illness.  Marcelo, a father of two, has a heart condition th

DAVID GOLDMAN AND SON SEAN DURING HAPPY AND UNITED TIMES ON US SOIL. Sean's mom took him to Brazil in 2004 in what would be the start of a five-year international custody battle involving State Secretary Hillary Clinton. (pic: BringSeanHome.org)

UPDATE 17:30, Thursday, 17 Dec. 2009:

Gov. Carlos Henrique Gaguim (left) of Tocantins, Brazil, and New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed a "Sister States" agreement on Dec. 9, 2009, at the State House in Concord, NH. (pics: EdO, EthnicNEWZ.org)

(Concord, New Hampshire, Dec. 14, 2009) -- Stating “we need to learn from each other,” New Hampshire Governor John Lynch welcomed Governor Carlos Henrique Gaguim, his counterpart from Tocantins, Brazil, for the signing of a “Sister States” agreement at the State House last Wednesday.

Sara Cordeiro wahes her hands during a Saturday Portuguese-language service of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Framingham, Mass. (pic: EdO, EthnicNEWZ.org)

Massachusetts has run its first clinics for the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine.  But for months, one church has been taking matters into its own hands.

Craig Cassarino is New Hampshire's commercial consul for Brazil. He has spent decades focused on sustainability of resources in both New Hampshire and Brazil. (info, pic: ExportNH.org)

The two hottest business trends that Dawn Wivell, a director at New Hampshire’s International Trade Resource Center, always hears about when she travels overseas are sustainability and green technology.

At the Brazilian Women's Group office in Boston, people on a national teleconference call listen to US Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and others speak about possible changes to federal immigration law in 2010. (photo: EdO, EthnicNEWz.org)

Huddled around a phone at the Brazilian Women’s Group (BWG) office last Wednesday, about 15 immigrant workers waited to hear US Rep.

A man gets a shot at a seasonal flu clinic. (photo: co.dakota.mn.us)

Housecleaner Mariana Serafim is very concerned about the spread of the H1N1 virus in metrowest Boston, where she and her friends live or work.