Unasur summit ends with call for peace in South America Aug 29, 2009
The one-day Unasur summit was held in Llao Llao Hotel in Bariloche, in Rio Negro province, 1,627 km southwest to Buenos Aires. Unasur, set up in 2008, groups Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguayand Venezuela. (Xinhuanet, China)
Argentina's A/H1N1 flu deaths reach 386 Aug 13, 2009
The provincial authorities from Rio Negro and San Juan confirmed on Wednesday seven and one deaths respectively. In Rio Negro, which is in the south of the country, the death toll rose by 17 ... The city with the largest number of infections in Rio Negro is San Carlos de Bariloche, where an extraordinary summit of the Union of South American Nations will be held. (Xinhuanet, China)
Dr. Jeff Hersh: Parasites give me the creepy crawlies Jul 22, 2009
The candiru lays waiting in a muddy river bottom (it is most common where the Amazon and Rio Negro meet in Brazil). It senses the flow and smells small amounts of urea when a fish exhales. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Conditions worsening for Namibia's flood victims - Caritas May 30, 2009
Jonas Alves, 48, paddles through garbage floating on floodwaters from the Rio Negro river, a major tributary of the Amazon, in the Betania slum of Manaus, capital of Amazonas State May. URL: http://www. (AlertNet)
Amazon basin braces for extreme climate May 26, 2009
An aerial view of the town of Anama, flooded by water from the Rio Negro, a major Amazon tributary, in Amazonas State on May 19. Floods and mudslides from months of heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 300,000 from their homes and killed at least 44 people, according to Brazilian Civil Defense. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Amazon hit by climate chaos of floods, drought May 26, 2009
7 million that's also a jumping off point for jungle tourism so they can try to stay dry as the mighty Rio Negro, an Amazon River tributary, approaches a record high water mark set in 1953. The floods are driving anacondas and scorpions to higher ground and closer to humanity as they search for food. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Brazil floods ease, but more rain coming May 14, 2009
Water was still rising Tuesday in sprawling Amazonas state, and low-lying parts of the jungle city of Manaus were flooding as the mighty Rio Negro river that feeds the Amazon approached a record set in 1953, said Jose Melo, in charge of the state's flood emergency efforts. Manaus, population 1. (MSNBC -- International)
Brazil flood victims return home May 13, 2009
Concern is also growing over the possibility that the flooding could spread further inland to cities like Manaus, as the waters of Rio Negro, which feeds the Amazon, have been rising rapidly in recent days ... The Rio Negro is just 74cm (29in) below a record high set in 1953, the state-run Agencia Brasil news agency reported. (BBC News -- Americas)
Brazil Boosts Flood Aid For 308K Homeless May 12, 2009
While officials reported waters were receding in most areas, some rivers were rising in the jungle state of Amazonas, including the Rio Negro that feeds the Amazon River. It was just 74 centimeters (29 inches) below a record set in 1953 at a measuring station in Manaus, an industrial city that is the jumping off point for rainforest tourism, the state-run Agencia Brasil news agency said. (Click2Houston, TX)
44 dead in Brazil floods May 10, 2009
In Amazonas, the Rio Negro ("black river") has risen steadily in the past week and water has begun to filter into the central historic district of the capital Manaos. In Piaui state, local media reported widespread power outages and potable water shortages in several communities due to the heavy rains. (iAfrica.com)
Floods in Brazil drive 200,000 from homes May 9, 2009
The mighty Rio Negro River that feeds the Amazon was just three below a record set in 1953 near the jungle city of Manaus, and experts said the record could be broken by June. In the jungle city of Altamira, more rain fell in three hours than normally falls in two months, Mayor Odileida Sampaio told the state-run Agencia Brasil news agency. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pollination Crisis 'A Myth': Honeybees Are On The Rise, But Demand Grows Faster May 9, 2009
The researchers include Marcelo A. Aizen, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Rio Negro, Argentina; and Lawrence D. Harder, of University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
Sanctuary at risk May 5, 2009
Erosion resulting from deforestation has created large sandbanks on tributaries to the Paraguay river, such as the Taquari and Rio Negro, making them partially unnavigable. Rivers will change course, lakes appear or disappear. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Telecom Argentina S.A. Announces Consolidated Annual Period ('FY08') and Fourth Quarter Results for Fiscal Year 2008 ('4Q08')* Mar 7, 2009
Additionally, the Company expanded its commercial offices, opening new customer centers in Viedma (Rio Negro), San Rafael (Mendoza), Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut), Villa Maria (Cordoba) and Rio Cuarto (Cordoba). Moreover, Personal continued providing innovative value added services, such as the download of CNN en Espanol contents. (PR Newswire)
World's largest wetland threatened in Brazil Feb 17, 2009
Erosion resulting from deforestation has created large sandbanks on tributaries to the Paraguay river, such as the Taquari and Rio Negro, making them partially unnavigable. "Rivers will change course, lakes appear or disappear -- the size and shape of the Pantanal will change," said Sandro Menezes, manager of Conservation International's Pantanal project. (Scientific American)
