U.S. Youth Ambassadors to spend three weeks in Brazil as a part of new exchange program

Brasília – The U.S. Embassy launched the ninth edition of the Youth Ambassadors Program on April 26 in São Paulo. The launch marked the beginning of the enrollment phase of the program that will ultimately take 35 Brazilian public school students and two public school teachers to the United States for three weeks in 2011 with all expenses paid. Plublic school students have until August 5th to enroll. Click here for more information. More...

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 Brasília, April 26, 2010 – The U.S. Embassy launched the ninth edition of the Youth Ambassadors Program on April 26 in São Paulo. The launch marked the beginning of the enrollment phase of the program that will ultimately take 35 Brazilian public school students and two public school teachers to the United States for three weeks in 2011 with all expenses paid. More

U.S. Consulate in São Paulo Celebrates American Independence Day

São Paulo, July 8, 2010 – More than 600 hundred Brazilian, American and international guests descended on the American Chamber of Commerce Thursday noon to celebrate the 234th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with Ambassador Thomas Shannon, Consul General Thomas White and his wife, Terry, and the officers and staff of the US Consulate General in Sao Paulo.  More...

Braz-TESOL Vice President attends the 2010 TESOL Conference in Boston

São Paulo, June 28, 2010 -- The 12th Braz-TESOL National Convention is fast approaching (July 19-22).  The vice president of  Braz-TESOL, Vinícius Nobre, had a great opportunity to prepare for the national convention by attending the 44th Annual TESOL Convention in Boston March 23-27, where he met with American and international colleagues to exchange information and best practices, improve his knowledge as a teacher/coordinator, and network with other  TESOLers.  Vinicius also had the chance to stop in Washington to visit historical and governmental institutions, universities and the TESOL headquarters in Alexandria.    More...

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Feed the Future: A U.S. Commitment Against Poverty and Hunger

Washington — The U.S. government, backed by U.S. scientists and corporations, is investing money and energy into reducing global hunger and poverty on a huge scale by 2015. A State Department official overseeing the Feed the Future program, Patricia Haslach, told a congressional subcommittee July 20 that President Obama’s pledge of $3.5 billion at the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, for agricultural development and food security through 2012 has attracted an additional $18.5 billion pledged by other donors. More...

In Haiti, U.S. Works to Improve Lives, Livelihoods

Washington — For the United States, the recovery and reconstruction of Haiti is a long-term commitment in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake that destroyed sizeable sections of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding countryside, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says. “Over the last six months, the Haitian people have again shown their resilience and strength,” said Secretary Clinton. More...