SRILANKA, Dec. 4 -- The city of Belem is in northern Brazil, on the Para River, which is part of the Amazon River delta system. It is considered the gateway to the Amazon and serves as an important ...

When you think of Brazil, you picture colourful carnival goers, Christ the Redeemer towering over tourists, and sunbathers on Copacabana Beach. I would bet that Belém, a city in the northwest of the ...