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A ferry runs in two hours between Funchal and Porto Santo Island, called the Lobo Marinho. [46] Funchal is frequently used as a stop-over by transatlantic ships, en route from Europe to the Caribbean, as it is the northernmost Atlantic island that lies in the path of the Westerlies.
The Sousa Group includes cargo shipping companies GS Lines, [3] the shipping company Porto Santo Line [4] where it operates with the ship Lobo Marinho. In the port operation area, it is responsible for the Madeira Port Operations Society - OPM [ 5 ] and for the Santa Apolónia Terminal - TSL.
Roberto Marinho developed Grupo Globo (the conglomerate of media companies consisting of O Globo, TV Globo, Rádio Globo, Editora Globo and other subsidiaries) as Brazil's largest media group, entering radio in the 1940s and TV in the 1960s, and picking up other interests.
The company is currently run by the sons of Roberto Marinho: Roberto Irineu Marinho, João Roberto Marinho and José Roberto Marinho. In May 2013, a study released by media agency ZenithOptimedia showed Globo occupied the 17th place in a list of the top global media owners. It was the first time the company appeared on this ranking. [10]
The term maned wolf is an allusion to the mane of the nape. It is known locally as aguará guazú (meaning "large fox") in the Guarani language, or kalak in the Toba Qom language, lobo-guará in Portuguese, and lobo de crín, lobo de los esteros, or lobo colorado in Spanish. The term lobo, "wolf", originates from the Latin lupus.
Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo — Minas Gerais: 14th to 20th Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo — São Paulo: 2nd to 8th Francisco do Rego Barros: Count of Boa-Vista Pernambuco: 8th to 14th Francisco do Rego Barros Barreto — Pernambuco: 14th to 20th Francisco de Sales Torres Homem: Viscount of Inhomirim Rio Grande do Norte: 13th to 15th
Panoramic view of the municipality. Câmara de Lobos (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkɐmɐɾɐ ðɨ ˈloβuʃ] ⓘ; lit. ' Chamber of Wolves ' or 'Wolves' Chamber') is a municipality and town in the southern coast of the Portuguese island of Madeira, divided in 5 freguesias.
The genus name of the crabeater seal, Lobodon, derives from Ancient Greek meaning "lobe-toothed", and the species name carcinophaga means "crab eater." [3] The crabeater seal shares a common recent ancestor with the other Antarctic seals, which are together known as the lobodontine seals.