An Indian man from Huancavelica smiles during a cultural ceremony in the main plaza of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, April 15, 1997. Hundreds converged on the plaza performing dances and music.(AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

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australfoto > Nil Faria surfs a tidal bore wave, known as pororoca, in the Araguari River in Brazil's Amazonian state of Amapa. The Araguari pororoca is possibly the most feared of all the Amazonian tidal bores, and local residents of the remote areas surrounding the mouth of the river always feared the thunderous waves which capsizes boats and washes away anything in its path twice daily. Thanks to a group of daring surfers, they have begun to see the wave in a different way: as a tourist attraction to generate money in one of the poorest regions of Brazil. (Douglas Engle/Australfoto)

australfoto > A indian kneels in front of Brazilian riot police that threw tear gas and smoke bombs at a peacul march of indians in the town of Coroa Vermelha, Brazil on Saturday April 22, 2000. The march was held to protest against the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil.(AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > In a Holy Week ritual re-enacting the capture of Jesus by the Roman army, hooded men walk the streets of Goias Velho, a Portuguese-colonial town in the central Brazilian state of Goias, early March 28, 2002. The hooded men are a tradition of Seville, Spain, and brought to Goias Velho, former capital of the mining state, Minas Gerais, by Spanish Priest Joao Perestrello de Vasconcelos Spindola in 1745.(AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > Cuban Daily Parra performs during the hoop competition of rythmic gymnastics at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Wednesday, August 12, 1998. Parra finished fourth in the event. (AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > Lleyton Hewitt of Australia celebrates his Davis Cup victory against Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil in Florianopolis, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, Sunday, April 8, 2001. Australia won the quarterfinal with his victory. (AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > Members of Flamengo celebrate their victory over Vasco da Gama in the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 18, 1999. Flamengo defeated Vasco 2-1 to win the Guanabara cup, which goes to the champion of the first half of the Carioca league season. (AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > A boy looks at a bullet hole in a chicken roaster after a shootout in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > Members of the riot squad of El Salvador's National Civil Police open fire with shotguns, and teargas and subdue a protestor with force during disturbances Thursday, November 23, 1995 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Police clashed with former soldiers who took over the offices of the Disabled War Veterans' Fund, where they held the employees hostage demanding fulfillment of the 1992 peace accords, which ended the 12 year civil war. One protestor was killed.(AP Photo/Douglas Engle

australfoto > An Indian man from Huancavelica smiles during a cultural ceremony in the main plaza of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, April 15, 1997. Hundreds converged on the plaza performing dances and music.(AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > Luiz Moreira of Brazil is thrown from his horse during the Barretos Rodeo in Barretos in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. The two week cowboy festival, billed as the largest in Latin America, began in 1956 and is carnival, cowboy style. Participants and fans travel from across Brazil and the world to attend. (Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > ADV -- Children taking tennis lessons cast shadows on the court in the Mare slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, September 6, 2001. Organizers at the community sports complex were surprised at the turnout for tennis, a traditionally elite sport. The poplarity of number one tennis star Gustavo Kuerten, "Guga" and the recent failures of the Brazilian soccer team have helped tennis grow in the soccer-mad nation. (AP Photo/Douglas Engle) BRAZIL OUT

australfoto > Guatermala City firefighters spray water on the burning Guatemala train station, Monday Nov. 6, 1995 . Authorities have not determined the cause of the fire, which destroyed the aging central station. The government has plans to auction off the decrepit rain system. (AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

australfoto > Heidi Veronica Pineda, 17, weeps on the coffin of her boyfriend, Lucas Rafael Pineda Gonzalez, 23, at his funeral in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, September 1995. Pineda, known as "Psycho" by members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, was reportedly shot in the head by a vigilante group. (AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

An Indian man from Huancavelica smiles during a cultural ceremony in the main plaza of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, April 15, 1997. Hundreds converged on the plaza performing dances and music.(AP Photo/Douglas Engle)

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