DM News writes that last week Google acquired a Brazilian search engine - todobr.com - operated by Akwan Information Technologies, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Google will also launch a Latin America R&D center at Akwan's headquarters to develop products for the Latin America market. "We see tremendous potential for Google across all of Latin America, both in terms of recruiting considerable local talent and in continuing to expand our products and services in the region," said Alan Eustace, vice president of engineering at Google.