Stories for August 2011

Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 06:29 UTC
Brazilian press targets Communications minister with corruption allegations

Another Brazilian minister, and particularly close to President Dilma Rousseff has been targeted by the Sunday edition of a Sao Paulo magazine with national circulation. According to the report Communications minister Paulo Bernardo has been using the private jet of a major public contractor of the Brazilian government.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 06:23 UTC
Brazil’s main producer of soy beans is the Argentine group El Tejar

Guess who is the main producer of soy beans in Brazil, the country that is the world’s second exporter of oilseed behind the United States?, a Brazilian, no an Argentine group.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 06:20 UTC
Petrobras expects to lower costs and increase earnings in coming quarters

Operating costs for Brazil's state oil company Petrobras will be lower in the coming quarters Chief Financial Officer Almir Barbassa told financial newspaper Valor Economico in an interview published on Monday.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 06:15 UTC
Prosecutors ask judge to dismiss sexual assault charges against Struss-Khan

New York prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss sexual assault charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a stunning reversal that could revive the political future of a man many had seen as the next president of France.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 04:18 UTC
Falklands’ hydrocarbons policy “is primarily a matter for the Islands”

The hydrocarbons policy within Falkland Islands waters is primarily a matter for the Falklands government and the UK is in no negotiations with Argentina over the future exploitation of any oil deposits found in the Islands waters, said Lord Howell of Guildford, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office during question time in the House earlier this month.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 04:12 UTC
Argentina says the pulp mill conflict with Uruguay is over and ‘buried’

Diplomatic relations between Argentina and Uruguay are going through “a very good moment, which can obviously be improved”, but there are “no open conflicts” because the dispute over the Botnia pulp mill has been definitively “buried”, said Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 04:04 UTC
Brazil auctions first concession to construct and operate major airport

Brazil's government on Monday auctioned rights to the first major airport to be operated by a private company as the country moves to pick up the pace of investment in its air travel infrastructure ahead of the 2014 World Soccer Cup.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 04:02 UTC
UK buys 14 new Chinooks taking the total force of heavy lift helicopters to 60

The Royal Air Force is getting 14 new Chinook, one of the most versatile heavy duty helicopters that have seen service for many years in the most demanding environments from the Falklands to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 00:36 UTC
Unasur Foreign Affairs ministers meet in Buenos Aires to address global crisis

The Union of South American Nations, (Unasur) Foreign Affairs ministers’ council will be holding on Wednesday an extraordinary summit in Buenos Aires to address several issues related to last week’s meeting of Unasur Finance ministers.
Monday, August 22nd 2011 - 21:28 UTC
UN Rapporteur calls on Brazil for immediate protection of judges and magistrates

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, urged the Brazilian authorities to take immediate action to provide judges, magistrates, prosecutors, public defenders and lawyers with effective and adequate measures of protection.