Brazil

• Monday, August 30th 2010 - 07:03 UTC

  Serra in disarray “campaigns” for Lula da Silva’s protégé Dilma

  

  While the Brazilian ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff consolidates her lead in opinion polls and is almost certain to win in the first round October 3, her main rival Jose Serra’s campaign seems to have fallen in disarray.

• Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 07:18 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Court lifts ban on political candidates and parties satire

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court suspended starting Friday the rule banning radio and television comedians and programs from producing political satire about parties and their candidates in the October election.

• Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:41 UTC

  Bank of Brasil targets US, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Colombia to expand

  

  Bank of Brasil, Latin America’s biggest bank by assets plans the acquisition of banks in Chile and the United States and is holding negotiations to further expand in Peru, Colombia and Uruguay, said Aldemir Bendine the bank’s CEO.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:54 UTC

  Dilma Rousseff forecasted to take “bold actions” including budget cuts

  

  As public opinion polls confirm the growing commanding gap between Brazil’s ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff and her main contender Jose Serra, analysts have begun to ponder on her policies.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:33 UTC

  Lula da Silva signs contract for controversial dam in the Amazon basin

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed Thursday the contracts for the Norte Energia consortium to start construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon basin.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 03:17 UTC

  Lula da Silva warns Brazil is falling back in 2014 World Cup infrastructure

  

  Brazil’s president Lula da Silva cautioned preparations for the 2014 World Cup could be jeopardized if government officials and businessmen fail to work together in the coming years.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 03:04 UTC

  Brazil forecasted to harvest smallest orange crop in eight years

  

  Orange growers in Brazil, the world’s biggest producer, will harvest the smallest crop in at least eight years after rains hindered flowering, said Margarete Boteon, a University of Sao Paulo researcher.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

  Big business convinced Ms Rousseff is Brazil’s next president

  

  Campaign funds in support of the Brazilian ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff more than double those of her main adversary, according to a report published Monday by Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:02 UTC

  Brazilian comedians protest ban on ridiculing political candidates

  

  A group of Brazilian stand-up comedians and television comedy actors held a protest against the ruling that bars any ribbing of political candidates over the airwaves in the run-up to the October 3 elections.

• Saturday, August 21st 2010 - 13:45 UTC

  Austerity measures to balance the budget, if Dilma is Brazil’s next president

  

  Brazil's ruling coalition candidate could adopt austerity measures to balance public accounts if elected president in October and also favours a heavier state hand in the oil and mining industries, her party chief told reporters.