Brazil

Thursday, March 4th 2010 - 21:24 UTC
US and Brazil agree Venezuela “should be looking more to the south”

The United States and Brazil agreed that Venezuela should be “looking more to the south”, to “successful models of country”, according to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and that is why “we have invited Venezuela to join Mercosur”, pointed out Brazilian Foreign Secretary Celso Amorim.
Thursday, March 4th 2010 - 21:10 UTC
Cruise along Brazilian coast suffers alleged massive food poisoning

Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas was liberated and allowed to continue with the cruise after Brazilian sanitary officials imposed a 24 hours quarantine following a massive outbreak of what is believed to be food poisoning.
Thursday, March 4th 2010 - 04:21 UTC
Brazil tells Washington “not to push Iran into a corner”

Brazil and the US could not agree Wednesday over how to rein in Tehran's suspect nuclear ambitions and Brazilian President Lula da Silva warned the world not to “push Iran into a corner.”
Saturday, February 27th 2010 - 08:18 UTC
Petrobras announces two discoveries with 65 million barrels potential

Brazilian government managed energy firm Petrobras announced this week it had made two separate discoveries of oil in the Campos Basin near Brazil's coast with recoverable reserves of 40 million and 25 million barrels.
Saturday, February 27th 2010 - 08:16 UTC
Brazilian central bank prepares to withdraw stimulus measures and liquidity

The Brazilian Central bank’s decision to raise reserve requirements this week will have an impact on monetary policy, admitted the bank’s governor Henrique Meirelles in an interview with the financial publication Valor Economico.
Saturday, February 27th 2010 - 07:50 UTC
Brazil could ban “Naughty blonde” beer ad featuring Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton is causing a stir in Brazil, where a government department has claimed a one minute beer commercial in which she stars is demeaning to women, particularly blondes.
Saturday, February 27th 2010 - 07:17 UTC
IMF warns of asset bubbles in Brazil and Indonesia

International Monetary Fund, IMF, chief Dominique Strauss Khan warned that Brazil and Indonesia and other emerging countries are in “real risk” of suffering an assets price bubble given the inflow on foreign capital.
Thursday, February 25th 2010 - 01:27 UTC
On its fiftieth anniversary Brasilia exposed to a major political dispute

The acting governor of Brazil's federal district resigned this week in connection with a corruption scandal that has tarnished one of the main opposition parties and could affect the campaign of front-runner Jose Serra in this October's presidential race.
Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 06:15 UTC
Brazil’s Lula da Silva blasts US Security Council and Britain

Brazilian president Lula da Silva condemned on Tuesday the United Nations Organization (UN) and its Security Council for not recognizing Argentina's sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.
Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 00:56 UTC
An Iron Lady could become Brazil’s next president

An iron lady in Brazil’s future? Could be, if economist Dilma Rousseff, former guerrilla and known for her strong character and work capacity, nominated by the ruling Workers Party, PT, to succeed the charismatic Lula da Silva is victorious in Brazil’s 3 October presidential election.