Brazil

• Friday, June 20th 2014 - 06:34 UTC

  Colombia-Brazil consider closer links between Pacific Alliance and Mercosur

  

  Colombia and Brazil's presidents Juan Manuel Santos and Dilma Rousseff met in Brasilia to address regional and bilateral affairs and the possibility of closer links between the Pacific Alliance and Mercosur, which “are naturally complementary and do not compete among themselves”.

• Thursday, June 19th 2014 - 06:02 UTC

  Brazil gives 85 hooligans 72 hours to leave the country or be deported

  

  At least 85 hooligans mostly Chileans were given 72 hours to abandon Brazil following their arrests for having broken into the Maracaná stadium and destroyed most of the press centre. The incidents happened minutes before the Chile-Spain match in Rio do Janeiro on Wednesday when the South American team knocked out the reigning Cup kings.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Merkel fully committed to reach an EU/Mercosur trade deal

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured Brazil on Sunday that she will do her utmost to bring to successful end negotiations for a cooperation and free trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 06:37 UTC

  Tear gas and pepper spray against World Cup demonstrators in Rio do Janeiro

  

  Brazilian police used tear gas and pepper spray to prevent some 200 protestors from getting near Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium Sunday during the Argentina-Bosnia World Cup game.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 05:34 UTC

  Argentina hopeful US Supreme Court will take the hedge funds holdouts case

  

  US Supreme Court is likely to issue a ruling in the upcoming months favoring Argentina’s position in the country’s dispute against hedge funds ('vulture funds'), anticipated former Argentine Finances Secretary Guillermo Nielsen.

• Saturday, June 14th 2014 - 09:20 UTC

  Rousseff will attend no more Cup games, because of the barrage of insults received

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will not be attending any more matches of the World Cup following on the insults and verbal aggressions she received on Thursday during the opening ceremony and the Croatia-Brazil game, reported the Sao Paulo media.

• Friday, June 13th 2014 - 08:02 UTC

  Croatian coach warned World Cup could become a 'circus'

  

  Croatian coach Niko Kovac warned on Thursday the World Cup could become a “circus” after Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awarded a soft 71st-minute penalty to hosts Brazil in the opening game of the tournament.

• Thursday, June 12th 2014 - 06:53 UTC

  World manufacturing on the upturn but fragile in emerging economies

  

  World manufacturing is in a phase of steady growth due to the improved financial condition of industrialized countries, especially in Europe, and China’s continued growth, the United Nations reported on Wednesday.

• Thursday, June 12th 2014 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil extend auto industry accord until July 2015

  

  Argentina and Brazil finally on Wednesday in Buenos Aires a deal for automotive trade between the two nations, which will be valid until July 2015 and aims to revive the sector which has seen heavy falls in activity (and jobs) since the beginning of this year.

• Thursday, June 12th 2014 - 06:30 UTC

  Brazil increases cultivation area and expects record grain harvest in 2014

  

  Brazil, one of the world's leading agricultural producers, expects a record grain harvest this year of 192.3 million tons, up 2.2% from 2013, the IBGE statistics agency said this week.