Brazil

• Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 06:04 UTC

  Brazil testing patient suspected of Ebola infection; another 64 in quarantine

  

  Brazilian Health Minister Arthur Chioro said on Friday the results of tests on a patient suspected of Ebola infection would take 24 hours. At a press conference in Brasilia, the minister assured the situation was under control and that proper precautions had been taken to isolate the patient.

• Friday, October 10th 2014 - 05:18 UTC

  Rousseff and Neves in 'statistical tie' according to the latest opinion polls

  

  Pro-business candidate Aecio Neves has a slight lead of 2 percentage points over President Dilma Rousseff ahead of the October 26 runoff in Brazil's presidential elections, according to two new polls released on Thursday.

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 08:28 UTC

  Brazil's Socialist party announces support for Neves on 26 October runoff

  

  The political party that launched environmentalist Marina Silva's unsuccessful presidential bid has thrown its support behind pro-business candidate Aecio Neves for Brazil's Oct. 26 runoff vote against populist President Dilma Rousseff.

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  A blow for Dilma: Brazil's September inflation at its highest in three years

  

  Brazil's annual inflation rate in September rose way above the official target to the highest in nearly three years, giving fresh ammunition to opposition candidate Aecio Neves in a run-off vote later this month against President Dilma Rousseff.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 08:38 UTC

  Brazilian pollsters missed percentages but 'confirmed tendencies'

  

  Although pollsters in Brazil got it right with President Dilma Rousseff victory and the growth tendency of runner up Aecio Neves in the last days leading to Sunday's presidential election, they failed dismally in percentage estimates.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 03:50 UTC

  Brazilian and Chinese banks support for Argentina in bonds litigation confirmed

  

  Brazil’s PTG Pactual Bank and the China Construction Bank are at the forefront of the initiative to buy up the 1.6 billion dollars of debt which Argentina owes “holdouts” NML-Elliott and Aurelius, according to a report from Buenos Aires Ambito Financiero, the country's leading financial newspaper.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2014 - 03:43 UTC

  IMF lowers Latam growth forecasts: declining exports and domestic constraints

  

  The International Monetary Fund cut its global economic growth forecasts for the third time this year, warning of weaker growth in core Euro zone countries, Japan and big emerging markets like Brazil.

• Tuesday, October 7th 2014 - 05:56 UTC

  Brazilian markets clearly support challenger Neves: Bovespa up 4.7%

  

  The Sao Paulo stock exchange soared 4.7% on Monday with the Bovespa index reaching 57.115 points following Sunday's presidential election when no candidate managed 50% of ballots, opening the way for a runoff between pro-business Aecio Neves and president Dilma Rousseff.

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 21:17 UTC

  Dilma retained majority in Congress, theoretically, given the volatility of Brazilian parties

  

  The multi-party coalition that currently supports Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff lost ground in Sunday's election but will keep its majority in Congress following on the results released by the country' Superior Electoral Tribunal, TSE.

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 07:51 UTC

  Sao Paulo state, Brazil's largest electoral district delivers solid win for Neves party

  

  The social-democrat (PSDB) governor from the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest electoral district, Geraldo Alckim was re-elected on Sunday with 57,7% of ballots, which ensures a strong spring board for the presidential runoff between president Dilma Rousseff and her PSDB challenger on 26 October, Aecio Neves.