Brazil

• Tuesday, November 5th 2013 - 07:26 UTC

  South America's major military air exercise takes off in the north of Brazil

  

  An international military exercise, organized by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and considered the largest in South America, began Monday at the country's two northeastern air bases, with the participation of air forces from Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. Argentina dropped out at last moment.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 23:57 UTC

  EU lawmaker 'cautiously optimistic' about trade agreement with Mercosur in 2014

  

  A member from the European parliament, Jean Pierre Audy who headed a mission to Brazil last week said he was confident that next year the long standing negotiations for a free trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Mercosur “could be concluded”.

• Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 03:14 UTC

  Germany/Brazil initiative at the UN to end excessive electronic surveillance

  

  Germany and Brazil circulated a draft resolution to a U.N. General Assembly committee on Friday that calls for an end to excessive electronic surveillance, data collection and other gross invasions of privacy. The draft resolution does not name any specific countries, although U.N. diplomats said it was clearly aimed at the United States, which has been embarrassed by revelations of a massive international surveillance program from a former US contractor.

• Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 00:42 UTC

  Brazil posted in September its highest primary budget deficit in five years

  

  Brazil posted a primary budget deficit of 9.048 billion Reais (4.1 billion dollars) in September, its biggest in nearly five years and the government reacted announcing a plan of cuts fearing an impact from credit rating agencies.

• Sunday, November 3rd 2013 - 00:03 UTC

  Brazil's golden boy files for bankruptcy; an example of overblown expectations?

  

  Just a few year ago, flashy Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista was bragging that he would soon overpass Carlos Slim as the world's richest man. He even liked to show visitors his Mercedes-Benz McLaren parked right in the living room of his mansion. But his fall has been deep and fast.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 21:35 UTC

  Mercosur calls special meeting in November to consolidate trade proposal before the EU

  

  Mercosur will be holding a special meeting of foreign ministers next 15 November in Caracas to consolidate “Mercosur presentation before the European Union”, according to a release from the Argentine Foreign ministry.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 18:39 UTC

  A Pope, two presidents, a businessman and a drug baron, the Latin-Americans that made it to Forbes list

  

  Pope Francis ranks as the fourth most powerful person in the world and the most powerful Latin-American, according to Forbes’ annual Most Powerful in the World List which this year had Russian President Vladimir Putin ranked number one ahead of President Barack Obama and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping, number three.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 17:52 UTC

  Brazilian government trying to establish dialogue with anarchist group “Black Bloc”

  

  The Brazilian government is trying to establish a dialogue with the anarchist group identifies as “Black Bloc” which has been made responsible by the police for the outbreak of violence and vandalism in the ongoing protests in the country, said the Executive Office Secretary General Gilberto Carvalho.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 15:31 UTC

  Brazil commemorates 25 years of the post-dictatorship constitution

  

  Four former Brazilian presidents Jose Sarney, Fernando Color de Mello, Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Lula da Silva were honored at a ceremony in the Senate to commemorate the 25 years of the 1988 constitution.

• Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 03:49 UTC

  Greater ports congestion forecasted in Brazil with record soy crop and delayed sugar shipments

  

  Brazil’s delays loading soybeans for export may worsen in 2014 due to a bigger crop and as some grain facilities are used for sugar shipments, crop analyst Soybean & Corn Advisor Inc. said.