Brazil

Monday, March 18th 2013 - 08:07 UTC
PM Cameron stops plans to impose visa restrictions on Brazilian tourists

Plans to impose visa restrictions on Brazilian tourists have been put on hold by Home Secretary Theresa May. Like US, Canadian or Australian citizens, Brazilians can visit the UK for up to six months without a visa.
Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:59 UTC
Petrobras keeps target of 2.5m bpd in 2016 and 4.2m bpd in 2020

Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has unveiled its business plan for the 2013-2017 period projecting investment of 236.7 billion dollars and maintaining its goal of raising crude-oil output from 2 million barrels per day in 2012 to 4.2 million bpd in 2020.
Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:44 UTC
Brazil promises renewed Maracana stadium will be ready for inauguration match with England June 2

Brazil 2014 World Cup organising committee has guaranteed that the historic Maracana Stadium in Rio do Janeiro will be ready in time to host the FIFA Confederations Cup in June.
Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 07:38 UTC
Romario calls for an investigation of football’s head regarding death of a journalist in 1975

Former Brazil striker Romario has called on authorities to investigate a possible connection between the head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and the mysterious death of a TV journalist 38 years ago.
Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 03:39 UTC
Rousseff reshuffles cabinet but leaves Mantega and economic team intact

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appointed on Friday new ministers for agriculture, civil aviation and labour, the presidential office said, in a Cabinet shuffle that left her economic team intact.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 09:14 UTC
Falkland Islands’ referendum, Argentina should yield to reality and peoples’ self determination says Brazilian daily

Under the heading of “Malvinas: British” the influential Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo describes the 99.8% result of the Falklands referendum as a “compelling defeat” for the Argentine government and a litigation hard to sustain when international law rests more on the peoples’ perspective than in the historic, real or imaginary territorial possession.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 09:07 UTC
Argentina furious with Brazil over cancelling of 6bn potash development project

The government of President Cristina Fernandez is furious with the Brazil-based Vale mining company for suspending its 6 billion dollars potash development in Mendoza, the largest investment in Argentina in recent years.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 08:58 UTC
Falkland Islands’ referendum vote blasted unanimously in both Houses of Argentina’s Congress

The Argentine Congress in extraordinary sessions held on Wednesday in both Houses unanimously rejected the Falkland Islands referendum in which the local population overwhelmingly decided to remain as a British Overseas Territory.
Monday, March 11th 2013 - 05:37 UTC
Brazil pledges support for Venezuelan transition but takes distance from Chavez populism

By leaving Venezuela before Friday’s funeral ceremony for leader Hugo Chávez, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was once again trying to chart out a more moderate signal to investors and diplomats, plus probably avoiding Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whom contrary to her predecessor Lula da Silva, she has strongly criticized.
Monday, March 11th 2013 - 05:32 UTC
Brazil to scrap federal taxes on food staples to lower inflation

Brazil announced it will scrap federal taxes on certain food staples and toiletries, the latest in a series of measures to curb prices after a surprise jump in inflation in February triggered alarm bells.