Brazil

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 06:52 UTC

  Lula da Silva calls for Argentine/Brazilian business corporations

  

  Brazil's former President Lula Da Silva blasted the “protectionist” measures of the developed countries and called for the alliance between businessmen from his country and Argentina's, as he highlighted that Brazil “grows, but with a controlled inflation rate”.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 01:26 UTC

  Venezuela’s air carrier Conviasa expands schedules with Brazilian aircraft

  

  Venezuelan flag air-carrier Conviasa plans this year to expand the number of destinations from four to ten with the three, out of an order of twenty aircraft purchased to Brazil, announced on Wednesday the president of the company General César Martínez.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 20:34 UTC

  Brazil’s slowdown impacts on neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay says Fitch

  

  Brazil's deeper-than-expected economic slowdown is amplifying the deceleration already being experienced by Argentina and Uruguay as a result of the global slowdown, according to a new Fitch Ratings report.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 15:16 UTC

  Is Brazil the reservoir of future agriculture productive capacity?

  

  The following piece was published by Dorvers, CattleNnetwork and refers to the agriculture potential of Latinamerica and Mercosur largest economy. The column sources are Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 05:31 UTC

  Investors are falling in love with Mexico while Brazil loses its ‘darling’ status

  

  The following article was published by Canada’s The Globe and Mail and gives an insight to investors thinking from the north regarding Latinamerica’s two largest economies, Brazil and Mexico.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:37 UTC

  Brazil implements racial and income affirmative action at federal universities

  

  The law which forces Brazilian federal universities to leave 50% of higher education seats to students from government schools and minorities such as blacks and indigenous became effective on Monday.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 00:07 UTC

  Brazil insists in criticizing US monetary policy, but “we are prepared”

  

  Brazil’s central bank president Alexandre Tombini refuted on Monday arguments that the US expansionist monetary policy do not harm emerging countries such as Brazil.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 22:01 UTC

  Damaged cargo aircraft exposes vulnerability of Brazil’s airports’ system

  

  Brazil’s poor infrastructure was again confirmed over the weekend at one of Sao Paulo international airports, Viracopos, when a damaged cargo aircraft blocked activities forcing 450 flight cancellations and overloading the already saturated capacity of other air terminals.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 18:48 UTC

  Bernanke replies to Brazil and IMF on rich countries monetary easing controversy

  

  Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has defended the central bank's measures to bolster the US economy. Brazil has said US monetary easing to keep interest rates low and weaken the dollar has hurt emerging economies. And IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned on Sunday of consequent asset bubbles developing in emerging nations.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:58 UTC

  Minister confirms talks for re-incorporation of Paraguay to Unasur and Mercosur

  

  Foreign minister Jose Felix Fernandez Estigarribia confirmed the beginning of negotiations for the re-incorporation of Paraguay to Unasur and Mercosur which will take place through the mediation of a Latinamerican country he did not identify.