Brazil

• Friday, October 5th 2012 - 06:06 UTC

  Brazil mocks Argentina after “super-match” was cancelled because of power failure

  

  Chaco Governor Jorge Capitanich publicly regretted and apologized on Thursday for the major embarrassment caused by the suspension of an Argentina-Brazil friendly match scheduled for Wednesday night when the stadium floodlights failed.

• Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s former chief of staff ‘master mind’ of Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal

  

  Former president Lula da Silva's chief of staff masterminded a vote-buying scheme by the ruling Workers Party in Brazil's Congress, a Supreme Court justice said Wednesday, in the biggest corruption scandal in the country in 20 years.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:35 UTC

  Brazilian Low-cost Gol airline purchases 60 Boeing 737 Max; 6bn dollars deal

  

  US manufacturer Boeing announced this week it has sold 60 aircraft to Brazil’s Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes, comprising the largest order ever from a single airline in South America. All 60 of the airplanes will be the 737 Max model, at a value of about 6 billion dollars at list price.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:29 UTC

  Industrial production picks up in August; stimuli seems to be working

  

  Industrial production in Brazil expanded in August at its fastest pace in 15 months thanks to heavy government stimulus, data showed on Tuesday. Finance Minister Guido Mantega said the jump in industrial output is proof that the worst of Brazil's slowdown is over.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:12 UTC

  Lula da Silva trusted aides face overwhelming evidence of involvement in ‘active corruption’

  

  The so called “trail of the century” in Brazil has already condemned 22 of the 37 culprits and on Wednesday is expected to peak when three former leaders of the ruling Workers’ Party are formally accused of having setup a network of bribes to ensure a majority in congress.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 03:59 UTC

  Despite Dilma, Lula and Cardoso, Sao Paulo city could end with an outsider as mayor

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff joined her mentor Lula da Silva in a political rally in support of the Workers Party candidate for mayor of the city of Sao Paulo in next Sunday’s municipal elections when 140 million Brazilians are registered to vote.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:11 UTC

  Miss Bumbum contest will choose the most anatomical perfect buttock of Brazil

  

  They came from all over Brazil, from the tropical, jungle north, from the flourishing manufacturing bustling megapolis, from the agriculture strong south and from every possible beach: they all converged to participate in the Miss Bumbum pageant, which will choose the best bottom of the country.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 20:25 UTC

  Eight million Brazilian still live in “extreme poverty” conditions

  

  Eight million Brazilians still live in extreme poverty, with monthly family incomes of 35 US dollars according to official data released on Monday and which represents a 5% drop compared to the previous survey.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 09:24 UTC

  Sao Paulo: 46 same-sex couples register their civil union and receive religious blessing

  

  The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo organized a collective ‘gay partnership day’ in which 46 couples had their relationship registered as a civil union, followed by a religious blessing and an all night party.

• Saturday, September 29th 2012 - 08:38 UTC

  PM Cameron admits disagreements with Brazil on some foreign policy issues

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted that UK and Brazil did not agree in all foreign policy issues, but welcomed the existence of an open debate between the two countries. PM Cameron ended on Friday a two-day visit to Latinamerica’s largest economy to promote trade and investment.