Brazil

• Tuesday, June 18th 2013 - 07:27 UTC

  Protests in Brazil against profligate spending and poor services extend to major cities

  

  Demonstrators clashed with police in central Rio do Janeiro on Monday evening as more than 200,000 people turned out to the streets of major Brazilian cities to protest the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup, higher public transport costs, corruption and poor services.

• Monday, June 17th 2013 - 21:30 UTC

  Latinamerica and Mercosur, priorities of Brazil foreign policy ratifies Rousseff

  

  President Dilma Rousseff ratified Latinamerica and Mercosur as Brazil’s foreign policy priorities, but at the same time emphasizing the ‘excellent relations’ with the United States and the European Union.

• Monday, June 17th 2013 - 16:03 UTC

  Brazil and UK sign long term cooperation program in biotechnology research

  

  The British Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) signed a Letter of Understanding to implement a new Cooperation Program to extend the long-term collaboration between the parties.

• Monday, June 17th 2013 - 15:51 UTC

  Expert in international cooperation next US ambassador in Brazil

  

  President Barack Obama has named Lilian Ayalde a career diplomat with a long experience in international cooperation and former ambassador to Paraguay as the next ambassador to Brazil it was announced by the White House.

• Monday, June 17th 2013 - 07:01 UTC

  Brazilian protestors clash over excessive expenditure in World Cup stadiums

  

  Police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse around 3,000 protestors from outside Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium ahead of the Confederations Cup match between Italy and Mexico on Sunday.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 14:39 UTC

  Booing down of President Rousseff reflects growing dissatisfaction with the economy

  

  Inflation, slower growth, street protests over the increase in bus fares smacked full on at an ill-humoured Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff during the opening ceremony of the Confederations Cup in Brasilia when she was booed down three times and simply had to declare the event open.

• Saturday, June 15th 2013 - 04:01 UTC

  Brazil bus-fares protests extend with hundreds arrested and dozens wounded

  

  More than a hundred people were arrested and dozens wounded as police in Sao Paulo clashed with activists on Thursday night in the latest and most rowdy in a rising tide of protests against bus, metro and train fare increases in Brazil.

• Saturday, June 15th 2013 - 03:56 UTC

  FIFA expresses ‘full confidence’ Brazil can manage disorders in the streets

  

  After violent protests in three cities heading into the warm-up event for the 2014 World Cup, FIFA expressed ''full confidence'' on Friday that Brazilian authorities have shown they can manage disorder in the streets.

• Friday, June 14th 2013 - 23:17 UTC

  Brazil pumps more consumer credit lines trying to bolster the economy

  

  The administration of President Dilma Rousseff will hand out 17 billion Reais (8 bn dollars) in cheap loans for home appliance purchases it was announced this week, a further attempt bolster Brazilians' buying power as an anemic economy and high inflation erode its approval rating.

• Friday, June 14th 2013 - 20:42 UTC

  Brazilian fire-fighters accused of dereliction of duty in blaze that killed 242 students

  

  Brazilian police accused eight firefighters of dereliction of duty for their alleged failure to enforce fire codes at a nightclub where a January 27 blaze resulted in the deaths of 242 people, the Record TV network reported this week.