Brazil

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 16:28 UTC

  Brazil plans to counter Argentina’s latest imports’ measures, if they affect trade

  

  Brazil has plans to counter the latest battery of trade restrictions which Argentina announced, if they turn out to the barriers for Brazilian exports, reported the influential Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 15:15 UTC

  Buenos Aires reacts to Brazilian comments that Argentina is “a permanent problem”

  

  Reacting to Brazil’s trade minister Fernando Pimentel comments describing Argentina as “a permanent problem” Industry Minister Debora Giorgi said that “the trade balance reality between Argentina and Brazil does not warrant Pimentel's complaints”.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:50 UTC

  Argentina considers Brazil’s complaints about trade restrictions ‘unjustified”

  

  The head of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), José Ignacio de Mendiguren said on Thursday that the complaints from Brazil over the Argentine import restrictions are “unjustified”.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:37 UTC

  Hague reaffirms sovereignty and values discussing Falklands self-determination with Brazil

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague during a major speech on foreign policy in Brazil said that the UK will always uphold sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and the rights of the Islanders to self determination.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 00:07 UTC

  Prince Harry will visit Brazil in March and open Britain GREAT 2012 campaign

  

  HRH Prince Harry will visit Brazil in March, Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed on Thursday. Hague is currently on a two-day visit to Brazil and made the announcement during a press conference next to Sérgio Cabral, Governor of Rio de Janeiro.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 05:57 UTC

  Brazil cuts basic rate to 10.5% and signals further reductions in the future

  

  Brazil’s central bank indicated on Wednesday it will keep cutting interest rates at the current pace after it reduced borrowing costs by a half-point to 10.5%, for a fourth straight meeting.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 05:55 UTC

  FIFA tells Brazil beer must be sold at the 2014 World Cup matches

  

  Beer must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, football's world governing body, Fifa, has insisted. Fifa General Secretary, Jerome Valcke, said the right to sell beer must be enshrined in a World Cup law the Brazilian Congress is considering.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 03:57 UTC

  Brazilian government considers Argentina “a permanent problem” in economic issues

  

  Industry and Foreign Trade minister Fernando Pimentel expressed on Wednesday the Brazilian government’s deep disappointment with the latest Argentine legislation to be implemented on trade saying that Argentina is “a permanent problem”.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 21:34 UTC

  Busy March for Rousseff: President Obama, Chancellor Merkel and BRICS summit

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will be meeting her US peer Barack Obma next March when she is also scheduled to hold talks with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and attend a BRIC group summit.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 21:02 UTC

  Hague praises Brazil’s global presence and reaffirms British policy towards the Falklands

  

  Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague praised Brazil's growing economic and political power as he opened two days of talks with the country's leaders, and also assured that British policy on the Falkland Islands will not change despite pressure from Argentina.