Brazil’s industrial output increased a seasonally adjusted 0.5% from February although it fell 2.1% compared with March 2010, the Brazilian Census Bureau, or IBGE, said Tuesday.
The trade surplus rose to 1.86 billion USD last month from 1.55 billion in March, the ministry said. The figure compares with a 1.28 billion surplus in April last year. In the first four months of 2011 Brazil’s trade surplus totalled 5.03 billion USD which is up 132% over the same period a year ago.
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, 63, returned Monday to Brasilia after spending the weekend in a hospital in Sao Paulo suffering from strong flu and a mild case of pneumonia, according to the presidential office.
Brazilian government controlled oil and gas corporation Petrobras announced the discovery of a new high-quality crude deposit in ultra-deep waters off Brazil’s south-eastern coast.
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff left top bankers, investors and corporations CEO frustrated following her decision to cancel a speech to the World Economic Forum on Latin America meeting in Rio do Janeiro.
Spain’s biggest bank Santander reported first-quarter profit declined 5% as lower earnings at home offset gains in Latin America. Net income fell to 2.11 billion Euros from 2.22 billion Euros a year earlier, the Spanish bank said in a filing Friday.
The memory unit that may tell why an Air France jet plunged into the Atlantic nearly two years ago was recovered from the bottom of the ocean Sunday, France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) said.
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff decided to cut all relations with the Inter American Human Rights Court following on the CIDH decision to request that the construction of a huge dam in the Amazon be suspended, following an appeal from indigenous groups.
Brazil’s population reached 190.7 million according to primary data collected from the 2010 demographic census and released Friday by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE. The census also showed that almost 10% of the population is illiterate.
Rio de Janeiro's hosting of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics is an unprecedented chance to promote the Brazil brand and ensure a legacy of economic and social benefits, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday.