Brazil

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 02:25 UTC

  Brazilian Senate will only deal directly with FIFA president Blatter

  

  A panel of the Brazilian Senate on Tuesday canceled a planned meeting with FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, who last month caused uproar with his outspoken criticism of the country's 2014 World Cup preparations.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 02:20 UTC

  Brazil soy farmers expected to plant a record acreage after this year’s dismal crop

  

  Brazilian farmers will likely plant at least 26.2 million hectares with soybeans in the next crop, up 1.1 million hectares from the current 2011-12 crop, forecaster Agroconsult said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 01:37 UTC

  Brazil announces 35bn dollars stimulus measures to prop industry

  

  Brazil announced on Tuesday tax cuts and other stimulus measures worth about 65 billion Reais (35 billion dollars) to protect the country’s struggling industry from what she said were “predatory” trade practices by rich nations.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 - 03:33 UTC

  Americas Summit expected to release support-statement for Argentina’s Falklands claim

  

  Thirty years after the Falklands/Malvinas war, Latin America seems to be closing ranks behind Argentina's sovereignty claim over the disputed islands and reviving a bid for control in the resource-rich South Atlantic.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:16 UTC

  India and Brazil agree to push for UN Security Council reform

  

  India and Brazil on Friday decided to step up efforts to push the UN reforms, particularly the Security Council and signed half a dozen agreements in areas ranging from science and biotechnology to cultural exchanges.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:13 UTC

  Brazil considering tax breaks and higher tariffs to help struggling industries

  

  Brazil will extend a payroll tax break to some manufacturers as part of a package of new measures to help struggling industries in a move to help the recovery of Latin America's top economy, a senior government source revealed to the local media.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 07:58 UTC

  Oil leaks cast a shadow over the development of Brazil’s offshore huge reserves

  

  Brazilian authorities identified a small oil leak off the shores of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, the latest in a series of spills that has raised safety concerns over the development of some of the world's largest petroleum reserves.

• Friday, March 30th 2012 - 23:03 UTC

  Lula da Silva admits he feared loosing his voice more than dying

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva said in an interview published this week that he feared losing his voice more than dying when he was diagnosed with larynx cancer.

• Friday, March 30th 2012 - 07:39 UTC

  Brazil monetary authorities suggest benchmark rate could fall to 9% (from 9.75%)

  

  Brazil's Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) reaffirmed the likelihood it will continue to cut rates and at the same time perhaps put into question its commitment to the 4.5% inflation target for 2013, according to the quarterly inflation report released Thursday morning.

• Friday, March 30th 2012 - 07:05 UTC

  Brazil’s union files lawsuit against Chevron and Transocean over oil spill

  

  Brazil's largest oil workers union filed a lawsuit against US oil company Chevron and drilling firm Transocean that seeks to cancel their rights to operate in the country as the result of an offshore oil spill last November.