Brazil

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 21:22 UTC

  Good grades for Latam in IMF report; Uruguay’s forecasted growth: 6% in 2011

  

  The IMF forecasts Uruguay’s economy will expand 6% in 2011 and 4.2% the following year. Estimates are in line with targets made public by Uruguay’s central bank.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil deploys 7.000 troops along southern borders to combat organized crime

  

  The Brazilian government displayed this weekend thousands of troops with air support along the borders with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in a concerted effort to combat organized crime.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 00:58 UTC

  Hundreds of brooms in Rio’s beaches to protest Brazilian rampant corruption

  

  A total of 594 brooms representing Brazil’s 81 senators and 513 members of the Lower House have been planted in the famous Copacabana beach of Rio do Janeiro by a non government organization demanding for action against rampant corruption.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 00:46 UTC

  Petrobras begins pumping natural gas from first pre-salt field of Santos Basin

  

  Brazil's energy giant Petrobras began pumping natural gas from the offshore Santos Basin on the new 216-kilometer Lula-Mexilhao pipeline Friday, the company said Monday in a statement.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 00:42 UTC

  Brazil sponsors “forex anti-dumping” import barriers to compensate US dollar devaluation

  

  The Brazilian government will propose before the World Trade Organization the implementation of import barriers to compensate for the growing penetration of foreign produce spurred by the sustained devaluation of the US dollars in recent years, said Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 16:41 UTC

  Brazil reiterates it will defend recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN

  

  Brazil will ‘defend’ the recognition of a Palestinian state during the coming United Nations General Assembly discussions, said President Dilma Rousseff’s international affairs advisor Marco Aurelio García.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 14:17 UTC

  Brazil’s meatpacker Marfrig sells Keystone logistics arm for 400m dollars

  

  After a string of takeovers in recent years, Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig Alimentos SA said on Sunday it reached a deal to sell the logistics arm acquired when it bought US distributor Keystone Foods.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:52 UTC

  Brazilian president first woman to open round of UN General Assembly speeches

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will become on Wednesday the first woman ever to open the round of speeches marking the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly, according to Brazilian sources.

• Saturday, September 17th 2011 - 03:03 UTC

  World Cup 2014 delays expose Brazil’s planning and infrastructure weaknesses

  

  Brazil’s celebration of the 1,000-day countdown to the 2014 is being marred by construction delays as striking workers and government foot-dragging hurt preparations for the soccer tournament.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 07:05 UTC

  Brazil increases tax on cars with high content of imported components

  

  Brazil on Thursday raised a tax on cars with a high content of imported components to protect jobs following a surge in shipments from China and elsewhere that has been fueled by a rally in the currency.