Brazil

Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 23:50 UTC
More than 25 million gays live in Latin America and spend billions travelling

There is a largely untapped lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) market in Latin America, according to a recent survey.
Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 00:18 UTC
Austerity and tough spending cuts in Lula da Silva’s last two months

Brazil’s Lula da Silva could implement a series of austerity measures and spending cuts during the last two months of his presidential period in order to leave an easier scenario for president-elect Dilma Rousseff, reported Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 04:51 UTC
Some of the challenges waiting for Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff became on Sunday Brazil’s first woman president and the first former guerrilla to reach the highest post in the country. In spite of being described by her mentor Lula da Silva as “a first class (electoral campaign) warrior and excellent manager” Ms Rousseff faces phenomenal challenges, not least the legacy of who handpicked her.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 01:48 UTC
Argentina joins Brazil’s development of military cargo aircraft

Argentina and Brazil have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop the KC-390 twin-engine military cargo aircraft, announced Argentina’s Defense minister on Monday.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 01:46 UTC
President-elect Rousseff names business-friendly transition team

Brazilian President-elect Dilma Rousseff named a market-friendly transition team on Monday as she prepares to take the helm of a booming economy threatened by heavy government spending and an overvalued currency.
Monday, November 1st 2010 - 00:03 UTC
A woman president for Latinamerica’s largest economy and Lula da Silva’s legacy

President Lula da Silva’s handpicked candidate Dilma Rousseff won Brazil's Sunday run-off becoming the first woman president to lead Latinamerica’s largest economy. Ms Rousseff promised to stick to policies that have lifted millions from poverty and made Brazil one of the world's hottest economies.
Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 06:58 UTC
Another plus for Lula da Silva: Dilma in the threshold of becoming Brazil’s first woman president

Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff cruised through the final television debate with presidential rival Jose Serra on Friday as another poll showed her heading for a convincing win in Sunday's runoff election.
Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 05:16 UTC
New ultra-deep pre-salt offshore find confirms Brazil an oil giant

Brazil’s oil industry regulator announced Friday that a recent ultra-deep offshore find is estimated to hold between 3.7 billion and 15 billion barrels of oil equivalent, which could make it the largest crude accumulation in the country’s pre-salt region and the biggest discovery in the Western Hemisphere in more than three decades.
Friday, October 29th 2010 - 03:44 UTC
Pope calls on Brazilian Catholic bishops to oppose legalization of abortion

Bishops must guide their faithful to use their vote to oppose efforts to legalize abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI told bishops from Brazil.
Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:29 UTC
Petrobras confirms light oil at deepwater exploration well in north-east

Brazilian government-controlled energy giant Petrobras said signs of oil found at in its first deepwater exploration well in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin mark the opening of a new “exploratory frontier”.