Brazil

• Friday, February 5th 2010 - 02:57 UTC

  Brazil’s dilemma: how to contain growth (inflation) in an electoral year

  

  Brazil's Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee, Copom, expressed concern about inflation and advanced it was prepared to respond “promptly” according to the minutes from its meeting last week when it decided to maintain the basic interest rate at 8.75%.

• Thursday, February 4th 2010 - 17:51 UTC

  Brazil finally decides to purchase Dassault Rafale fighter planes

  

  Brazil has agreed on a price to buy and assemble 36 Rafale fighter jets with French manufacturer Dassault after months of negotiations, a leading Brazilian newspaper reported on Thursday.

• Thursday, February 4th 2010 - 17:17 UTC

  As China tries to cool economy asset bubbles fears emerge in Brazil

  

  Brazil, Latinamerica’s largest economy is feeling the consequences of China’s moves to rein in an overheated economy and global fears of asset bubbles in attractive fast developing economies. The strongest warning came this week from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD.

• Thursday, February 4th 2010 - 14:07 UTC

  Brazil’s best known writer against Blair as Olympics advisor

  

  Brazil's best-known writer, Paulo Coelho, is making it clear he doesn't want Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair involved in planning for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2010 - 12:20 UTC

  Green light in Brazil for controversial dam in Amazon jungle

  

  A controversial project to build a massive hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon jungle has received the go-ahead from Brazil’s environmental protection agency, despite objections from environmentalists and indigenous people who live in the area.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2010 - 12:06 UTC

  Brazil props fisheries patrolling and management with 27 vessels

  

  Brazil’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministry is planning to invest the equivalent of 17 million US dollars in optimising fisheries patrolling during 2010.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 - 12:41 UTC

  Outgoing presidents Bachelet and Lula da Silva with record support

  

  Two outgoing South American presidents have reached record popularity according to the latest January public opinion polls. They are Michelle Bachelet from Chile and Brazil’s Lula da Silva, both with plus eighty percentages.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 - 04:41 UTC

  Brazilian congress willing to approve reformed power accord with Paraguay

  

  In the Brazilian congress there’s a positive attitude towards the consideration and approval of the terms agreed between presidents Lula da Silva and Fernando Lugo to improve price and conditions for the Paraguayan power generated in the Itaipú dam and purchased by Brazil.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 - 04:34 UTC

  Shell and Brazilian company join to create giant ethanol producer and distributor

  

  Brazil's Cosan, the world's largest ethanol and sugar processor, said announced Monday it signed an agreement to merge its ethanol and fuels distribution business in the country with Royal Dutch Shell in a deal valued as much as 12 billion US dollars.

• Monday, February 1st 2010 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazilian group planning two huge feedlots to ensure cattle supply

  

  Argentina’s meat processing group, Quickfood belonging to the giant Brazilian corporation Marfrig has purchased 150 hectares in the province of Cordoba to establish one of the largest feedlots in the country.