Brazil

• Monday, February 1st 2010 - 06:58 UTC

  Brazil moving closer to accepting Honduran president Lobo

  

  Brazil sees a positive attitude and a good indication of “reconciliation” attempts by the recently inaugurated Honduran president Porfirio Lobo. “The new president acted in a politically positive manner when he negotiated a safe conduct for the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya”, said Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim.

• Monday, February 1st 2010 - 06:05 UTC

  Brazil promotes agribusiness trade with Arab countries

  

  Brazilian agribusiness exports to Arab countries generated 6.86 billion US dollars in 2009 last year, 14% over 2008, according to figures from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade and compiled by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. This in spite of the factor that total agribusiness sales dropped 9.8%.

• Monday, February 1st 2010 - 05:41 UTC

  Dilma Rousseff finally says Yes and wants to be “Lula da Silva’s successor”

  

  Brazilian cabinet chief Dilma Rousseff, (62) hand picked by President Lula da Silva as the ruling coalition’s candidate for next October presidential election, finally openly admitted that “yes” she would love to be nominated as the popular leader’s “successor”.

• Sunday, January 31st 2010 - 14:08 UTC

  Lula da Silva “”I'm ready to get back in the game”

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday he is in “perfect health” two days after being hospitalized for a high-blood-pressure attack that forced him to cancel his attendance at a global economic forum.

• Friday, January 29th 2010 - 09:19 UTC

  Brazilian company invests heavily in Uruguayan dairy industry

  

  A major Brazilian dairy corporation, Laticinios Bom Gosto will begin to build its affiliate in Uruguay next May to produce powder milk and butter mainly for the Brazilian market.

• Friday, January 29th 2010 - 09:15 UTC

  “Global Statesman” Lula da Silva recovers from high blood pressure peak

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva is resting at his private home after having suffered a high blood pressure peak on Wednesday which forced him to cancel his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos where he was to be honoured with the Global Statesman Prize.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 13:32 UTC

  Six months facelift for Rio’s iconic Christ Redeemer statue

  

  The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the seven new wonders of the world which receives annually 1.8 million visitors annually starting this week will undergo a facelift, according to Brazilian Catholic church sources.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Lula da Silva thinking of a banker for the October presidential ticket

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva is considering supporting a renowned banker such as Central Bank governor Henrique Meirelles, to complete his Workers Party ticket for next October’s presidential election which is expected to be headed by cabinet chief Dilma Rousseff, according to press reports in Sal Paulo.

• Thursday, January 28th 2010 - 05:33 UTC

  Brazil signs agreement to purchase 10 billion USD in IMF notes

  

  The Brazilian government and the International Monetary Fund signed a technical agreement under which Brazil will buy up to 10 billion USD in IMF notes over the next two years.

• Wednesday, January 27th 2010 - 14:32 UTC

  Brazilian ruling coalition fears division among left wing voters

  

  Brazil’ ruling Workers Party presidential hopeful Dilma Rousseff admitted that there was concern over the impact of a divided left ahead for the coming October presidential election, as happened in Chile where the conservative Coalition for Change defeated the ruling Concertacion in office for two decades.