Brazil

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 20:44 UTC

  Mudslides isolate Rio’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue

  

  Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro's towering Christ the Redeemer statue and one of the city’s most iconic tourist attraction has been closed to the public after landslides that hit the city killing some 250 people and leaving thousands homeless.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:56 UTC

  Brazil signs in the Pentagon wide ranging defence cooperation agreement

  

  Brazil and United States signed a military cooperation agreement Monday in the Pentagon, Washington that both sides underlined as an example of partnership and transparency for the Americas.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2010 - 03:12 UTC

  “Avatar” director joins battle against huge dam in the Amazon

  

  Canadian filmmaker James Cameron, director of “Avatar,” promised this week to “tell the world” about the opposition of Indians and peasants to the construction in the Brazilian Amazon of the world’s third-largest hydroelectric dam.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 01:10 UTC

  Brazilian farmers forecasted to increase soybeans acreage next season

  

  Brazil's soybean farmers will plant their highest-ever acreage next season, despite growing pest problems and soaring fertilizer and transport costs.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 01:01 UTC

  Brazil’s success with second season crop behind record production of corn

  

  Increased success in second crops is behind the continued strength in Brazil's corn production despite a decline in plantings, the US Department of Agriculture has said.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 00:19 UTC

  Brazilian authorities begin evacuation of shantytown ahead of planned demolitions

  

  Brazilian authorities evacuated thousands of shantytown residents Sunday so their houses could be demolished after heavy rains that killed at least 224 people last week threatened further landslides.

• Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:30 UTC

  Rio do Janerio’s mud slides death toll could reach 400; focus on “responsibility”

  

  While rescuers raced against time amid fading hopes of finding survivors of a huge mudslide in the Rio do Janeiro area with over 400 people now feared dead in some of the worst flooding to swamp Brazil in decades, focus has turned on responsibility for the magnitude of the catastrophe.

• Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  Serra proclaimed opposition candidate saying that “Brazil can do better”

  

  A coalition of Brazilian opposition parties officially endorsed economist Jose Serra last Saturday as its candidate in October’s presidential elections under the slogan “Brazil can do better”.

• Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 05:09 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro will host first top level meeting on Brazil’s pre-salt oil fields

  

  The first major top-level industry wide meeting of all leading players in the exploration of the Brazilian pre-salt oil fields will be taking place next in June in Rio de Janeiro.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 23:20 UTC

  Indian-UK company develops multi-billion iron ore project in Brazil

  

  Dow Jones reported that Indian-owned UK based Zamin Resources has one major iron ore project under way in Brazil and is keen on developing others in the country and neighboring Uruguay.