Brazil

Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:51 UTC
Brazil’s incumbent presidential candidate takes the lead over main rival

Brazil's ruling Workers' Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, has a five percentage-point lead over her main rival Jose Serra, according to the latest opinion poll released Friday.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:47 UTC
Uribe most probably will have Lula da Silva at his table in next Friday’s banquet

The Brazilian Executive spokesman Marcelo Baumbach said on Saturday that President Lula da Silva had a long conversation on the phone with Colombian president-elect Juan Manuel Santos and they talked about the diplomatic crisis with Venezuela.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 18:56 UTC
Mujica and Lula da Silva reiterate commitment to Mercosur and Unasur

Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Uruguay’s Jose Mujica on Friday defended South America’s integration as a peace zone and reiterated the two countries commitment to Mercosur and Unasur.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:30 UTC
World’s leading iron-ore producer and exporter moves into the copper business

Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale Rio Doce announced this week that it will make a public offer to acquire Paranapanema, the country’s largest copper smelter, as part of a bid to become one of the world’s leading producers of the red metal.
Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:05 UTC
Lula da Silva will continue to openly support Dilma’s presidential campaign

Brazilian president Lula da Silva who insists in campaigning for the incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, in spite of electoral regulations, revealed that the country’s ‘coup elite’ tried to remove him from office.
Wednesday, July 28th 2010 - 17:48 UTC
Brazilian military exercise to protect nuclear plants and vast offshore oil deposits

Brazil is holding military exercises along its Atlantic coast with the deployment of 10.000 troops from the three services to ensure the country can protect its nuclear plants and massive offshore oil industry.
Tuesday, July 27th 2010 - 20:04 UTC
Paraguay downplays derogatory references from Brazilian politicians

Paraguayan officials downplayed statements by Brazil’s main opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra who said that Brazil is doing “philanthropy with Paraguay and Bolivia”.
Tuesday, July 27th 2010 - 04:42 UTC
Brazilian Indians protesting construction of Amazon dam release hostages

The Brazilian Indians who occupied the construction site of a hydroelectric dam and took more than 150 workers hostage in the far southern portion of the country’s Amazon region on Monday have released the last five people they were holding, a government spokesman said.
Monday, July 26th 2010 - 22:38 UTC
Indians seize controversial dam under construction in Brazil’s Amazon jungle

A group of about 300 Indians from 11 different groups on Sunday seized a controversial dam that is under construction in Brazil’s Amazon jungle and took about 100 workers hostage, officials said.
Monday, July 26th 2010 - 03:32 UTC
With ten weeks left Brazilian presidential race remains technically tied

With only two and a half months left for October 3 presidential election the ruling party candidate, Dilma Rousseff and Jose Serra from the opposition remain in a technical tie according to an opinion poll released over the weekend. The Datafolha poll showed Rousseff with 36% of voter intention against 37% for former Sao Paulo state Governor Serra.