Brazil

• 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.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 23:16 UTC

  Latest mudslide may have killed 200 people in Rio do Janeiro

  

  A landslide in a Rio de Janeiro satellite city may have killed 200 people as rains that started earlier this week continue to saturate the soil of the hilly region home to 12 million people, the state’s civil defense office said on Thursday.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 04:21 UTC

  Brazil and US sign defence cooperation accord next week, first since 1977

  

  Brazil and the United States will sign a defence-cooperation agreement next week, Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Wednesday. This would be the first major bilateral military cooperation agreement since 1977.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 01:27 UTC

  Rio declares three days of mourning, while many city services remain paralyzed

  

  At least 113 people died, over 100 were injured and 1,410 were left homeless in a storm that devastated Brazil's state of Rio de Janeiro since Monday evening, authorities said Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 01:24 UTC

  Soaring car sales confirm strong rebound of the Brazilian economy

  

  Automobile output in Brazil soared in March as manufacturers ramped up production to keep up with record sales fuelled by a strong economic rebound, the national automakers' association Anfavea said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 21:02 UTC

  Bolivia and Brazil discuss energy and exploitation of strategic minerals

  

  Bolivia and Brazil are considering a vast joint investment program to industrialize natural gas and for the exploitation of strategic minerals in the salt plains of the land-locked Andean country.