Brazil

• Monday, August 31st 2009 - 23:32 UTC

  Brazil’s plans first nuclear powered submarine for 2021

  

  Brazil expects to have its first nuclear powered submarine in 2021, to be built in the country with French cooperation and equipped with conventional weapons, confirmed Defence minister Nelson Jobim who underlined the dissuasion potential of such a weapon recalling the Falkland Islands conflict of 1982.

• Monday, August 31st 2009 - 07:48 UTC

  Wheat production is Argentina down, and booming in Brazil

  

  Helped by the Argentine administrations of the Kirchner couple, Brazil is catching up with Argentina as Latinamerica’s main producer of wheat. This year Brazil will be planting only 200.000 hectares less than its Mercosur partner which this winter crop is down to 2.75 million hectares.

• Monday, August 31st 2009 - 07:33 UTC

  Brazil announces sweeping reforms for oil and gas industry

  

  The Brazilian government is set to unveil on Monday a sweeping reform of regulations covering the oil and natural gas industries Monday. The regulatory framework will delineate how recently discovered offshore sub-salt oil deposits should be developed, who will develop them and who will reap the rewards.

• Friday, August 28th 2009 - 19:59 UTC

  Brazilian general questions Lula da Silva’ stance on the Amazon

  

  The Brazilian government magnified the importance of the deployment of US troops in Colombian military bases, according to Brazilian retired Army general Luiz Eduardo Rocha Paiva who is also a lecturer in strategic affairs.

• Friday, August 28th 2009 - 19:29 UTC

  Lula da Silva and Sarney promise quick approval of Itaipú accord

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva and the head of the Senate Jose Sarney promised a delegation of visiting Paraguayan lawmakers that the Itaipú dam accord reached last July will receive congressional approval as soon as possible.

• Thursday, August 27th 2009 - 16:23 UTC

  AF 447: Brazil families demand crash probe

  

  Relatives of Brazilian victims of the Air France crash in the mid-Atlantic earlier this year have called for a criminal investigation to be opened into the incident.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2009 - 02:43 UTC

  Brazilian cabinet divided over taking military torturers to trial

  

  Taking to trial those responsible for human rights abuses during the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985 has divided the administration of President Lula da Silva, particularly some of its most influential ministers, according to the Sao Paulo press.

• Monday, August 24th 2009 - 11:28 UTC

  Brazil reaffirms influence in Bolivia and support for Evo Morales

  

  President Lula da Silva reaffirmed Brazil’s influence during his visit to Bolivia where he announced the opening of the Brazilian market to Bolivian textiles and extended a loan to build a leg of the bi-oceanic corridor which will eventually join Santos in the Atlantic with Iquique on the Pacific.

• Monday, August 24th 2009 - 11:09 UTC

  Presidential bid from former minister could undermine Lula da Silva’s plans

  

  Brazil's former environment minister Senator Marina Silva has left the ruling Workers' Party, paving the way for an expected presidential run in the October 2010 election. The opposition praised her attitude and her former party companions said they have no resentment towards her.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2009 - 11:27 UTC

  Brazilian president arrives in Bolivia with strong tone-down message

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva considers that differences inside the Union of South American Nations, Unasur are more “a matter of form than content” because “our main objectives are compatible and at the same time convergent” according to an interview in Bolivia’s leading newspaper La Razon.