Brazil

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 - 04:41 UTC

  Brazilian congress willing to approve reformed power accord with Paraguay

  

  In the Brazilian congress there’s a positive attitude towards the consideration and approval of the terms agreed between presidents Lula da Silva and Fernando Lugo to improve price and conditions for the Paraguayan power generated in the Itaipú dam and purchased by Brazil.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 - 04:34 UTC

  Shell and Brazilian company join to create giant ethanol producer and distributor

  

  Brazil's Cosan, the world's largest ethanol and sugar processor, said announced Monday it signed an agreement to merge its ethanol and fuels distribution business in the country with Royal Dutch Shell in a deal valued as much as 12 billion US dollars.

• Monday, February 1st 2010 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazilian group planning two huge feedlots to ensure cattle supply

  

  Argentina’s meat processing group, Quickfood belonging to the giant Brazilian corporation Marfrig has purchased 150 hectares in the province of Cordoba to establish one of the largest feedlots in the country.

• 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.