Brazil

• 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.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 06:03 UTC

  Olympic Rio do Janeiro collapses under heavy rains leaving at least 100 dead

  

  Landslides and floods set off by the heaviest rains in decades killed at least 100 people in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, making hundreds homeless, flooding roads and paralyzing Brazil's second city, officials said.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 02:38 UTC

  Confirmation of Brazilian Central banker boosts currency and confidence

  

  The Brazilian currency rose to a three-week high as central bank President Henrique Meirelles’s decision to stay in his post bolstered investor confidence in the country. The Real was trading in the range of 1.75/1.76 to the US dollar, its strongest level since March 12.

• Tuesday, March 30th 2010 - 04:31 UTC

  Lula da Silva unveils massive four year infrastructure program

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Monday an 886 billion US dollars infrastructure investment plan that would be carried out by his chosen successor, Cabinet Chief Dilma Rousseff, should she win the October presidential election.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:16 UTC

  Mujica meets Lula da Silva to consider bilateral and regional integration

  

  Increasing trade, bilateral and regional integration dominate Monday’s agenda for the meeting in Brasilia between President Lula da Silva and Uruguayan leader Jose Mujica.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 00:29 UTC

  Brazilian opposition presidential hopeful leads in polls by nine points

  

  Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra, the main opposition candidate in Brazil’s presidential election next October widened his lead over the ruling party contender as his popularity grew among poor voters and women, pollster Datafolha said Saturday.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:42 UTC

  Lula da Silva again fined for breach of electoral legislation

  

  Brazil’s Superior Electoral tribunal, TSE, again fined President Lula da Silva for having campaigned in support of cabinet chief and the Workers’ Party candidate for October’s presidential election, Dilma Rousseff.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 02:51 UTC

  Lula da Silva celebrates 130 anniversary of Arab immigration to Brazil

  

  Just a week after his latest trip to the Middle East, Brazilian president Lula da Silva was honoured March 25th by the Arab community at the Mount Lebanon Club, in the city of São Paulo. The event, which marks the 130th anniversary of Arab immigration in Brazil, was organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce.

• Friday, March 26th 2010 - 04:27 UTC

  Brazil ready to raise rates next April following strong rebound

  

  Brazil's central bank policy-makers said on Thursday they are ready to raise rates next month to curb inflation pressure as jobs data highlighted the strength of the country's economic rebound.