Brazil

• Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 10:13 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil close ranks and downplay trade differences

  

  Argentine visiting president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva called on Friday for speedier financing of joint development and commerce projects to help stimulate decreasing bilateral trade.

• Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 08:40 UTC

  Petrobras union threatens with national strike beginning Monday

  

  Brazil’s government managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras faces a possible nationwide strike by oil workers that could paralyze the company's oil production for five days, starting Monday.

• Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 08:33 UTC

  Milestone ruling in Brazil supports Amazon Indian reservations

  

  Amazon indigenous groups have won a major victory with Brazil's Supreme Court upholding the integrity of a vast native reserve in the northern state of Roraima next to Venezuela.

• Friday, March 20th 2009 - 05:27 UTC

  Brazil needs 270 billion USD in ten years to make true its oil dreams

  

  Brazil needs 270 billion US dollars in investment over the next 10 years to develop massive new deepwater oil reserves, energy minister Edison Lobao said on Thursday.

• Thursday, March 19th 2009 - 16:44 UTC

  Pulp and paper maker Stora Enso freezes huge mill expansion in Brazil

  

  Europe’s largest paper and pulp maker Stora Enso anticipated a drop in first quarter earnings and said it is freezing the expansion of a mill in Brazil because of sliding demand for wood and fine paper used in offices and magazines.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 10:10 UTC

  Dengue confirmed in five countries and in Brazil’s posh seaside resort

  

  The mosquito transmitted dengue disease which has caused havoc in the heartland of South America and at least five countries, has now been reported in the northeast of Brazil where authorities confirmed Monday the spread of the disease with a death toll of 25 people since the beginning of the year and 4.751 new cases reported in the last week.

• Sunday, March 15th 2009 - 15:29 UTC

  Pte. Obama and Lula da Silva review global economy

  

  President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed the economy, energy and the environment Saturday during their first White House meeting.

• Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 14:54 UTC

  Paraguay is asking Brazil to pay 16 times more for Itaipú energy

  

  Paraguay is a poor country and is fighting for a fair market price for its share of energy generated at South America’s largest hydroelectric dam shared with Brazil. “Somehow we are subsidizing Brazil’s energy”, said Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo in an interview with the Spanish daily El Mundo.

• Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 07:45 UTC

  Lula da Silva confident of US recovery but cautious about protectionism

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva said on Friday that counteracting the global credit crunch and preventing a wave of protectionism will be high on the agenda when he meets US President Barack Obama on Saturday.

• Friday, March 13th 2009 - 16:24 UTC

  Brazil Lula da Silva will talk for Latinamerica in meeting with Obama

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva will urge US President Barack Obama on Saturday March 14 to open talks with governments in Venezuela and Cuba and make aid and development the focus of his Latin America policy. Lula da Silva is the first Latinamerican president to meet with Obama.