Brazil

• 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.

• Friday, March 13th 2009 - 05:41 UTC

  Prince Charles tells Brazilian hosts: A hundred months to save the planet

  

  Britain's Prince Charles currently in Brazil on a South American tour warned on Thursday that mankind has 100 months or less to save the planet from a climate-caused disaster.

• Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 16:07 UTC

  Prince Charles and Lula da Silva talk about environment and football

  

  The Prince of Wales held talks with Brazilian President Lula da Silva ahead of a landmark speech by the royal on climate change. Charles met Lula da Silva in Brasilia and discussed a range of topics including the environment and sustainable development.

• Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 11:04 UTC

  Brazil cuts basic interest rate to 11.24%, the most in five years

  Brazil’s Central bank slashed the Selic benchmark interest rate by 150 points to 11.25%, the most in five years. The vote was unanimous and follows a barrage of negative data about South America’s largest economy.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 23:39 UTC

  Brazil/Uruguay summit agrees on free trade and energy integration

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva said that relations with neighbouring Uruguay are at “their best level ever”, following a meeting Tuesday with visiting president Tabare Vazquez.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 07:27 UTC

  Brazilian economy registers worst quarterly decline since 1996

  

  Brazil's economy suffered the worst decline in more than a decade in the last quarter of 2008, shrinking 3.6% from the previous quarter, official figures show. The fall ends a three year consistent growth, even when output for the whole of 2008 remained strong at 5.1%.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 07:07 UTC

  Brazil adheres to FAO sponsored high-seas fishing agreement

  

  Brazil openly backed the Compliance Agreement of the United Nation’s (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which aims to promote compliance of international conservation and governance measures by fishing vessels that operate on the high seas, as well as combat poaching activities.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 09:02 UTC

  Brazil’s auto sales in February rise spurred by tax breaks

  

  Brazil's auto sales rose slightly in February thanks to a temporary government tax break that reduces car prices, the National Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, Anfavea, said on Monday.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 08:01 UTC

  WTO suggests Brazil should further reduce barriers to trade

  

  Brazil should further reduce barriers to trade in order to boost its economy, particularly given the global economic downturn, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in a report released Monday.