Brazil

• Tuesday, February 10th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil electricity demand to increase 50% in ten years

  

  Brazil needs to increase its electricity generation capacity by 50% over the next 10 years said Energy Minister Edson Lobao, who described the task as an “enormous challenge”.

• Tuesday, February 10th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  South Brazil admits dengue epidemics but fears yellow fever

  

  South Brazil authorities fear that the yellow fever outbreak reported along the Paraguayan and Argentine border could spread to the state of Rio Grande do Sul and are taking special precautions.

• Monday, February 9th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil credit access back to pre-crisis level says Central Bank

  

  Brazilian credit availability has returned to levels seen before the deepening of a global credit crisis in September, Brazilian Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles said Monday.

• Sunday, February 8th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Petrobras elected leading ethical oil and gas company

  

  Brazil's government managed oil and Petrobras was elected the leading ethical reputation multinational enterprise by Geneva-based Covalence Ethical Ranking 2008.

• Friday, February 6th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazilian inflation slows for third consecutive month

  

  Brazilian January consumer inflation was 0.48% accumulating 5.84% in the last twelve months, slowing for a third consecutive months after having reached a three year high in October, according to the latest release from the country's statistics office.

• Friday, February 6th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil's grains crop estimate down but at “comfortable level”

  

  Insufficient rainfall in south Brazil, mostly in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Parana, Matto Grosso do Sul and west Santa Catarina, will cause a 6.53% drop in the 2008/09 grain crop, which will fall from 144.11 million tons to 134.70 million tons, reported this week the Supply Office (Conab) from the Agriculture and Livestock ministry.

• Thursday, February 5th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Petrobras announces 92 billion USD investment plan

  

  Brazil's government-managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras announced Wednesday its domestic Exploration and Production plan for 2009/2013 which involves 92 billion US dollars.

• Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil paid “too much” for Rio Tinto iron ore assets

  

  Brazil's Vale do Rio Doce may have paid too much for its purchase of iron-ore and potash assets from Rio Tinto Group, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Banco Santander SA.

• Monday, February 2nd 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  January marked Brazil first trade deficit in eight years

  

  Brazil recorded its first monthly trade deficit in almost eight years in January as exports plunged by a record amount on falling prices for the country's commodities, according to the latest release from the Development, Industry and Trade ministry.

• Wednesday, January 28th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil back steps on “electronic” import licence request

  

  The Brazilian government officially denied Wednesday it had imposed import licences or was reverting to non tariff barriers on hundreds of products, a decision which had caused uproar mainly among Mercosur partners.