Brazil

• Saturday, May 29th 2010 - 01:47 UTC

  Brazil calls on South America to have its own military dissuasive capacity

  

  South America must recover its military dissuasive capacity so it can say ‘no’ when necessary said Brazilian Defence minister Nelson Jobim following a meeting this week in Montevideo with his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Rosadilla.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:53 UTC

  Brazil suggests Yuan and Real be included as IMF conversion currencies

  

  Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega suggested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include China's Yuan and Brazil's Real as conversion currencies for Special Drawing Rights (SDR) of the institution.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:48 UTC

  Brazil confident it can bring inflation on target and confront EU slowdown

  

  Brazil’s central bank chief Henrique Meirelles said he’s “confident” inflation will meet the target because the country has already started raising interest rates. He also admitted that Brazil is seeing “some decline” in exports to Europe as the region’s indebted nations struggle to cut budget deficits.

• Friday, May 28th 2010 - 04:27 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner meets Lula da Silva to discuss bilateral trade differences

  

  In the midst of the tension between Argentina and Brazil, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will meet Friday with Brazilian President Lula Da Silva after both take part in the 3rd annual United Nations “Alliance of Civilizations” Summit taking place in Rio do Janeiro.

• Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 08:41 UTC

  Mercosur becomes debate issue in Brazilian presidential campaign

  

  The Brazilian ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff speaking before industry moguls made a strong defence of Mercosur and criticized the US sponsored Free Trade Area for the Americas.

• Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 08:27 UTC

  Obama not expected in Brazil before October elections

  

  United States president Barak Obama turned down an invitation from Brazilian president Lula da Silva to visit the country ahead of October 3 when presidential elections are scheduled, reported a newspaper from Sao Paulo.

• Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 08:22 UTC

  Lula da Silva asks Unasur and Mexico support for his Iran uranium agreement

  

  Through a letter, Brazilian President Lula da Silvia asked the South American Nations Union (Unasur) and Mexico to support the uranium enrichment tripartite agreement reached between his country, Iran, and Turkey.

• Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 08:06 UTC

  Brazil warns about retaliation measures if Argentina blocks trade

  

  Brazil's administration has threatened to implement retaliation measures if its foodstuffs are banned from entering into Argentina, according to statements made by the Foreign Trade head Welber Barral in a press conference.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2010 - 06:25 UTC

  IMF chief warns Brazilian economy runs risk of ‘overheating’

  

  The Brazilian economy can grow as much as 7% this year, raising the risk of overheating, said on Tuesday International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss- Kahn, who described Brazil as “a success story”.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2010 - 06:22 UTC

  Brazil closer to control the whole industrial cycle of uranium processing

  

  Brazil will be ready to control the whole industrial cycle of uranium processing, from extraction of the radioactive mineral to its final conversion into fuel, in large volumes, by the end of the year, according to military sources.