Brazil

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:33 UTC

  Lula da Silva signs contract for controversial dam in the Amazon basin

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed Thursday the contracts for the Norte Energia consortium to start construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon basin.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 03:17 UTC

  Lula da Silva warns Brazil is falling back in 2014 World Cup infrastructure

  

  Brazil’s president Lula da Silva cautioned preparations for the 2014 World Cup could be jeopardized if government officials and businessmen fail to work together in the coming years.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 03:04 UTC

  Brazil forecasted to harvest smallest orange crop in eight years

  

  Orange growers in Brazil, the world’s biggest producer, will harvest the smallest crop in at least eight years after rains hindered flowering, said Margarete Boteon, a University of Sao Paulo researcher.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

  Big business convinced Ms Rousseff is Brazil’s next president

  

  Campaign funds in support of the Brazilian ruling coalition presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff more than double those of her main adversary, according to a report published Monday by Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:02 UTC

  Brazilian comedians protest ban on ridiculing political candidates

  

  A group of Brazilian stand-up comedians and television comedy actors held a protest against the ruling that bars any ribbing of political candidates over the airwaves in the run-up to the October 3 elections.

• Saturday, August 21st 2010 - 13:45 UTC

  Austerity measures to balance the budget, if Dilma is Brazil’s next president

  

  Brazil's ruling coalition candidate could adopt austerity measures to balance public accounts if elected president in October and also favours a heavier state hand in the oil and mining industries, her party chief told reporters.

• Saturday, August 21st 2010 - 13:42 UTC

  Lula da Silva recommends Dilma to think and act as the “mother of the poor”

  

  President Lula da Silva compared candidate Dilma Rousseff to a mother and recommended, if elected, to always think about the poor. Lula da Silva and Ms Rousseff participated in a political rally Friday night in the metropolitan Sao Paulo.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:46 UTC

  Slower job creation and lower inflation indicate Brazilian economy cooling

  

  Brazil reported the third straight month of slower job creation in July, reflecting the slowdown of the economy in the second quarter after a massive 9% year-on-year growth in the first quarter of the year. Traders say this increases the likelihood central bank policy makers may leave interest rates unchanged in their next meeting.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:32 UTC

  Brazilian presidential candidate “completely cured” of the lymphoma

  

  The Brazilian presidential candidate for the Workers’ Party ruling coalition, Dilma Rousseff underwent this week a battery of exams and tests at Sao Paulo’s most advanced hospital confirming she has overcome the lymphoma detected last year.

• Friday, August 20th 2010 - 02:20 UTC

  Brazil overtakes Canada and Spain to become world’s eighth largest economy

  

  Brazil has overtaken Canada and Spain to become the world’s eighth largest economy, relegating Spain to ninth place, Spanish newspaper Expansión reported Wednesday.