Brazil

Thursday, October 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US Commerce Secretary Says Doha Deal Could Be Close

A general agreement on global trade liberalization in the Doha round of talks is “closer than most people think,” said U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
EU farmers lobby for ban on Brazilian meat imports

The European Union may resort to a ban on Brazilian meat imports if the country does not improve food safety standards, the European Union's health chief said on Tuesday addressing members of the European Parliament.
Friday, October 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil tightening on foreign purchase and ownership of land

Global liquidity in recent years has led to a boom, --and speculation--, in real estate and farming land in Mercosur member countries. Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay have seen land prices soar pushed by foreign buyers and now governments are reacting tightening restrictions on land ownership.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Playboy photos reveal latest Brazilian political scandal

A beautiful journalist at the heart of one of the latest Brazilian Congress scandals has hit the cover of the Brazil edition of Playboy and become an instant sales success.
Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
New controversy with Brazil's air traffic control system

Brazil's top aviation official on Thursday rebuffed charges by the head of an international air traffic controllers organization who said it was only “a question of time” before there was a new air disaster in Brazil.
Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Sao Paulo holds Kyoto Protocol “carbon market” auction

A bank from the Netherlands has emerged as the winning bidder in an auction which marks a new phase in the global “carbon market” reports the BBC. Fortis Bank has paid more than 13m Euros for the rights to emit 800,000 tons of carbon dioxide, in the first such auction to be held in a regulated exchange, the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva proposes a Rio + 20 environment summit

Standing before the United Nations General Assembly one day after an historic meeting on climate change, the President of Brazil proposed convening in 2012 a summit on the environment, exactly two decades after the landmark international conference met there to produce the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Tuesday, September 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian Indians campaign: 'Guarani Are Great People'

A group of Brazilian Indians has just kicked off a campaign called Guarani People, Great People. The self-esteem-enhancer promotion was launched in the Tey' kue village, near the municipality of Caarapó, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Brazilian Midwest.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Lula to push for biofuels in UN climate talks

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will promote the country's biofuel initiatives during the United Nation's annual general assembly meeting next week, as part of a broader effort to fight climate change.
Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil to spend $300m on indigenous reservations

The Brazilian government is to spend $270m (£133m) in the next three years creating new reservations for indigenous groups in the Amazon.