Brazil

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 08:31 UTC

  Paraguay-Brazil Itaipú energy dispute is “like Panama Canal negotiation”

  

  Paraguay rejected this week Brazil’s proposals regarding the non renegotiation of the Itaipú treaty which regulates energy production from South America’s largest hydroelectric dam shared by the neighbouring countries.

• Friday, March 27th 2009 - 07:47 UTC

  UK and Brazil call for 100 billion USD trade-credit stimuli

  

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Brazilian President Lula da Silva agreed to call on G-20 to provide 100 billion US dollars in trade credit, a quick completion of global trade talks and for countries breaking free-trade agreement to be named.

• Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 17:58 UTC

  UN underlines HIV-tuberculosis link

  

  The head of the United Nations agency charged with coordinating the fight against HIV/AIDS is in Brazil this week promoting awareness of the link between the epidemic and tuberculosis and the necessity to address discrimination in the South American country’s response to HIV.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2009 - 07:57 UTC

  Brazil begins to cut natural gas dependency from Bolivia

  

  President Lula da Silva said that Brazil can’t depend for its natural gas solely on Bolivia and anticipated that with the recent opening of a liquid gas plant, the fuel can be imported from the Caribbean. Anyhow “we will continue to purchase Bolivian gas until at least 2019”.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2009 - 13:43 UTC

  Brazil’s future as emerging power “linked to regional situation”

  

  Brazil’s future as an emerging power is closely linked to the regional situation according to President Lula da Silva’s international affairs advisor Marco Aurelio García.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2009 - 13:14 UTC

  Vietnam targets Brazil and Chile as seafood markets

  

  Vietnamese businesses are looking to South America for new market opportunities for a range of competitive products, including seafood, trade officials said. Brazil has authorized 60 Vietnamese companies to export fish products to the country the Vietnam Trade Office in Brazil confirmed, reports Vietnam Net.

• Monday, March 23rd 2009 - 08:48 UTC

  Petrobras guarantees fuel supply ahead of five day strike

  

  Brazil’s government managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras said there is “no chance” a planned strike by its workers beginning Monday will limit the country’s fuel supply.

• Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 11:32 UTC

  Argentine, Brazilian businesses agree to fight “Chinese imports”

  

  With the master touch of Brazilian diplomacy the Friday regional summit with Argentina not only sent a clear political message of understanding between Mercosur main partners, but also evidence of that close coordination.

• Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 10:13 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil close ranks and downplay trade differences

  

  Argentine visiting president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva called on Friday for speedier financing of joint development and commerce projects to help stimulate decreasing bilateral trade.

• Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 08:40 UTC

  Petrobras union threatens with national strike beginning Monday

  

  Brazil’s government managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras faces a possible nationwide strike by oil workers that could paralyze the company's oil production for five days, starting Monday.