Tag: Brazil

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 06:45 UTC

  Day of marches and protests in Brazil; the Army was sent to impose order in Recife

  

  Road blocks and marches hit Brazilian cities on Thursday as disparate groups criticized spending on the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and sought to revive a call for better public services that swept the country last June.

• Thursday, May 15th 2014 - 07:16 UTC

  Mujica admits Mercosur problems but praises Brazil's open market attitude

  

  In a 'dialogue without ties' at the World Bank President Jose Mujica said that Uruguay is a 'frontier country' which history did not want it to belong to any of the two big neighbors (Argentina and Brazil) so that the Atlantic ocean would not be left to an only country.

• Thursday, May 15th 2014 - 00:22 UTC

  Brazil forecasts 3bn boost to the economy with 3.7 million World Cup visitors

  

  Brazil forecasts that the estimated 3.7 million people expected to visit during the World Cup, including Brazilian and foreign tourists, will boost the country's economy to the tune of 3.03bn. dollars.

• Wednesday, May 14th 2014 - 04:54 UTC

  Rousseff warns about protests during the World Cup: 'they must be peaceful'

  

  President Dilma Rousseff repeated Tuesday that Brazil is “a democratic country” and that its government guarantees the right to “peaceful protest” during the World Cup soccer competition, which begins June 12. However protests must not harm the Cup events in any way.

• Wednesday, May 14th 2014 - 00:09 UTC

  Rio bus drivers on a 48-hour strike leave tens of thousands stranded

  

  Rio de Janeiro bus drivers on Tuesday began a 48-hour strike that left tens of thousands of people without transportation and caused huge problems in Brazil's second-largest city. Participation in the strike was greater than in the 24-hour effort staged last Thursday when on the streets of Rio scarcely a single bus was to be seen.

• Tuesday, May 13th 2014 - 18:59 UTC

  Several world leaders expected for the coming World Cup in Brazil

  

  The Brazilian government is counting on a strong presence from world leaders during the football World Cup, which kicks off on June 12. Cristina Fernández, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US vice-president Joe Biden are among the dignitaries expected to attend.

• Tuesday, May 13th 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  Brazil seals land borders with 30.000 troops ahead of the World Cup

  

  Brazil began deploying over the weekend some 30,000 troops to secure its borders as it prepares to host the World Cup that kicks off next month. The operation involving the army, navy and air force will extend over the 16,900-kilometer frontier separating the South American giant from its 10 neighbors.

• Monday, May 12th 2014 - 06:38 UTC

  Pelé desperate to exorcise Brazil's defeat and loss of the World Cup to Uruguay in 1950

  

  Brazil's Pelé, the legendary attacker believes that his country's national team has the ideal opportunity to exorcise the demons of their 2-1 infamous loss to Uruguay at the Maracana 64 years ago, more precisely 16 July 1950.

• Saturday, May 10th 2014 - 08:03 UTC

  Brazil's auto production rose in March but is down 21,4% compared to 2013

  

  Brazilian vehicle production rose 1.6% last month compared with March, but was down 21.4% from the level of April 2013, the Anfavea auto industry association said Friday. Last month saw 277,100 cars, trucks, SUVs and buses roll off assembly lines in Brazil, significantly short of the 352,400 vehicles produced by Latin America's largest economy in April 2013.

• Friday, May 9th 2014 - 07:35 UTC

  Chaos in Sao Paulo and Rio, as protestors take to the streets 35 days ahead of the Cup

  

  Two of Brazil's major cities which will be hosting matches of the World Cup in 35 days time, were in chaos on Thursday because of protests from the Landless Peasants and Homeless Workers in Sao Paulo and a bus drivers' strike in Rio do Janeiro.