Tag: Brazil

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 17:06 UTC

  Brazilian Army and Navy won’t hand documents from the military regime time

  

  The Brazilian Army and Navy have not handed over documents dating back to the years of the military dictatorship (1964/1985), in spite of an official request from former president Lula da Silva five years ago.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 04:30 UTC

  A woman of gritty character will head Brazil’s largest corporation, Petrobras

  

  Maria da Gracas Foster, (58), will be head of Brazil’s largest corporation, Petrobras as of next February. This is the first time that the Brazilian oil corporation among the largest in the world will have a woman as CEO.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 04:27 UTC

  Chavez announces purchase of Brazilian aircraft for Venezuela’s state airline

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that his government plans to buy new Embraer jets from Brazil as well as used Airbus jets to expand his country's state airline Conviasa.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:38 UTC

  Argentine industry requests postponement of the new imports scheme

  

  Argentine manufacturers have requested the administration of President Cristina Fernandez to delay the implementation of the new imports scheme which is scheduled to begin next February first fearing it could cause delays in the supply of non local inputs.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 16:28 UTC

  Brazil plans to counter Argentina’s latest imports’ measures, if they affect trade

  

  Brazil has plans to counter the latest battery of trade restrictions which Argentina announced, if they turn out to the barriers for Brazilian exports, reported the influential Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 15:15 UTC

  Buenos Aires reacts to Brazilian comments that Argentina is “a permanent problem”

  

  Reacting to Brazil’s trade minister Fernando Pimentel comments describing Argentina as “a permanent problem” Industry Minister Debora Giorgi said that “the trade balance reality between Argentina and Brazil does not warrant Pimentel's complaints”.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:37 UTC

  Hague reaffirms sovereignty and values discussing Falklands self-determination with Brazil

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague during a major speech on foreign policy in Brazil said that the UK will always uphold sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and the rights of the Islanders to self determination.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 05:55 UTC

  FIFA tells Brazil beer must be sold at the 2014 World Cup matches

  

  Beer must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, football's world governing body, Fifa, has insisted. Fifa General Secretary, Jerome Valcke, said the right to sell beer must be enshrined in a World Cup law the Brazilian Congress is considering.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 03:57 UTC

  Brazilian government considers Argentina “a permanent problem” in economic issues

  

  Industry and Foreign Trade minister Fernando Pimentel expressed on Wednesday the Brazilian government’s deep disappointment with the latest Argentine legislation to be implemented on trade saying that Argentina is “a permanent problem”.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 21:34 UTC

  Busy March for Rousseff: President Obama, Chancellor Merkel and BRICS summit

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will be meeting her US peer Barack Obma next March when she is also scheduled to hold talks with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and attend a BRIC group summit.