Tag: Brazil

Thursday, December 22nd 2011 - 05:13 UTC
Brazil’s President Rousseff ends her first year with a popularity of 73%

Brazil’s first woman president Dilma Rousseff popularity climbed in December to reach 72%, almost the same level, 73%, when she took office January first 2011, according to a public opinion poll from Ibope released earlier this week.
Thursday, December 22nd 2011 - 05:06 UTC
Brazilian leading meat processors exchange assets to comply with anti-trust body

Brazilian meat processors BRF Brasil Foods and Marfrig announced a deal on Thursday to trade assets, including a block of properties that Brazilian anti-trust body CADE mandated to be sold as part of the Sadia and Perdigao approval in July.
Tuesday, December 20th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Argentina/Brazil propose higher external tariffs for Mercosur

Argentina supported by Brazil has proposed increasing Mercosur Foreign External Tariff to better defend the group when country members are being flooded with cheap imports.
Monday, December 19th 2011 - 07:26 UTC
President Obama wants to re-float a free trade agreement with South America

United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that the administration of President Barack Obama is intent in reaching a free trade agreement with South America and called for a greater opening of the Brazilian economy.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:30 UTC
FDI in Brazil jumped four times since 2005 totalling 661bn; US main investor

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil expanded fourfold between 2005 and last year, from 162.8 billion to 660.5 billion dollars, the country’s central bank said on Thursday.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:26 UTC
Disclosed documents reveal Brazilian strong support for the Pinochet regime in Chile

Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo published a report on this week revealing a series of 266 telegrams from the Brazilian embassy in Santiago that unveiled strong economic and diplomatic ties between the nations’ military regimes in the early 1970s.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:23 UTC
French PM from Brazil admits new “jolts” can be expected in the Euro zone

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said his country is likely to face new “jolts” from the Euro zone debt crisis amid rumors it could lose its triple-A credit rating.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:16 UTC
Brazil joins the club of countries with strict no smoking legislation

President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday signed a law banning smoking in all enclosed public spaces in Brazil. The new text will make Brazil, which has a population of more than 191 million, the largest country in the world to go smoke-free.
Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 18:03 UTC
After dismal year Brazilian industry expects modest recovery in 2012

Brazilian industry saw 1.8% growth this year, well below expectations, and expansion will be limited to 2.3% in 2012 due to a global economic slowdown, a business group said this week.
Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 17:58 UTC
Brazilian prosecutors suing Transocean and Chevron 10bn dollars for oil spill

Brazilian federal prosecutors are suing Transocean Ltd and Chevron Corp for 20 billion Reais (10.6 billion dollars) in environmental and social damages and asked a court to suspend their operations, according to a statement yesterday.