Tag: Brazil

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 - 02:46 UTC

  British Deputy PM Clegg describes Brazil as an “environmental super-power”

  

  British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg praised Brazil as an “environmental super-power” underlining the country’s leadership in areas such as renewable energies which he described as one of the pillars of the ‘green economy’ for a more sustainable world.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 05:50 UTC

  UK Deputy PM arrives in Brazil to promote trade and investment

  

  British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg arrives Tuesday in Brazil with a numerous delegation of business leaders, academics and sports figures to promote bilateral trade with Latin America’s largest economy.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 03:21 UTC

  Argentine-Italian group invests in RD for the Brazilian oil industry

  

  The Argentine-Italian group Tenaris announced it will begin the construction of its Research & Development Center in July 2011. The new facility will be located in the Rio Technology Park at Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 03:05 UTC

  Embraer announces in Paris Air Show orders for 39 E-190 regional jets

  

  Brazil’s Embraer announced Monday at the Paris Air Show it had won orders for 39 E-190 regional jets and estimates is has “good chances” of firm orders from US carrier Delta Air Lines, which will likely make a decision to renew its fleet by October.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 02:38 UTC

  Brazil targets 5% increase for next crop and loans 67bn USD to farmers at zero rate

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff announced an agriculture support plan of approximately 67 billion US dollars with the purpose of increasing by 5% the 2011/2012 harvest of grains and oil-seeds

• Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 02:28 UTC

  Brazil fears disclosure of ‘nuclear secrets’ could affect relations with Argentina

  

  Brazilian Defence and diplomatic sources consider ‘highly inconvenient’ disclosing documents from the time of the military dictatorship (1964/1985) and from other administrations because they could reveal nuclear secrets and affect relations with Argentina, according to Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Monday, June 20th 2011 - 20:26 UTC

  Moody’s upgrades Brazil’s sovereign credit rating to “Baa2”

  

  Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service upgraded Brazil's sovereign credit rating on Monday, giving a vote of confidence in the government's efforts to prevent the region’s largest economy from overheating.

• Monday, June 20th 2011 - 00:02 UTC

  Controversy in Brazil over the release of ‘sensitive’ documents from imperial past

  

  Members of the Brazilian government have expressed concern about the possible release of secret documents dating back to 1864/70 Paraguay war, the taking over of the state of Acre from Bolivia in 1903, current military exercises along the Brazilian border, nuclear research, among other issues.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 20:22 UTC

  Dilma moving closer to the opposition and “taking distance from Lula da Silva”

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has exchanged approximation signals with the opposition, beginning to “take distance” from her mentor Lula da Silva and seems closer to opposition Senator and former president Fernando Cardoso.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 20:47 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade talks are frozen on the “edge of the cliff”

  

  Trade talks between Mercosur and the European Union have been frozen on the “edge of the cliff” because of the European debt crisis, differences over agriculture subsidies and other crucial issues according to sources in Brazil from both sides.