Tag: Brazil

• Wednesday, December 8th 2010 - 17:04 UTC

  Brazilian iron-ore giant Vale traded at a premium in Hong Kong market debut

  

  Brazilian corporation Vale, the world's biggest iron ore miner, listed on Wednesday at the Hong Kong stock exchange where it traded at a premium to New York's close, as the company looks to raise its profile among Asian investors.

• Tuesday, December 7th 2010 - 19:27 UTC

  Lula da Silva promises to veto bill on oil royalties sharing plan

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he would veto a plan to change the distribution of oil royalties among state governments, paving the way for the implementation of a legal overhaul of Brazil's oil sector.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2010 - 03:30 UTC

  WikiLeaks reveal Brazil’s intelligent policy towards alleged terrorist activities

  

  United States secret diplomatic messages released Sunday through WikiLeaks reveal that Brazilian authorities arrested “several suspects allegedly involved in terrorism financing activities”, but basically accused them of different charges “so as not attract attention from the press or high government levels”.

• Monday, November 29th 2010 - 22:31 UTC

  Petrobras confirms major oil find onshore in the Amazon region

  

  Brazilian government controlled oil and gas corporation Petrobras announced the discovery of a new crude deposit in the Amazon region, where the energy company already is developing large natural gas reserves.

• Thursday, November 25th 2010 - 04:29 UTC

  First possible suspected case of “mad cow” in humans sounds alarm bells in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health officials said this week that a suspected case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a fatal illness that destroys brain tissue, probably wasn’t caused by eating beef of an animal infected with the mad cow sickness.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 - 02:57 UTC

  Food costs pressure Brazilian consumer prices and interest rate expectations

  

  Brazilian economists raised their forecast for inflation this year for the tenth consecutive week, as food costs pressure consumer prices further beyond the government’s target.

• Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 00:12 UTC

  Brazilian navy plans a fleet of 20 subs, six nuclear powered

  

  The Brazilian navy is planning to build and incorporate in the next decades a fleet of six nuclear powered and 20 conventional submersibles (15 new and five refurbished), making it the most dissuasive fleet of South America.

• Sunday, November 21st 2010 - 21:21 UTC

  Brazil commemorates Black Consciousness Day recalling fugitive slaves’ leader

  

  Hundreds of cities, towns and villages throughout Brazil commemorated Saturday Black Consciousness Day with different festivities and cultural activities. Brazil is considered the second Black Country in the world behind Nigeria, with 75.8 million African-Brazilians and is still exposed to the consequences of racial discrimination.

• Sunday, November 21st 2010 - 21:03 UTC

  Brazil recognizes Argentine sovereignty over South Georgia and South Sandwich islands

  

  Brazil has always recognized Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands but was reluctant to include South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands however that is over, according to a top official from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

• Friday, November 19th 2010 - 16:14 UTC

  Guerrilla Dilma gathered information for bank hold-ups in the sixties

  

  Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff gathered information and advised guerrilla groups bank hold-ups in the sixties when the country was ruled by a military dictatorship according to reports published Friday in O’Globo media group.