Tag: Brazil

• Saturday, August 7th 2010 - 00:43 UTC

  Brazil ready to confirm another record crop: 147.1 million tons

  

  Brazil is poised to confirm its largest crop ever, 147.1 million tons in 2009/2010, which is 9% higher that the 135.1 million of 2008/09 according to the latest survey from Conab, the country’s National Supply Agency. The latest record was in 2007/08 with 146 million tons.

• Friday, August 6th 2010 - 00:34 UTC

  IMF praises Brazil’s “carefully calibrated” policies and forecasts 7.1% growth

  

  The International Monetary Fund reiterated its forecast for Brazil’s economy to expand 7.1% this year, as result of capital inflows and the expansion of credit. However the IMF also cautioned about the official credit policy of the country’s development bank.

• Friday, August 6th 2010 - 00:28 UTC

  Chinese auto maker planning a plant with a production capacity of 170.000 units

  

  Chinese auto-maker Chery Automobile Co. will spend 700 million US dollars on a plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil's wealthiest state, the local newspaper o Estado de S. Paulo reported in its Thursday edition.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:51 UTC

  Brazil’s incumbent presidential candidate takes the lead over main rival

  

  Brazil's ruling Workers' Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, has a five percentage-point lead over her main rival Jose Serra, according to the latest opinion poll released Friday.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:05 UTC

  Lula da Silva will continue to openly support Dilma’s presidential campaign

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva who insists in campaigning for the incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, in spite of electoral regulations, revealed that the country’s ‘coup elite’ tried to remove him from office.

• Wednesday, July 28th 2010 - 17:48 UTC

  Brazilian military exercise to protect nuclear plants and vast offshore oil deposits

  

  Brazil is holding military exercises along its Atlantic coast with the deployment of 10.000 troops from the three services to ensure the country can protect its nuclear plants and massive offshore oil industry.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2010 - 20:04 UTC

  Paraguay downplays derogatory references from Brazilian politicians

  

  Paraguayan officials downplayed statements by Brazil’s main opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra who said that Brazil is doing “philanthropy with Paraguay and Bolivia”.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2010 - 04:42 UTC

  Brazilian Indians protesting construction of Amazon dam release hostages

  

  The Brazilian Indians who occupied the construction site of a hydroelectric dam and took more than 150 workers hostage in the far southern portion of the country’s Amazon region on Monday have released the last five people they were holding, a government spokesman said.

• Monday, July 26th 2010 - 22:38 UTC

  Indians seize controversial dam under construction in Brazil’s Amazon jungle

  

  A group of about 300 Indians from 11 different groups on Sunday seized a controversial dam that is under construction in Brazil’s Amazon jungle and took about 100 workers hostage, officials said.

• Monday, July 26th 2010 - 05:41 UTC

  Venezuela/Colombia conflict “weakens” South America’s image, says Brazil

  

  Brazil’s Executive foreign affairs advisor said that the breaking of relations between Venezuela and Colombia “weakens” South America and negotiations to bring both sides together should not be seen as a confrontation between Unasur (Union of South American Nations) and OAS (Organization of American States).