Tag: Dilma Rousseff

Friday, May 15th 2015 - 07:23 UTC
Brazil waiting for 50bn dollars of Chinese support to overhaul infrastructure

China will invest 50 billion dollars to help overhaul Brazil's aging infrastructure, the government announced on Thursday, ahead of an official visit by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang next week. Brazil has repeated that it was determined to overhaul its dilapidated roads, railways, airports and ports.
Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:34 UTC
Rousseff expected at the White House next June 30: a long delayed bilateral agenda waits

Next June 30 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will visit Washington D.C. to meet with President Barack Obama, a highly anticipated event given tensions between the two governments over the past two years.
Monday, May 11th 2015 - 10:16 UTC
Vazquez and Rousseff meeting will address Mercosur/EU trade negotiations

Uruguay and Brazil presidents, scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting next 21 May in Brasilia will be addressing Mercosur issues, and advancing in the proposal that will allow the group's members to sign bilateral agreements with third parties not belonging to the region, thus avoiding the 'consensus' clause clamp.
Saturday, May 9th 2015 - 09:34 UTC
Mujica's book rekindles Brazilian scandal involving Lula da Silva

Uruguay's president Jose Mujica has now denied alleged statements collected in a book about his life written by two journalists, that he personally presented last Sunday in Buenos Aires and in which there is a mention to former president Lula da Silva and the 'mensalao', one of Brazil's largest corruption scandals involving monthly payments to have bills passed by Congress.
Thursday, April 30th 2015 - 07:52 UTC
Brazil raises basic rate 50 points to 13.25%, highest since December 2008

As was anticipated and in line with the current anti-inflation policy, Brazil's central bank on Wednesday evening announced the increase of the basic Selic interest rate another 50 points to 13.25% from 12.75%. The decision from the nine-member Monetary Committee was unanimous, according to the official release.
Monday, April 27th 2015 - 22:40 UTC
Brazil's ruling party of Lula and Dilma 'stole too much' and its time 'is over'

A close ally of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and currently part of her government's coalition said “too much stealing” by Lula da Silva's ruling Workers Party (PT) is responsible for the country's political crisis and public opinion disenchantment with politics.
Monday, April 20th 2015 - 23:41 UTC
Uruguay insists with the EU trade accord, even leaving Mercosur aside

Uruguay's president Tabare Vazquez announced that when he meets with Brazil's Dilma Rousseff next month, they will consider as a priority how to get the Mercosur-European Union talks for a trade agreement rolling again.
Monday, April 13th 2015 - 09:08 UTC
Hundreds of thousands take to the streets of Brazil to protest against Rousseff

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Sunday, venting anger over government corruption and a souring economy a month after protests gathered more than a million people. With cries of “Dilma out” and “corrupt government,” marchers -- many wearing the yellow and green jerseys of the national football team -- called for President Dilma Rousseff's ouster and an end to impunity for corruption.
Sunday, April 12th 2015 - 08:06 UTC
Obama announces Brazilian president Rousseff visit to Washington on June 30

US President Barack Obama announced that Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff will visit Washington on June 30, almost two years after she cancelled a trip over a US spying scandal. Obama made the announcement during a bilateral meeting with Rousseff, on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City.
Thursday, April 2nd 2015 - 07:27 UTC
Rousseff “we will do whatever it takes to meet 2015 fiscal target”

Brazil's government will do whatever it takes to meet its 2015 fiscal target, President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg News.