Tag: Dilma Rousseff

Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 00:11 UTC
The Army captain torturer-interrogator of Rousseff died in 1992 show documents

Army captain Benoni Albernaz head of an interrogators unit and one of the most vicious torturers of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, when she a student leader linked to the guerrilla movement died in 1992 according to O’Globo which published official documents from 1970.
Wednesday, July 4th 2012 - 06:19 UTC
Brazil’s bungled diplomacy infuriates President Rousseff

The crisis triggered by the removal of Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo has spilt over the borders of the country and has turned into a regional controversy that threatens to become a huge headache for Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff according to the weekly magazine Istoé, one of the two with largest circulation in Brazil.
Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 22:57 UTC
“A coup against Mercosur” claims leading Brazilian newspaper

Brazil’s conservative but influential daily O Estado de Sao Paulo dedicated the main Tuesday editorial to the Mercosur suspension of Paraguay and the entrance of Venezuela arguing that what happened at the group’s summit in Mendoza was “a coup against” the block.
Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 18:46 UTC
Bank of China expands in Brazil following 30bn dollars swap agreement

Bank of China plans to cash in on the expanding bilateral trade between China and Brazil and the recent currency swap agreement between the two central banks.
Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 06:31 UTC
Argentina and Brazil deny Uruguay and insist the decision on Venezuela was unanimous

Argentina underlined late Monday that the decision on the incorporation of Venezuela as full member of Mercosur was “unanimously” supported by the presidents from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay during the group’s summit last Friday hosted by President Cristina Fernandez.
Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 06:24 UTC
Uruguay says it accepted Venezuela in Mercosur as part of a major negotiation

The Uruguayan government said that it accepted the incorporation of Venezuela as full member of Mercosur as part of a “negotiation” in which it demanded no economic sanctions on Paraguay and that is why “the last word has not been said” on the issue.
Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 06:14 UTC
Brazilian opposition blasts Rousseff for the management of Paraguayan situation

The leading member from Brazil’s main opposition political party described Uruguay’s claim that consensus was absent in the Mercosur decision to suspend Paraguay and to incorporate Venezuela as “extremely serious” and complained Mercosur has become a merely “ideological” grouping.
Friday, June 29th 2012 - 05:16 UTC
Rousseff unveils 55bn dollars in loans at lower rates for the 2012/13 farm season

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has unveiled a 115-billion-Reais (55 billion dollars) loan program aimed at reinforcing agriculture's role as a lever of Brazilian economic growth.
Thursday, June 28th 2012 - 21:39 UTC
Moody’s downgrades 11 Brazilian banks ratings which could be exposed to a debt crisis

US rating agency Moody's had downgraded the ratings of 11 Brazilian banks by one to three notches, almost all of them to the level of Brazil's sovereign credit rating.
Saturday, June 23rd 2012 - 03:25 UTC
Mercosur/Unasur anticipate “appropriate measures” against coup in Paraguay

President Cristina Fernández assured on Friday night that “Argentina does not condone the coup in Paraguay” and anticipated that “appropriate measures” will be taken at next week’s Mercosur Summit, scheduled to take place in Mendoza.