Tag: Lula da Silva

• Tuesday, June 29th 2010 - 05:25 UTC

  Fitch lifts Brazil’s credit rating to investment-grade; further ‘improvement’ needed

  

  Brazil’s credit rating outlook was boosted to positive from stable by Fitch Ratings, which cited the country’s “growth dynamics” and “prudent” policies. Fitch rates Brazil BBB-, the lowest investment-grade rating and in line with rankings from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service.

• Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 04:42 UTC

  Lula da Silva skips G20 because of floods and presidential election

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva has cancelled plans to attend the G-20 economic summit in Toronto, Canada after flooding in the northeast of the country left at least 51 people dead and 120,000 others homeless.

• Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 06:03 UTC

  Incumbent Dilma Rousseff takes the leads in Brazil presidential race

  

  Brazil’s incumbent candidate Dilma Rousseff took the lead in the country’s presidential race, according to a new poll. Rousseff, President Lula da Silva’s former cabinet chief, is supported by 40% of those surveyed, according to an Ibope poll for the National Industrial Confederation, or CNI, that was published Wednesday in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2010 - 06:22 UTC

  Brazil closer to control the whole industrial cycle of uranium processing

  

  Brazil will be ready to control the whole industrial cycle of uranium processing, from extraction of the radioactive mineral to its final conversion into fuel, in large volumes, by the end of the year, according to military sources.

• Monday, May 24th 2010 - 15:03 UTC

  Brazil launches its public broadcasting service targeted to Africa

  

  Brazil launches Monday its international Public Broadcasting Service with the initial purpose of penetrating the African continent, more precisely the former Lusitanian Empire where Portuguese is spoken.

• Thursday, May 13th 2010 - 10:56 UTC

  Brazil Poised to Raise Rates and Make Significant Cuts in Government Spending

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva on Wednesday said the country's interest rates could go up again this year “if necessary,” even in the run-up to the presidential election. Brazil is holding elections next October and will be voting for the successor of Lula da Silva who is barred from running a third consecutive mandate.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2010 - 01:14 UTC

  Lula da Silva Criticizes “Capitalist Myopia” and Food Prices Global Speculation

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva thanked the United Nations for the two prizes awarded for his leadership in fighting hunger and poverty with a strong speech condemning rich countries, global speculation and “capitalist myopia”.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2010 - 00:38 UTC

  FAO Honors Lula da Silva for Leadership in Fight Against Hunger

  

  The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) honoured Brazilian President Lula da Silva for his leadership in the fight against hunger and inadequate nutrition in his country and across the world.

• Friday, May 7th 2010 - 21:40 UTC

  Brazil Will Not Allow Drug Cartels or Armed Groups from Taking Over Paraguay

  

  Brazilian Senate president José Sarney said there are serious risks of a “Colombianization” of Paraguay given the recent actions of an armed group self proclaimed the Paraguayan People’s Army, EPP, and called for strong support for President Fernando Lugo.

• Thursday, May 6th 2010 - 19:32 UTC

  Spain Excludes Honduran President from Summit on Pressure from UNASUR

  

  Only days after several UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) representatives said they would not attend the Sixth Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit if Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was invited, the Spanish Government has decided to exclude him from the meeting, according to sources in the Brazilian Government.