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Articles of the author Brasilia
Corruption allegations bring down yet another Brazilian minister
Wagner Rossi resigned Wednesday as Brazil's agriculture minister, amid allegations of corruption under his watch, according to dpa. He is the fourth minister to step down from the Cabinet of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. In less than (...)

18 - 08 - 2011
Brazil's Rousseff gov't hit by another resignation
A top official at Brazil's agriculture ministry tendered his resignation on Saturday following corruption allegations, the latest blow to President Dilma Rousseff's seven-month old government, according to Reuters. Three cabinet ministers have (...)

07 - 08 - 2011
Former Brazilian foreign minister Amorim to become defence minister
Celso Amorim, who served as a high-profile foreign minister under former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is to become the country's new defence minister, the Brazilian Presidency has confirmed. Nelson Jobim resigned late Thursday (...)

05 - 08 - 2011
At Least Five Dead in Military Plane Crash in Brazil
At least five military personnel died Tuesday when a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane carrying eight people crashed in the southern state of Santa Catarina. The FAB said the plane, a C-98A Grand Caravan, had taken off early Tuesday from Canoas, in (...)

03 - 08 - 2011
Brazil backs Lagarde to lead IMF
Brazil will support Christine Lagarde's bid to become managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), dpa quoted the Brazilian Finance Ministry as saying in a statement Tuesday. French Finance Minister Lagarde is competing with (...)

28 - 06 - 2011
Peru's president-elect launches South American tour in Brazil
Ollanta Humala, who is Peru's president-elect pending confirmation by official election results, arrived Thursday in Brasilia, at the start of a South American tour that was also to take him to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, dpa (...)

09 - 06 - 2011
Rescue effort ends in Brazilian boat accident; nine dead
Rescue teams on Thursday formally ended efforts to rescue survivors after a boat sank in Paranoa lake in Brasilia, with a death toll of nine, dpa reported. Rescue teams retrieved Thursday the body of a 35-year-old man who became the ninth fatal (...)

26 - 05 - 2011
Brazil's Rousseff cancels meetings after pneumonia
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, a cancer survivor whose health was a question mark prior to taking office, canceled meetings again on Monday after she was hospitalized during the weekend with pneumonia, Reuters reported. After spending Saturday (...)

02 - 05 - 2011
Brazil to check Japanese imports for radiation
Akhir 27, 1432 H/April 1, 2011, SPA -- Brazil will begin checking Japanese food imports for possibly high levels of radiation following reports that leaking radiation from a disabled nuclear power plant has affected food, milk and tap water in the (...)

01 - 04 - 2011
Obama Arrives in Brazil, Begins Latin America Tour
Akhir 14, 1432, March 19, 2011, SPA -- U.S. President Barack Obama has landed in Brasilia, for the start of a three-country, five-day tour of Latin America to promote greater economic ties and improved regional security. Obama has singled out the (...)

19 - 03 - 2011
Obama: US supports rise of Brazil's economy
Akhir 14, 1432 H/March 19, 2011, SPA -- President Barack Obama welcomed Brazil's rise as an economic power and said the United States would be an eager customer for its oil exports, AP reported. Obama made an early morning arrival in the highland (...)

19 - 03 - 2011
Brazil further curtails foreign land purchases
Akhir 11, 1432 H/March 16, 2011, SPA -- Brazil has closed a legal loophole used by foreigners to buy farm land, a change of rules that is fueling uncertainty among agricultural investors in one of the world's leading food exporters, according to (...)

16 - 03 - 2011
Brazil says wins WTO ruling in US orange dispute
Awwal 18, 1432 H/Feb 21, 2011, SPA -- Brazil said on Monday that the World Trade Organization had made a final ruling in its favor in a dispute with the United States over anti-dumping measures imposed on its orange juice exports, according to (...)

21 - 02 - 2011
US being unreasonable in global trade talks-Brazil
Awwal 15, 1432 H/Feb 18, 2011, SPA -- The United States and other rich countries are making unreasonable demands in the Doha round of global trade talks, Brazil's foreign minister Antonio Patriota said on Friday, according to Reuters. His comments (...)

18 - 02 - 2011
Brazil expects to sign science accords with US
Awwal 15, 1432 H/Feb 18, 2011, SPA -- Brazil says it expects to sign science and technology agreements with the United States during President Barack Obama's visit next month, AP reported. Obama is scheduled to visit Brazil March 19 and 20 as part (...)

18 - 02 - 2011
Brazilian president to visit China in April
Awwal 15, 1432 H/Feb 18, 2011, SPA -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is to visit China from April 13-15 to discuss ways to reduce trade imbalances, dpa quoted a Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota as saying on Friday. "It will be an (...)

18 - 02 - 2011
U.S. President to visit Brazil
Awwal 13, Feb 16, 2011, SPA -- Brazilian presidential palace said today that U.S. President Barack Obama will start a two-day official visit to Brazil on March 19. The visit is aimed at forging closer links between the biggest economies after Dilma (...)

16 - 02 - 2011
South Korea and Mercosur eye trade talks-minister
The South American trade bloc Mercosur and South Korea are considering launching talks to create a free trade area, Brazil's foreign minister Antonio Patriota said on Sunday, according to Reuters. The announcement followed a meeting between Dilma (...)

02 - 01 - 2011
Rousseff sworn in as Brazil's new president
Dilma Rousseff has been sworn in as Brazil's first female president, according to AP. The 63-year-old career technocrat takes the helm of Latin America's largest nation, which has risen both financially and politically on the world stage under (...)

01 - 01 - 2011
Brazil hosts first Palestine embassy in Americas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked Brazil on Friday for recognizing his nation's statehood with the first embassy in the Americas and said other countries were following suit. Brazil became the first of several South American countries in (...)

31 - 12 - 2010
Lula compares leaving politics to "quitting eating or breathing"
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has ruled out leaving politics altogether, saying it "would be like quitting eating or breathing." In a column published Tuesday in several Brazilian newspapers, he wrote: "There is no chance that (...)

28 - 12 - 2010
Before leaving office, Lula slams US policy in Latin America
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, days before leaving office, again slammed the United States, complaining that the "empire's" policies toward Latin America have persisted despite the election of leftwing US President Barack (...)

27 - 12 - 2010
Brazil inflation to exceed official target
Brazil's government said that inflation in Latin America's biggest economy will exceed the official target this year and next. The central bank added that at the end of 2010 inflation will be at 5.9 percent, well above the yearly inflation target (...)

22 - 12 - 2010
Next Brazil govt must cut spending, red tape
Brazil's next government must cut public spending, red tape and taxes on capital investment and exports, the leader of the country's main industry lobby told Reuters on Thursday. National Confederation of Industry head Robson Andrade said the (...)

16 - 09 - 2010
Survey: Lula's candidate could win election in first round
A survey published Tuesday shows that Brazilian voters could give government-backed candidate Dilma Rousseff an outright victory in the first-round presidential election on October 3. An opinion poll by the Sensus Institute put support for (...)

14 - 09 - 2010
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