Brazil 2012 Municipal Election Campaigns
The 2012 Brazilian municipal elections will not take place until October but this year’s elections have already taken on national...
July 17, 2012Topic
President DIlma Rousseff
Brazil Interest Rate Cut as Growth Slows
Brazil cut its Selic rate to a record eight percent Thursday, in an attempt to boost an economy that has...
July 17, 2012
Brazil Industry Continues in Slide
Despite recent stimulus measures, data released last week showed Brazilian industry performing increasingly poorly over recent months.
July 10, 2012
Brazil Government Salaries Disclosed
The new Transparency Portal is reported to have published the wages of approximately 700,000 civil servants of the executive branch...
July 3, 2012
Brazil R$8.4 Billion Stimulus Package: Daily
The Brazilian government announced a stimulus package of R$8.4 billion of public-sector purchases to combat slow economic growth.
June 28, 2012
Rio+20 Reports US$500B Committed: Daily
UN press sources announced that Rio+20 concluded with more than $500 billion mobilized with over 700 “commitments” made.
June 24, 2012
Rio+20 Conference Gets Underway
After much planning and anticipation the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development is finally getting started.
June 12, 2012
Hollande, Putin to Attend Rio+20: Daily
France’s President-elect François Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin have confirmed to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff their Rio+20 attendance.
May 10, 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton in Brazil
U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, were among the officials in...
April 17, 2012