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Brazil’s economy may overheat as too much foreign investment flows into the country, said Luciano Coutinho, president of state development bank BNDES. “We are worried about […]

Last week the government of Venezuela reacted angrily to criticism by the Organization of American States’ Commission on Human Rights. The OAS commission cited Venezuela for […]

On March 9, Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, arrives in Brasília. It is expected that by the time he lands a decision will have been […]

The deputies in the Federal District Legislative Assembly (CLDF) are hard at work to avoid federal intervention and save their own skins. That means moving impreachment […]

The one-day visit to Brazil by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, was dominated by one issue: the Iranian nuclear program. In the three meetings […]

O Comitê Bancário do Senado norte-americano está mais próximo do que nunca de um acordo acerca do projeto de lei para reformar o setor financeiro. Segundo […]

Sancionada em maio de 2000 pelo então presidente Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal foi criada para que os administradores do Executivo, do Legislativo […]

Ao lado da secretária de Estado americana, Hillary Clinton, o ministro das Relações Exteriores, Celso Amorim, deu um ultimato ontem aos Estados Unidos na questão dos […]

O Juiz Federal Ronald de Carvalho Filho, da 2ª Vara de Execuções Fiscais, determinou a penhora de R$ 50.086.340,15 dos valores que a Braskem S/A pagaria […]

As divergências entre Brasil e Estados Unidos sobre o programa nuclear do Irã provocaram hoje (3) uma dura reação por parte do governo brasileiro. O ministro […]

O Departamento de Justiça dos EUA abriu ontem investigação sobre a participação de alguns grandes fundos de investimento americanos na crise financeira da Grécia. A investigação […]

Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s plan to issue new shares to pay for the rights to oil deposits off Brazil’s coast was approved today in the nation’s lower […]

Only 15% of the projects under the 40bn-real (US$22.5bn) sanitation component of Brazil’s growth acceleration plan PAC have been completed, national water and sewerage concessionaires’ association […]

Brazilian construction firm Camargo Corrêa will issue 3bn reais (US$1.7bn) in promissory notes for a three-year debt program, news service Agência Estado reported. Part of the […]

Yesterday the Federal District Legislative Assembly (CLDF) sent the Supreme Court a 37-page brief outlining its position against federal intervention. The document, signed by the acting […]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces an uphill battle as she tries to win support from a skeptical Brazil for new United Nations sanctions […]

The government’s chief federal attorney (advogado-geral da União) Luis Inacio Adams, declared that in Brazil corruption is endemic and a permanent problem. “It is up to […]

In her campaign for the presidency, Hilary Rodham Clinton barely uttered the word Brazil. But as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton has recognized Brazil as the […]

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Tuesday his country was fighting for survival against bankruptcy and urged civil servants and pensioners to accept sacrifices to […]

On Monday, Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, gave a press conference with President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina. The president had just invoked the “decolonisation […]