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Brazil
Recent news reports highlight that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is likely to make the first state visit to the US by a Brazilian leader in nearly 20 years by end-2013. The visit...
2013-05-03Brazil
In her 'Labour Day' address on May 1, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff stated that she has sent a proposal to the legislature which will earmark future oil royalties that the state...
2013-05-03Brazil
The ongoing debate over the distribution of Brazil's oil royalties has entered a new stage, as oil producing states, including Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo,...
2013-04-02Brazil
On March 28, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff reaffirmed her commitment to keeping prices in check, stating that her previous comments that inflation-fighting policies should not...
2013-03-29Brazil
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's government has taken to the road in recent weeks to court foreign investment in the infrastructure sector and reassure investors that the country...
2013-03-01Brazil
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Brasilia in February in order to bolster ties between the two countries. The two signed cooperation...
2013-03-01Brazil
Brazil is Latin America's largest mobile market, offering great potential to mobile operators in the country. It has a higher 3G penetration rate than its peers and an above average...
2013-02-26Brazil
Up to the early 1990s, the Brazilian electric sector was characterised by centralisation of operation and planning, as well as by the vertical integration of transmission, distribution...
2013-02-11
