Brazil

SALVADOR, Brazil -- Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Silva says that his country "understands that...

In this article: Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Argentina, Chile, and U.S.

Ford Motor Co <F.N>, the No. 2 U.S.-based automaker, plans to invest 2.8 billion reais ($1.61 billion) in Brazil to boost output at two plants by 20 percent, a top company executive said on Friday. The company expects the investments to...

In this article: Ford Motor Co, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and U.S.

Ford Motor Co <F.N> plans to invest 2 billion reais ($1.15 billion) in Brazil through 2015, most of it on a plant in the northeastern Bahia state, to expand production and benefit from expected growth in Latin America's largest economy, the...

In this article: Ford Motor Co, General Motors Co, Volkswagen AG, Fiat, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Jaques Wagner, and United States

...of the Amazon rainforest and the equally vulnerable "cerrado" or Savannah lands of central Brazil, of which only half remains uncleared, Brazil's record on environmental matters is relatively positive: About 17% of Amazon rainforest...

In this article: Carbon dioxide, Carbon, Copenhagen, Aviation fuel, Coal, Natural gas, Deforestation, and Hydrocarbon

In this article: Glyphosate, Monsanto, Soybean, Roundup Ready, Herbicide, and Bayer

...statement. He said imposing sanctions could hurt the economies of both the United States and Brazil. SCALE OF RETALIATION The arbitrators allowed Brazil, the second biggest cotton exporter, in some circumstances to "cross-retaliate"...

In this article: World Trade Organization, United States, Fiscal year, Washington, Arbitration award, Doha round, Geneva, and Reuters

...to levels that undercut exporters and financial markets to dizzying heights prompted some, including Brazil and Taiwan, to impose controls. Brazil, the world's eighth biggest economy and a member of the BRIC quartet of emerging...

In this article: Bank Indonesia, Taiwan, India, Recession, Tax, and Indonesia

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's president should decide whether to extradite Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, a former leftist rebel wanted by his native country for political killings in the...

In this article: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Cesare Battisti, Tarso Genro, Italy, Supreme Court, Communism, Franco Frattini, and Interpol

* Brazil delays major hydro power project Brazil is delaying a bid to build a multi-billion dollar hydroelectric dam in the Amazon until 2010, an official said on Wednesday, amid criticism of the project's environmental impact. The 11...

In this article: Ministry of Energy, Eletrobras, and Brasilia

...one point breaking the 68,000-point-barrier for the first time in 2009. The index notched its highest close yet in 2009 on Tuesday. Brazil's currency, the real <BRBY>, firmed 0.41 percent to 1.71 per dollar as investors tested the...

In this article: Petrobras, Bovespa, Vale, Futures contract, Itau Securities, Banco do Brasil, Unibanco, Itau, and Bradesco