Brazil
August 19, 2010
Brazil’s discovery of a massive undersea deposit of natural gas could potentially alter its long-term energy strategy and also adversely affect neighboring Bolivia’s lucrative supply of hydrocarbons to its biggest customer.
July 29, 2010
President Inácio Lula da Silva protogé Dilma Rousseff and rival José Serra poll neck and neck as the race heats up for Brazil’s October election.
PRNewswire
July 21, 2010
Marina Silva, Brazilian presidential candidate, spoke at a private luncheon at AS/COA at 680 Park Avenue, New York. The lunch was part of the Green Party candidate's two-day tour of New York ahead of the October 3 election.
July 2, 2010
President Bashar al-Assad traveled to Latin America to encourage investment at home while boosting Syria’s profile abroad.
Eric Farnsworth
July 2010
Both on the field and off, Brazil has proven it is a nation on the move and the team to beat, writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth for a forthcoming issue PODER Hispanic.
CFR.org
Roya Wolverson
June 24, 2010
Brazil will use its relative economic strength to assert its leadership potential at the G20, COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth told CFR.org ahead of the 2010 summit in Toronto.
Eric Farnsworth
June 22, 2010
"The real story of this year's competition is the dominance of the Western Hemisphere," writes Council of the Americas Vice President Eric Farnsworth for The Huffington Post.
June 18, 2010
The recent launch of Brazilian television throughout most of the African continent marked the latest sign of a growing economic and diplomatic relationship between Brazil and Africa.
Latin America News Dispatch
Roque Planas
May 20, 2010
The new issue of Americas Quarterly, "Trafficking and Transnational Crime", was launched in Rio de Janeiro with a panel discussion on security policy in Brazil's second biggest city. Rio de Janeiro state Governor Sérgio Cabral talked about the successes the city has had in fighting violent crime, adding that suppressing the supply of drugs was as important as curtailing the demand.
Agência Brasil
May 20, 2010
Speaking at a private luncheon at AS/COA on May 20, President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies Michel Temer announced a new government program under the Bolsa Família scheme that encourages students to complete their primary studies by allocating monthly deposits that can only be accessed once they graduate.
