Serra Given Early Lead in Polls
By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Just weeks away from the beginning of what will undoubtedly prove to be months of fierce presidential campaigning, José Serra, current governor of Sao Paulo, remains in a strong position. Despite not having formalized his candidacy, Serra continues to come out on top in both simulated and [...]
Lula, PT Support for Rousseff Solidifies
By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Next month the PT (Brazilian Worker’s Party) will hold its fourth congress. The event, which is scheduled from February, 18th to the 21st, will be a chance for the party to discuss its general directives, organize campaign strategies for October’s federal and state elections, and, as [...]
Presidential Election Shapes Up
By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – 2010 will mark the election of the 36th official President of the Brazilian Republic. Although the official calendar for campaigning does not begin until October 3rd, the political atmosphere is already dense with debate.
The deadline for candidate registry isn’t until July 5th, but with parties looking to [...]
Tim Flear: GB Consul General to Rio
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Tim Flear has been the British Consul General to Rio De Janeiro since 2006. In that time the city has undergone substantial changes that have made his job both more challenging and more demanding, as the profile of the Cidade Maravilhosa – both as a tourist and [...]
Brazil’s Copenhagen COP15 Proposal
By Carlos Graffigna, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – As the starting date for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) drew closer, President Lula met with his advisers and three sources of Brazil’s proposal, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Brazilian Forum on Climate Change; in order [...]
RJ-SP Rail Line Bidding Planned
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian government has announced that the bidding process for the construction and operation of a high-speed rail line that will link Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campinas is to begin.
Several public seminars will be held in January, giving citizens the chance to ask any questions [...]
Lula’s PMDB Party Backs Dilma
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – President Lula’s chosen successor Dilma Rousseff has received a significant boost to her campaign to succeed the enormously popular Luis Inácio Lula da Silva.
Rousseff officially gained the support of the nation’s largest political party, the centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, or PMDB. The accord has however yet to be [...]
Oil Investors Await Pre-Salt Talks
By Juliana Tafur, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Foreign companies and investors have flocked to Brazil since the extent of the pre-salt oil fields became known in 2006. Companies like Exxon Mobil, Shell and Repsol hurried in and acquired oil concessions. In exchange, they have operated independently by paying taxes and royalties to the Brazilian [...]
Presidential Election: Ciro Gomes
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – With a famous wife and an infamous temper, Ciro Gomez of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) cuts quite the dashing figure in Brazilian politics. Next year he will in all likelihood be locking horns with Dilma Rousseff and José Serra in a third bid to get himself [...]
PAC: Growth Program Boosts in 2010
By Karen Shishiptorova, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC), or Growth Acceleration Program, was launched in Brazil in January, 2007 by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. During the 2006 president elections, a few of the candidates cited Brazil´s need to grow as a major issue. Lula has made [...]
