Brazil and U.S. Visas May End Soon: Daily
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – U.S. ambassador in Brazil, Thomas Shannon, spoke recently about ending the requirement for Brazilians to obtain visas for traveling to the...
View ArticleSanta Maria Receives Cyanide Meds: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – The United States government has sent special medication to Brazil to treat survivors of a nightclub blaze who inhaled cyanide gas...
View ArticleBrazil Retakes Meat Export Lead: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Data compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that Brazil was once again the world’s biggest exporter of meat in 2012,...
View ArticleBrazil Firearm Sales to U.S. Up 187.5%
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Sales of Brazilian-made firearms to the U.S. increased 187.5 percent while former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was in...
View ArticleU.S. Ambassador to Leave Brazil: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The United States has informed the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the current U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas A. Shannon,...
View ArticleU.S. Vice President Biden Visits Brazil
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, is in Brazil this week, as part of a South American tour which also includes a visit...
View ArticleRousseff Vows Action on U.S. Spying: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The United States Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon, was summoned on Monday to a meeting with Brazil’s Communications Minister Paulo...
View ArticleBrazil Alarmed by U.S. Surveillance
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Just three months ahead of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to the United States, relations between the two countries...
View ArticleBrazil Fears Sensitive Data Leak: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister of External Relations Antonio Patriota has reiterated demands for urgent clarifications from the United States over...
View ArticleRousseff Denounces U.S. Espionage
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In her opening speech at the United Nation’s General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, President Dilma Rousseff, as expected, took...
View ArticleDollar Closes at R$2.70, Highest in Almost Ten Years
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In June 2011 the U.S. dollar sank against the Brazilian real to its lowest point in recent memory, it was US$1 to R$1.55. Now, a week after...
View ArticleForeign Investors Look to Brazil’s Health Sector
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite the weak economy, rising inflation and the forecast of a zero or negative GDP in 2015, foreign companies have continued to show...
View ArticleBrazil May Waive Visa Requirements During Olympics
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Talks are underway to lift tourist visa requirements for citizens from certain countries, starting with the United States, for next...
View ArticleU.S. Visa and Passport Services Delayed in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Due to technical problems with the U.S. State Department passport and visa systems, the United States’ overseas embassies and consulates...
View ArticleBrazil’s President Rousseff Starts First Official Visit to the U.S.
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – This past weekend Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff started her first official state visit to the United States and will visit New York,...
View ArticleBrazil Seeks to Increase Trade and Exports to United States
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC), Armando Monteiro, met with U.S. Commerce Secretary, Penny Pritzker...
View ArticleVisa Exemption for Rio Olympics Completes 45 Days
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Friday, July 15th, not only marks exactly three weeks before the start of the most watched sports event in the world on August 5th, it...
View ArticleExtra Olympic Security for Foreign Dignitaries in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the city of Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazilian security agents announced plans to implement an...
View ArticleBrazil’s Women Beach Volleyball Team Wins Silver
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The possibility of another gold and bronze for Brazil, this time for women’s beach volleyball faded on Wednesday night as the two...
View ArticleBrazilian Officials Study Permanent Visa Waiver for Visitors
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Government officials in Brazil are discussing the extension of the permanent visa-waiver, which was in place during the Olympics and...
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