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Small Business Loan Interest Rates Cut in Brazil
May 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced here Monday a reduction in the interest rate on public loans for owners of small businesses from 8.0 percent to 5.0 percent. continue reading »
Pope Francis Eagerly Looking Forward to World Youth Day in Brazil
March 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Francis I is "very excited" about his July visit to Brazil to participate in World Youth Day, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said here Wednesday after a meeting with the new pontiff. continue reading »
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Swears in 3 New Ministers
March 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff swore in Saturday three new ministers in a Cabinet shuffle that strengthens the two important parties allied to the government with a view to the 2014 elections. continue reading »
Brazilian States Call New Royalties Law Unconstitutional
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The oil-producing states of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo on Friday filed a Supreme Court challenge against a new law that distributes royalties from crude and natural gas production more evenly among Brazil's 27 states. continue reading »
Dilma Rousseff Launches Nuclear Sub Program in Brazil
March 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday inaugurated a naval installation that will make parts for conventional submarines - and eventually a nuclear-powered sub - under cooperation agreements signed with France in 2009. continue reading »
Presidents Discuss Pemex, Petrobras Oil Alliance
January 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff discussed forging strategic alliances between oil giants Pemex and Petrobras during a meeting at the CELAC-EU summit in Chile. continue reading »
Brazil Honors Architect Oscar Niemeyer With Tribute at Presidential Palace
December 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff received with honors at the Planalto Palace on Thursday the mortal remains of architect Oscar Niemeyer, one of Brasilia's great creative geniuses, who died this week at the age of 104. continue reading »
Brazil’s President Vetos Portion of Royalties Bill Pertaining to Existing Contracts
December 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used her veto power to exclude existing contracts from a bill to more widely distribute oil royalties, officials said. continue reading »
Spain’s King Juan Carlos Urges Brazil to Invest in Spain
November 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Boasting "one of the most open economies in the world," Spain is an ideal place for Brazilian firms to invest, King Juan Carlos said here Monday as he hosted a luncheon for Brazil's president continue reading »
BMW to Invest $264 Million for First Plant in Brazil
October 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
German automaker BMW plans to build its first Latin American plant in Brazil, investing $264 million in the project, BMW Group sales and marketing chief Ian Robertson said. continue reading »
BMW Announces Plans to Build First LatAm Plant in Brazil
October 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Germany's BMW company will establish in Brazil what will be its first automotive factory in Latin America, Raimundo Colombo, governor of Santa Catarina state, said Saturday. continue reading »
Brazilian President Vetoes 9 Articles of Land-Use Bill
October 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vetoed nine articles of a controversial land-use bill passed by Congress last month and harshly criticized by environmental groups. continue reading »
Dam Work Continues at Brazilian Amazon Site After Court Ruling Reversed
August 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Work on what will be the world's third-largest dam resumed on Tuesday after Brazil's Supreme Court reversed a ruling by another tribunal that put a temporary halt to the controversial project. continue reading »
Latinas on Forbes “100 Most Powerful Women” in 2012- Rousseff Takes the Cover
August 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Forbes has released their 9th annual list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, with a number of Latinas making the list. Nabbing both the cover and the No. 3 spot on the list is President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil. continue reading »
Toyota to Build $500 M Engine Plant in Brazil
August 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Toyota Motor Corporation president Akio Toyoda met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and announced plans to build a $500 million engine plant in Sao Paulo state. continue reading »
Former Brazilian President Lula Looking to Run Again If Rousseff Does Not Seek Re-election
June 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a televisión interview that he will be a presidential candidate in 2014 if current President Dilma Rousseff does not stand for reelection. continue reading »
Partial Veto of Land-Use Bill Not Enough, Greenpeace Protests in Brazil
May 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The environmental organization Greenpeace blocked a freighter from being loaded with iron in the port of Sao Luis in the northern Brazilian state of Maranhao in protest against the partial veto by President Dilma Rousseff of a widely criticized land-use bill. continue reading »
Rousseff Vetoes Portions of Brazil’s Controversial Environmental Bill
May 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Dilma Rousseff vetoed 12 of the 84 articles of a widely criticized land-use bill, including an amnesty for people who contributed to deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region, the government said Friday. continue reading »
Brazilian Rights Group to Receive President Rousseff’s $10,000 Torture Compensation
May 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Dilma Rousseff will donate to a human rights organization the compensation she is to receive for having been tortured by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964-1985, her office said Friday. continue reading »
Nine Latinos/Hispanics Make ‘TIME Magazine’ 100 Most Influential List
April 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Each year, TIME Magazine releases “The 100 Most Influential People in the World” list, and this year, 9 Latinos/Hispanics made the list. From political figures to a red-headed funny man, the Latinos on the this years list span all walks of life. continue reading »
