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Wednesday, November 4, 2026
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ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Cardoso Urges Savings to Tackle Dearth of Capital
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso announced that the expected fiscal adjustment programme, designed to combat the scarcity of capital for financing development, would be ready by Oct. 20.ELECTIONS-BRAZIL: Cardoso Reelected in First Round
The god of time is the great ally of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, reelected president of Brazil in Sunday's voting. But unlike his "honeymoon" four years ago, the start of his second term is overshadowed by gloomy economic circumstances.BRAZIL: Elections Compound Crisis
Brazil goes to the polls Sunday caught in the vortex of the international financial crisis, but the global financial storm is likely to have little effect on the outcome of the election.FINANCE-BRAZIL: Brazilians Expected Higher U.S. Rate Cut
The expectations spawned by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's reduction of interest rates far outweigh the real contribution the measure will make towards dulling the effect of the global financial crisis on Brazil.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: Greenpeace Lends its Name to 500 Products
Greenpeace has begun lending its name to more than 500 products in Brazil, providing them with a green-friendly stamp of approval as part of a new front in environmental activism and fund-raising.POPULATION-BRAZIL: More and More Young People Jobless
More and more young people are jobless in Brazil, where unemployment among people under the age of 24 years is at least double the rate for all adults.ENTERTAINMENT-BRAZIL: National Movies Expand to Cable TV
Brazilian-made films now have the chance of reaching a broader audience, and of boosting their development, through being shown on its own cable TV channel.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: The Amazon Enters the Information Age
Brazil is now moving to transform the wealth of information that various institutions operating in its Amazon region have between them into a tool for promoting sustainable development there.FINANCE-BRASIL: Teetering on the Edge with the Brakes Full On
Brazil's government accepted defeat in its latest battles with the market, reacting by upping interest rates to 49.75 percent as a last high-risk manoevre on the edge of the abyss.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Crisis Makes Protectionism a Hot Temptation
International financial insecurity feeds protectionist temptations in countries like Brazil, forced to cut their trade deficit to reduce vulnerability.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Sewage – Good Business but Tough to Privatise
Sewage, touted by Brazil's Planning Ministry as a market that moves 10 billion dollars a year with enormous potential for expansion, has turned out to be hard to privatise.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-BRAZIL: New Law Still on Government Rollercoaster
Heated protests led the Brazilian government to partially back down from its plans to waive enforcement of a new environment law for up to 10 years.POLITICS-BRAZIL: Candidates Pledge Minimum Income for the Poor
Proposals to ensure a minimum income for millions of poor families who keep their children in school in Brazil are main features of the campaign platforms of the two leading presidential candidates for the Oct. 4 elections.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: New Law Still on Gov’t Rollercoaster
Heated protests led the Brazilian government to partially back down from its plans to waive enforcement of a new environment law for up to 10 years.ECONOMY-LATAM: ‘World is Moving Towards 1929, not 21st Century’
The world is moving towards 1929 instead of the 21st century, remarked Brazilian economic policy pundit Celso Furtado.WOMEN-BRAZIL: Quota Law Doubles Number of Female Candidates
The number of women running for office in Brazil's Oct. 4 general elections is more than double the 1994 level. But the parties have been unable to fill even half of the quota of 25 percent of candidacies to be reserved for women.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Volatile Foreign Capital Hinders Growth
Dependence on foreign capital has become a major obstacle to economic growth in Brazil given the ongoing global financial turbulence.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Growing Trade Deficit Causes Concern
Brazil has been banking on privatisations to guarantee its financial solidity, but the sale of the state-owned telephone conglomerate, Telebras, stands to contribute heavily to the huge trade deficit it faces this year.HEALTH-BRAZIL: Cancer Congress Highlights Prevention and Vaccines
Prevention is the best way to fight cancer, the experts meeting at the 16th World Congress on Cancer in Rio de Janeiro this week underlined, although they will also report on a number of advances in medical treatments.COMMODITIES: Brazil’s Sugar Faces Huge Barriers on Global Market
Brazil's sugar, which faces high market barriers in the industrialised North and even in neighbouring Argentina, is the biggest symbol of the protectionism faced by the country's exports.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-BRAZIL: Fiscal Adjustments Wipe Out Micro- Entrprises
Some 3.9 million of the five million small and micro-enterprises created in Brazil since 1988 have folded up, many of them victims of monetary and fiscal adjustments like those adopted in the wake of the Asian crisis.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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