Brazil

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a drilling platform in the Campos Basin in 2006
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva at a drilling platform in the Campos Basin in 2006
Brazil: Not Ready for OPEC Membership
September 4, 2008 1609 GMT
Brazil has declined an invitation to join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries -- in order to keep developing its newfound energy wealth. [more]
Situation Reports
Bolivia: Youth Unions To Take Over Border Crossing Points, Public Offices
September 8, 2008 1334 GMT
Bolivia: Opposition Blockades Natural Gas Facility
September 2, 2008 2140 GMT
Venezuela, Brazil: Meeting To Discuss Venezuelan Food Situation
August 27, 2008 2220 GMT
Brazil: Petrobras Expands Exploration
August 25, 2008 1259 GMT
Bolivia: Brazil’s Petrobas To Spent $1 Billion On Projects
August 21, 2008 2135 GMT
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Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
Venezuela: The Prize of Paraguay
August 18, 2008 1852 GMT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is looking to increase his country's influence in Paraguay to counterbalance Brazil. [more]
Paraguay's President elect Fernando Lugo
Paraguay: Regional Geopolitics and a New President
August 7, 2008 2129 GMT
Paraguayan President-elect Fernando Lugo has the chance to alter Latin American geopolitics with his plans to change Paraguay's relationship with Brazil. [more]
Petrobras workers pose in front of an oil platform
Brazil: Tapping the Jubarte Oil Well
August 6, 2008 2209 GMT
The start of production at the Jubarte oil well marks a technological step forward for Brazilian state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro. [more]
Geopolitical Diary Graphic -- FINAL
Geopolitical Diary: The Shifting Geopolitics of Latin America
July 18, 2008 0204 GMT
The Argentine Senate did not pass a bill enforcing high export taxes on agricultural goods, though the bill was backed by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. [more]
Cotton farmer in Texas
Brazil: Cotton Sanctions Could Create Larger Aftershocks for U.S.
June 5, 2008 1851 GMT
A Brazilian challenge to U.S. cotton subsidies will put a key U.S. trade issue -- intellectual property rights -- front and center. [more]
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