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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Com soldados parados, oficiais da PM assumem patrulha das ruas em MS |
| Author/Source: | Alessandro Fiocco Folha De Sao Paulo (Brazil) |
| Brief: | Cabos e soldados da PM decidiram ontem em assembleia permanecer dentro dos quarteis, sem realizar qualquer atividade, em protesto para reivindicar aumento salarial. PMs sao proibidos de realizar greve por lei |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Por uma aproximacao Brasil-EUA |
| Author/Source: | Julia E. Sweig Folha De Sao Paulo (Brazil) |
| Brief: | Falta algo entre as duas potencias - algo que podemos chamar de ausencia de ambicao |
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
| Location: | Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela |
| Category: | Brazilian Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Brazil trapped by Argentina and Venezuela economic mismanagements |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | "At the end of April, Dilma and Cristina held a very, very strong discussion, according to Brazilian and Argentine sources, because of the disagreements on trade and investment" |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Brazilian Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Brazil trapped by Argentina and Venezuela economic mismanagements |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | "At the end of April, Dilma and Cristina held a very, very strong discussion, according to Brazilian and Argentine sources, because of the disagreements on trade and investment" |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Brazilian Foreign Policy, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Remarks With Foreign Minister of Brazil Antonio de Aguiar Patriota Before Their Meeting |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We want to resume our direct dialogue, very eager to do that, and look at the entire scope of the agenda. There is economic and trade issues, investment issues |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Brazil: bank runs and break-ins |
| Author/Source: | Samantha Pearson Beyondbrics |
| Brief: | Chaos broke out across at least 12 states over the weekend after rumours spread that the government was planning to suspend the nationwide Bolsa Familia social welfare programme |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Terrorism, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Businessman Linked by U.S. to Hezbollah Is Arrested in Brazil in a Fraud Scheme |
| Author/Source: | Simon Romero New York Times |
| Brief: | The arrest focuses new attention on the Triple Frontier, a smugglers' haven that has long been under the scrutiny of intelligence agencies from the United States, Israel and South American nations. |
| Location: | Brazil, Haiti |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Haiti's Prime Minister Initiates Brazil visit to promote investment opportunities |
| Author/Source: | PRNewswire The Sacramento Bee |
| Brief: | Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe arrived in Brasilia today at the beginning of a week-long trip whose main goal is to deepen ties with the government of Brazil and to encourage private sector investment in Haiti |
| Location: | Brazil, Haiti |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Haiti's Prime Minister Initiates Brazil visit to promote investment opportunities |
| Author/Source: | PRNewswire The Sacramento Bee |
| Brief: | Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe arrived in Brasilia today at the beginning of a week-long trip whose main goal is to deepen ties with the government of Brazil and to encourage private sector investment in Haiti |
Friday, May 17, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Border Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Brazil Looks To Build A 10,000-Mile Virtual Fence |
| Author/Source: | Paula Moura, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro NPR |
| Brief: | The sheer size of the terrain that will be covered makes this one of the most ambitious defense programs ever put in place in Brazil. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Human Rights, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Los extranjeros esclavizados en medio de la bonanza brasilena |
| Author/Source: | Fernanda Nidecker BBC Mundo |
| Brief: | Bignami estima que cerca de 300.000 bolivianos, 70.000 paraguayos y 45.000 peruanos viven en la region metropolitana de Sao Paulo, la mayoria trabajando en condiciones similares a la esclavitud. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Human Trafficking |
| Title: | Trafficking gang 'smuggled Bangladeshis into Brazil' |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | The smugglers explored routes across the borders of Peru, Bolivia and Guyana to enter Brazil, investigators said. |
| Location: | Brazil, Uruguay |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Uruguay's Mujica talks up Brazil ties |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber The Washington Post |
| Brief: | "We don't advocate free trade or extreme protectionism, nothing like that. But we think that for our country, stability and the rules of the game - investor security - are a strategic capital that is nonnegotiable." |
Thursday, May 16, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, Politics And Security, Public Security |
| Title: | Contra pirataria, Brasil expande acao naval na Africa |
| Author/Source: | João Fellet, Luis Kawaguti BBC News |
| Brief: | O treinamento tambem busca evitar que a pirataria afete a rota comercial entre as regioes, principalmente as compras brasileiras de petroleo. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Indigenous Communities, Land Tenure |
| Title: | Exclusive-Brazil's Rousseff sides with farmers in Indian land fight |
| Author/Source: | Brian Winter, Caroline Stauffer Reuters |
| Brief: | Following a technical change to land management rules last week, Rousseff has told her government to refrain from approving new applications for Indian lands for the foreseeable future, |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Brazil's gun control debate: Opponents try to shoot holes in disarmament law |
| Author/Source: | Andrew Downie Christian Science Monitor |
| Brief: | Brazil's Congress is trying to loosen legislation on gun ownership that critics say could cause the number of homicides to rise sharply after a period of relative stability. |
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
| Location: | Bolivia, Brazil |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Bolivia y Brasil definen acciones en lucha antidroga |
| Author/Source: | La Opinion |
| Brief: | La reunion programada para el martes 14 y miercoles 15 tambien contara con la asistencia de las delegaciones de la Policia Federal de Brasil y de los cuerpos policiales de los estados fronterizos con Bolivia, y de la Policia Boliviana. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | São Paulo May Lose Cup Games |
| Author/Source: | Reuters New York Times |
| Brief: | São Paulo, South America's largest city, could lose its right to stage matches at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil because of delays in building its stadium. |
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Indigenous Communities, Land Tenure |
| Title: | The fight for social equality in Brazil |
| Author/Source: | Julia Esther Castro The Independent |
| Brief: | Hopefully, in the future rural communities will be consulted by big corporations when they want to use their land for economic venture, and that peaceful life can become a reality for indigenous and Quilombola people in rural areas of Brazil . |
Monday, May 13, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Human Rights, Public Security |
| Title: | Reckless Rio: in the air, on the ground and even under the earth |
| Author/Source: | Julia Michaels Rio Real |
| Brief: | U.S. security personnel, closely watching Brazil as mega-events quickly approach, weren’t pleased by what they saw. |
Friday, May 10, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Drug Policy, Public Security |
| Title: | Cracolandia: the crack capital of Brazil where addicts are forced to seek help |
| Author/Source: | Jonathan Watts The Guardian |
| Brief: | Critics say clearup of São Paulo district violates users' rights and is driven by business interests, yet ex-addicts back move. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Brazil's big government seen as good for politics, bad for economy |
| Author/Source: | Anthony Boadle Reuters Yahoo! |
| Brief: | The number of Cabinet posts has almost doubled since the Workers' Party took office under former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2003. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Environment |
| Title: | Amazon clearance for agriculture is 'economic own goal' for Brazil |
| Author/Source: | Jonathan Watts The Guardian |
| Brief: | The economic and agricultural gains are in danger of slipping into reverse because the loss of forest is reducing rainfall, raising temperatures and causing other malign feedbacks. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Can Brazil buck the Latin American trend? |
| Author/Source: | Gregory Michener Al Jazeera |
| Brief: | Many Latin American countries are currently depleting what little institutional capital they have built up over the previous decades. Is Brazil at risk of a similar derailment? |
| Location: | Brazil, South America Regional, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Free Trade |
| Title: | Venezuela Role in Mercosur Represents Bloc's 2nd Growth Cycle - Rousseff |
| Author/Source: | Paulo Winterstein Nasdaq |
| Brief: | Venezuela's assumption of the role of temporary president of trade bloc Mercosur in July represents a "second cycle of expansion" for the bloc, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said. |
| Location: | Brazil, Venezuela |
| Category: | Brazilian Foreign Policy, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Venezuela's Maduro gets firm Brazilian backing, trade |
| Author/Source: | Reuters Yahoo News |
| Brief: | Rousseff was expected to advise Maduro to tone down his aggressive rhetoric against his opponents for the sake of political stability, said a diplomat. |
Thursday, May 9, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Arms Transfers, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. Technology Transfer Key to Possible Jet Deal - Brazil Lawmaker |
| Author/Source: | Gerald Jeffris Dow Jones Nasdaq |
| Brief: | U.S. Boeing F-18 Hornet aircraft are under consideration for purchase by Brazil, competing with French Dassault-Rafale and Swedish Saab-Gripen fighters. |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Brazilian Foreign Policy |
| Title: | Egypt wants to attract Brazilian investors |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Morsi and Rousseff also called for an end to the fighting in Syria and the creation of a Palestinian state as a way to achieve peace in the Middle East. |
| Location: | Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Peru, Chile leaders to visit White House; Biden to visit Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press Washington Post |
| Brief: | "All told, we will have the most active stretch of high-level engagement on Latin America in a long, long time," Biden said |
| Location: | Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Vice President Biden, Dr. Jill Biden to Travel to Brazil, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago |
| Author/Source: | Office Of The Vice President The White House |
| Brief: | This trip will be an important chance to discuss our collective efforts to promote economic growth and development, access to energy and our ongoing collaboration on citizen security. |
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Brazil isn't growing-so why are Brazilians so happy? |
| Author/Source: | H.J. The Economist |
| Brief: | After many decades in which the spoils mostly went to the richest, more of Brazil's growth is now going to those on modest incomes. |
| Location: | Brazil, Cuba |
| Category: | Cuban Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Cuba's greatest export? Medical diplomacy |
| Author/Source: | Elias Groll Foreign Policy |
| Brief: | It's a bitter irony for U.S. policymakers that 50 years after the imposition of the Cuban embargo, the communist regime is circumventing efforts to isolate it by sending, of all things, doctors around the world. |
| Location: | Brazil, Paraguay |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation |
| Title: | Continua ejercicio aereo militar |
| Author/Source: | Aldo Rojas Cardozo ABC Color |
| Brief: | En la prosecucion del ejercicio combinado PARBRA III que involucran a la fuerza aerea paraguaya y del Brasil, ayer se realizo la primera deteccion, identificacion, interceptacion e interrogacion del ejercicio. |
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Brazilian Foreign Policy, Civil-Military Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | From Jungle, Brazil Aims to Extend Its Reach |
| Author/Source: | Simon Romero The New York Times |
| Brief: | For Brazil, the opportunity to train African soldiers will help lift its profile on the other side of the Atlantic at a time when trade is surging between Brazil and African countries |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Brazil in talks to hire 6,000 Cuban doctors |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | Cuban authorities say Brazil is its sixth biggest trading partner and main food supplier |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Brazil tries to deal with the downside of a record harvest |
| Author/Source: | EFE Global Post |
| Brief: | Highways and ports are being overwhelmed by the record grain harvest due to the deficiencies in export infrastructure |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Video of Police Hunt for Drug Trafficker Raises Concern in Brazil |
| Author/Source: | Simon Romero And Taylor Barnes The New York Times |
| Brief: | The video of the chilling episode puts into sharp relief security challenges that persist in Rio, which is preparing to host part of the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| Location: | Brazil, Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Brazil to deploy 6,000 Cuban doctors in remote areas -minister |
| Author/Source: | Reuters |
| Brief: | Brazil plans to hire 6,000 Cuban doctors to serve in remote parts of the country where medical services are deficient or nonexistent, despite controversy over the quality of their training |
Monday, May 6, 2013
| Location: | Argentina, Brazil |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Free Trade |
| Title: | Brazil and Argentina working to find a long-standing agreement on trade, says Marco Aurelio |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | Discrepancies between the two major South American economies were addressed by President Dilma Rousseff and her peer Cristina Fernandez during her scheduled two-day visit to Buenos Aires last April 25, but which ended in frustration and the Brazilian lead |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Public Security |
| Title: | Lingering problems threaten image of a 'new Brazil' |
| Author/Source: | Vincent Bevins The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | As Brazil prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics, it still faces logistical, infrastructure and security issues |
Friday, May 3, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Human Rights |
| Title: | BRAZIL: Investigation opened over suspicions of illegal intelligence activities by mining company against social movements and human rights defenders |
| Author/Source: | International Federation For Human Rights |
| Brief: | The recent opening of an investigation against Vale, the second largest global mining company, for suspected illegal intelligence activities targeting social movements and human rights defenders |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Comissão da Verdade faz audiência sobre militares perseguidos na ditadura |
| Author/Source: | Folha De S. Paulo (Brazil) |
| Brief: | A Comissão Nacional da Verdade fara amanhã, na sede da ABI (Associação Brasileira de Imprensa), no Rio, a primeira audiência publica sobre militares que foram perseguidos pelo regime que se seguiu ao golpe de 1964 |
| Location: | Brazil, Colombia, Mexico |
| Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Mexico, entre los 12 paises con mayor impunidad por periodistas asesinados |
| Author/Source: | Animal Politico (Mexico) |
| Brief: | Mexico, Brasil y Colombia son los unicos paises de America Latina que figuran en la lista de los 12 paises con elevado indice de impunidad para casos de periodistas asesinados |
| Location: | Brazil, Haiti |
| Category: | Migration |
| Title: | Brazil removes cap on number of work visas for Haitians |
| Author/Source: | InfoSurHoy.com |
| Brief: | The decision comes after the northwestern state of Acre declared a social emergency in two of its border towns, Epitaciolândia and Brasileia, in April as it attempted to slow a wave of undocumented immigrants |