Brazil

Discusses aviation industry and future investments in Florida

November 7, 2007 -- RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the one-year anniversary of his election, Florida Governor Charlie Crist today toured the Embraer headquarters in São Jose Dos Campos and met with Embraer Air president and chief executive officer Frederico Curado. Embraer is the world’s third largest manufacturer of commercial jets and one of Brazil’s leading export companies.    » read more »

Brazilian business executives meet with Team Florida delegates to explore trade opportunities

November 6, 2007 -- SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Florida Governor Charlie Crist today officially opened the Florida-Brazil Business Matchmaker Expo. The trade expo features more than 60 Florida businesses interested in potential business arrangements with Brazilian companies. Companies exhibiting in the expo represent industries in Florida ranging from environmental technologies to construction and real estate, aviation and logistics to economic development organizations and tourism services.    » read more »

November 5, 2007 -- SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Florida Governor Charlie Crist today welcomed more than 200 Florida business, state and local leaders to São Paulo, Brazil, for a five-day trade and economic development mission. During the mission, the Governor will meet with Brazil’s top business leaders and senior government officials. Today, Governor Crist signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Governor José Serra of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, to enhance business and cultural exchange between the two states.    » read more »

25 October 2007 -- The International Football Federation (FIFA) has recommended Brazil to host the World Cup in 2014, after inspectors toured the South American nation.

The inspection report said Brazil is an "appropriate choice" to host the 2014 World Cup. The inspectors said Brazil has demonstrated itself to be more than capable of hosting what they called "an exceptional World Cup."

The report was sent to the FIFA executive committee, which will announce its decision on Tuesday.    » read more »

- In the Largest Expansion of Foreign Bureaus in Two Decades, ABC News Announces the Deployment of Seven Reporters to Posts Around the Globe
- Reporters Dispatched to New Delhi, India; Mumbai, India; Seoul, South Korea; Jakarta, Indonesia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Dubai, UAE; and Nairobi, Kenya

30 September 2007, Shanghai (By John Stevenson) -- Germany has won the Women's World Cup football tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai, where the Germans scored a 2-0 victory over Brazil to become the first team to claim consecutive titles in a major women's football competition.

Brazil played an inspired first half in the championship game Sunday. The South American women pressured the German goal and narrowly missed several good scoring chances.    » read more »

25 September 2007, Hangzhou, China (By Jim Stevenson) -- The semi-final round of the Women's World Cup football (soccer) tournament concludes Thursday in Hangzhou, China, with Brazil seeking its first title at the event. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports, heavily favored United States is standing in the way of the South American team.

Three months ago near New York, the teams met in a very physical friendly game that the United States won, 2-0. The Americans also prevailed in their two previous Women's World Cup meetings and dominated in three Olympic tournament games against Brazil.    » read more »

23 September 2007, Tianjin, China (By Jim Stevenson) -- The semifinal round is set at the Women's World Cup football (soccer) tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports Brazil got past Australia, 3-2, while Norway ended host China's run with a 1-0 victory.

Brazil struck early in its quarterfinal match against Australia in Tianjin. Formiga (full name is Miraildes Maciel Mota) booted a shot in the fourth minute that arced from outside the box and slipped in just under the crossbar.    » read more »

09 September 2007, Shanghai (By Jim Stevenson) -- The fifth FIFA Women's World Cup football tournament kicks off Monday in Shanghai, China. VOA's Jim Stevenson is at the event and has this preview.

China is again hosting the premier event in women's football after holding the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991. An outbreak of SARS prevented China from hosting the last World Cup in 2003. The event was held instead in the United States. The tournament now returns to the birthplace of the game, and it is also helping to boost preparations for the Beijing Olympics in less than one year.    » read more »

Kerry Zavagnin to join team prior to Sunday's match against Brazil

09/05/2007 -- Kansas City Wizards holding midfielder Kerry Zavagnin has been called in by United States National Team Head Coach Bob Bradley as a roster replacement for Colorado Rapids midfielder Pablo Mastroeni for an upcoming friendly against international power Brazil Sunday, September 9 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Zavagnin has appeared 21 times for the Red, White and Blue. An alternate for the 2006 World Cup, the 33-year-old last played for the U.S. in the 4-1 loss to Germany on March 22, 2006 in Dortmund.    » read more »

5-Sep-2007 -- During the last glaciation, which ended about 10 000 years Before Present (BP), the Brazilian Atlantic forest extended over all the eastern side of the country, covering more than 1 200 000 km², 15% of Brazil’s territory. Now only 95 000 km² of this natural habitat survives, just 8% of its initial extent. It is still a large biodiversity reservoir in Brazil, second only to the Amazonian forest. On one hectare of Atlantic forest the biologists recorded over 450 different tree species.    » read more »

September 4, 2007 -- Kansas City Wizards forwards Eddie Johnson and Davy Arnaud have been named to Bob Bradley's squad for an upcoming friendly against international power Brazil September 9 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Johnson has been a key figure in Bradley's team this season, appearing in 10 games and scoring two goals. Should Arnaud appear in the match, it will be his first-career appearance for the senior national team.    » read more »

TAM order also marks 100th order for the Boeing 777 this year

SEATTLE, Aug. 29, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that an order from Brazil's TAM Airlines [BOVESPA: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM] for four additional 777-300ERs brings to 1,003 the number of 777s ordered since the first order of the popular widebody in 1990. Today's announcement also means that, to date in 2007, Boeing has received orders for 100 of the popular 777s.    » read more »

August 13, 2007, HOUSTON - Halliburton's (NYSE: HAL) Completion and Production division has been awarded a four-year contract valued at more than (USD) $270 million by Petrobras Brazil. Halliburton will be working jointly with Expro to provide exploration and development testing services in high pressure, high temperature (HP/HT) and deepwater environments. The work will be done throughout Brazil and serviced from Halliburton operations in Macaé in southern Brazil and Mossoró in northern Brazil to optimize provision efficiencies.    » read more »

10 July 2007 -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has announced plans to revive the country's long-stalled nuclear program.

President da Silva told reporters in Sao Paulo state Tuesday that funds will be allocated for completion of another nuclear power plant and construction of a nuclear-powered submarine.

Mr. da Silva also said Brazil could become one of the few countries in the world to control the entire uranium enrichment cycle.    » read more »