<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Brazil News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&amp;catid=214</link><description>News Feed for - Brazil</description><item><title>Banco do Brasil eyes U.S. takeovers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96506559&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T16:02:00</pubDate><description>By Elzio Barreto and Aluisio Alves SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Banco do Brasil (BBAS3. SA), Latin America's largest bank by assets, may seek acquisitions in the United States, looking to benefit from 'devalued' </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>A hug from Lula</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96640691&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T07:51:00</pubDate><description>By embracing pariahs such as Mr. Ahmadinejad or attempting to position itself between the democratic West and the world's rogue states, Brazil will merely ensure that it remains the country of the future. </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Volkswagen Group to Invest 2.3B in Brazil by 2014; Targeting 1M vehicles</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96579242&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T15:20:00</pubDate><description>Volkswagen will be investing a total of â?¬2.3 billion (US$3.4 billion) in new products and manufacturing capacity expansion in Brazil between 2009 and 2014. We will enjoy significant growth in Brazil </description><source>Green Car Congress</source></item><item><title>Lula: Manaus Summit final document will direct Copenhagen</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96602459&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T01:36:00</pubDate><description>MANAUS, Brazil, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday in Manaus, northwestern Brazil, that the final document of the Amazon basin countries and France Summit </description><source>Xinhua News Agency</source></item><item><title>Petrobras to locate planned N units in Mato Grosso do Sul state</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96688969&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T19:44:00</pubDate><description>The Graphing functions and access to full news articles etc is available to FertilizerWeek subscribers. If you'd like to see a review copy before you subscribe to Fertilizer Week, just click the trial </description><source>CRU</source></item><item><title>Petrobras sells Argentina fertilizer business to Bunge</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96688953&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T19:44:00</pubDate><description>The Graphing functions and access to full news articles etc is available to FertilizerWeek subscribers. If you'd like to see a review copy before you subscribe to Fertilizer Week, just click the trial </description><source>CRU</source></item><item><title>ICE secures publishing agreement with Brazil</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96687452&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T19:25:00</pubDate><description>More than 100 officials and dignitaries from the Brazilian Government and education bodies will be attending a ceremony at the ICE next week to mark the signing of a major publishing agreement between </description><source>New Civil Engineer</source></item><item><title>U.S. risks isolation over Honduras election: Brazil</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96510691&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T16:08:00</pubDate><description>BRASILIA - The United States risks souring relations with much of Latin America if it recognizes upcoming elections in Honduras, the foreign policy adviser to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva </description><source>International Business Times</source></item><item><title>Large reduction in carbon emissions seen from Sao Paulo plants</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96665126&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:29:00</pubDate><description>The reduction in sugarcane straw burning and use of co-generation for plants in the state of Sao Paulo will reduce CO2 emissions by 62.5 million tonnes by 2017. Please log in to read the rest of this </description><source>Agra Net</source></item><item><title>Lula calls on western nations to help prevent deforestation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96665111&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:29:00</pubDate><description>Brazil's president said on Thursday that 'gringos' should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers </description><source>Agra Net</source></item><item><title>Indy Racing League to open 2010 season in Sao Paulo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513662&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:28:00</pubDate><description>The Indy Racing League will open its 2010 season on the streets of Sao Paulo, the first time the IndyCar series has held a race in Brazil. The race is scheduled for March 14. Please log in to read the </description><source>Agra Net</source></item><item><title>Petrobras workers plan surprise strikes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96532834&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T12:54:00</pubDate><description>The labor union known as FUP recommended workers hold an average of six unannounced and isolated stoppages a week at Petrobras refineries, oil platforms and terminals, FUP General Coordinator Joao Antonio </description><source>Petroleum World</source></item><item><title>Brazil's Lula Answers Obama's Letter. Disagreements Persist</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96652134&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T11:20:00</pubDate><description>Brazil's Foreign Relations minister Celso Amorim told reporters that he talked for about an hour this Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, with US's Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and that there is no crisis </description><source>Brazzil Magazine</source></item><item><title>Lula: We Want to Preserve the Amazon, But the US and Europe Have to Pay the Bill</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96652125&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T11:20:00</pubDate><description>Brazilian president, Luiz InÃ¡cio Lula da Silva, during a summit of the Amazon presidents, in Manaus, capital of the Amazonas state, sent a very clear message to the world that Brazil does not accept </description><source>Brazzil Magazine</source></item><item><title>Amazon Countries Gather in Brazil But Can't Reach Concrete Proposal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96652117&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T11:20:00</pubDate><description>Gathered in Brazil, nine nations in the Amazon region have called on rich countries to provide poorer nations with the funds to preserve forests. The nations, meeting in Manaus, Brazil, also discussed </description><source>Brazzil Magazine</source></item><item><title>Despite US's Stand Brazil Warns It Won't Recognize Honduras' New President</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96652111&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T11:20:00</pubDate><description>The Brazilian minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, reaffirmed on Thursday divergences with the United States regarding the political crisis in Honduras before the opening of the Amazon basin countries </description><source>Brazzil Magazine</source></item><item><title>GE's Computed Radiography System Makes Weld Inspection History at Petrobras GE Sensing </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96626358&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T05:13:00</pubDate><description>For the first time in the world, computed radiography for weld inspection has been qualified and validated for inspection of steel pipes up to 3.5- inch (89 mm) in diameter. Petrobras has qualified this </description><source>Poten &amp; Partners</source></item><item><title>JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190 Flight From Chicago to New York JFK</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96612154&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T03:27:00</pubDate><description>I see Simon Hradecky, the site editor of 'A JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190, registration N279JB performing flight B6-904 from Chicago O'Hare, IL to New York JFK, NY (USA) with 64 passengers and 4 crew, was on </description><source>SYS-CON Media</source></item><item><title>Lula to Open Amazon Gas Pipe</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96609981&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:45:00</pubDate><description>The document you have requested requires a subscription or a pay-per-article purchase. If you have a subscription to International Oil Daily, please log in here. If you are not a subscriber, and wish </description><source>Energy Intelligence Group</source></item><item><title>Sarkozy Lula Seek Financial Tax to Aid Environment</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96666346&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T13:42:00</pubDate><description>French President Nicolas Sarkozy andhis Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said theywill seek an international tax on financial transactions withproceeds going to an environmental fund. </description><source>Financial 24</source></item><item><title>Embraer sheds 600 additional employees - union</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96580369&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:49:00</pubDate><description>SAO PAULO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer (EMBR3. SA: Quote, Profile, Research)(ERJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has shed another 600 employees from its Sao Jose dos Campos factory, </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>Storms kill 11 in southern Brazil</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96523097&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:45:00</pubDate><description>Brazilian authorities on Wednesday confirmed one more death caused by the heavy rains which have hit the south of the country since last week, raising the total death toll to 11. A 45-year-old man was </description><source>People's Daily Online</source></item><item><title>FBD: Coffee industry association fighting rogue roasters in Brazil</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96535142&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:37:00</pubDate><description>subtextAllowedHtmlTags ['a', 'b', 'strong', 'blockquote', 'p', 'i', 'em', 'u', 'strike', 'super', 'sub', subtextBlogInfo new blogInfo('/', // theForm (!theForm) __doPostBack(eventTarget, eventArgument) </description><source>FoodBizDaily</source></item><item><title>Rio de Janeiro hit by breakdown in city's electricity supply</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96489248&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T19:17:00</pubDate><description>Rio de Janeiro's beach neighbourhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather today, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send employees home. The cut came two </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Ahmadinejad in Brazil: Why Lula Defies the U.S.</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96384891&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=214</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T19:02:00</pubDate><description>A swing through Latin America this week by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has prompted the Obama Administration and U.S. congressional leaders to signal their displeasure with the Iranian leader's regional </description><source>Time</source></item></channel></rss>