Reuters’ Jeb Blount recently published a critical article of Brazil’s energy policies, “Brazil’s once-envied energy matrix a victim of “hubris.” Blount asks, “Today, the outlook is much darker. Oil output is falling, ethanol production has plunged, and fears have recently…
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Paulo Sotero’s Take on the State of U.S.-Brazil Relations
Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, published a short briefing in November of 2012, “Pursuing a Productive Relationship between the U.S. and Brazil,” that serves as a point of departure for…
Brazil Nominates Ambassador Azevedo to Lead WTO
MercoPress reports that Brazil’s Foreign Ministry announced on Dec. 29, 2012 that the country’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) would be nominated for the Director General of the WTO. MercoPress reports that Ambassador Azevedo joins, “eight other…