Brazil is set to grow at a disappointing 1.5% in 2012 after doing much of what it can to manage the global economic downturn. President Dilma Roussef has governed Brazil since the country’s roaring comeback in 2010 from the 2008/2009…
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Highlights: The First 18 Months of President Dilma’s Government
The Brazilian Presidency’s Social Communication Office (SECOM) recently circulated a 78-page booklet of public policy highlights associated with President Dilma Roussef’s administration. Here are a few highlighted policy numbers and other outcomes are worth noting: 1. The number of international…
President Dilma lowers electricity prices on eve of Independence Day
The day before Brazilian Independence Day (September 7), BRASILIA, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced sweeping cuts to electricity rates in a new effort to lower some of the world’s highest business costs that are stifling a once-booming emerging-markets star. Reuters…