17.09.09 Brazil Focus September issue: Table of contents

SPOTLIGHT
> Commission report awards pre-salt prize to Petrobras: Divisions over allocation of royalties from oil and gas production; Draft regulatory framework announced; Main features of the proposals.

POLITICS AND SOCIETY
> New presidential contenders
> Convoluted electoral panorama: Lula in difficult task of building electoral bases
> Politics and society in brief: Meirelles for governor? Protesting Vieria's dismissal; Cash for votes practice returns.

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
> ANP to initiate drilling
> Oil and gas in brief: BG group announce Corcovado 2 well is dry; Shell launches production
> Petrobras news: Trade surplus increase; Negotiating foreign partnerships; New discovery in Campos basin; Refinery agreement with PDVSA; Petrobras rises in ranks;
> The Tapajós complex
> Electric power in brief: Boom in small power plants; Increase in power generation
> Environment in brief: Deforestation claimed to have slowed, but falling trend temporarily reversed; Ethanol production expected to fall.

ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
> Economic seminar in Rio
> Pedro Malan's insights: Calls for long term sustainable policy responses beyond 2010
> Lula wants Vale to invest in domestic steel mills
> Surging expenditures
> Economy in brief: Federal debt causes concern; Interest rate comparisons; Selic rate maintained; Tax collection down; Primary surplus falls; Internal public debt; IMF inject Special Drawing Rights; Extending corporate credit; Bovespa value rising; Fraga on international advisory council; Potassium mining; Moving up scientific ranks.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
> Brazil and human rights abroad
> Bilateral updates: Peru; Honduras; Bolivia; Mexico
> US presence in Colombia: Unasur summit; Colombia charges Chávez
> Security Advisor James Jones visits
> Religion for a lay state
> International trade.