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12.01.12 Brazil Focus
January issue: Table of contents
SPOTLIGHT
- Rousseff presidency gets into full swing for 2012: Spending priorities for 2012;
Concentrating decision making
POLITICS & SOCIETY
- A house divided: These tensions reflect in part a wider rift; Silva is herself a
potential contender for the Presidency in 2014
- A turbulent Supreme Court: Game 1; Game 2; Game 3
- Politics in brief: Brasília full to brim; Buoyant Meirelles; Rousseff salutes
the military
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- The hare and the tortoise: The new enterprise will not have any operational
responsibilities beyond supervising
- Chevron saga continues: Barred from operating in Brazil
- The monopoly that wasn't: A number of IOCs share in the equity of certain
projects
- Oil & gas in brief: Vale divestment; Braskem expansion
- Petrobras news: Sapinhoá, new pre-salt field; Light oil and gas find
- Environmental issues: Green stock exchange; Kyoto extension
- Bio-fuels in brief: Ethanol in Mozambique; US ethanol tariff expires
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
- Great expectations for 2012: The trade surplus reached US$28 billion in 2011 but
will decline to US$23 billion this year
- Government at a cross-roads: The government already admits, internally, that GDP
growth will not reach the 5 per cent
- International outlook: It goes on to highlight the planned and actual actions of
the advanced economies
- New investment trends: The services sector, which comprises commerce and
infrastructure, employs 25 million people
- Economy in brief: Moving up the ranks; Bonds get big welcome; Industrial growth
lags
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- The frontiers of foreign trade: Brazil's foreign trade accounts for only 20 per
cent of GDP
- A pragmatic diplomacy: The diplomacy of Rousseff's government is predominantly
economic
- Mercosul summit: The summit also approved a free trade agreement with the
Palestinian Authority
- The Bolivian threat: The Brazilian Federal Police monitors Bolivian drug trade
- The travel itinerary: Attendance at G-20, IBSA, and Mercosul summits is likewise
being considered
- Diplomatic briefs: Road construction halted; Bank of the South progresses
- International trade: Foreign trade balance; Stimulating manufacture exports.
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