09.12.11 Brazil Focus December issue: Table of contents

SPOTLIGHT

  • Oil spill disaster for Chevron: Did it drill too deep? The hypothesis; The penalty; The details; The fallout; The ramifications

POLITICS & SOCIETY

  • Cabinet reform for Rousseff: Other changes in senior positions are possible
  • Rationalising the public service: Lupi leaves
  • Political percolations: Opposition PSDB has no suitable candidate; Jockeying for position
  • A truth commission: Rousseff must now appoint the seven members to the commission
  • Defence in the doldrums
  • Political briefs: PAC pain; A new judge

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

  • Ruckus over royalties, again: Some 150,000 people rallied in downtown Rio to put pressure on the government
  • Petrobras performance: The domestic production target for 2011 (2.1 million b/d) will also not be met
  • Who will helm ANP?
  • Oil & gas in brief: Sub-sea operations; Local content tightened up; Braskem in Peru
  • Petrobras news: Another day, another pre-salt test
  • Getting ready for Rio
  • Bio-fuel news, mostly: Money to the winds; Power concessions, but when?

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

  • Bracing for crisis: Averting recession; What should be done?
  • Getting an upgrade: Another factor that weighed in the decision was the size of Brazil's international reserves (US$351.8 billion)
  • Economy in brief: Job creation slows; Brazilian soy exports lead

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

  • Africa, the new priority: Brazil faces competition for its ventures
  • China's dominance: Over the last 12 months, the Chinese market represented 13.4 per cent of Brazilian exports
  • Foreign exchange dumping
  • Diplomatic briefs: Consensus on Iran; Syrian crimes against humanity
  • Trade news: Lagarde leaves empty-handed; Blocking the big ship.