10.11.09 Brazil Focus
November issue: Table of contents
SPOTLIGHT
> Rousseff structures her campaign: Speaking against Lula-ism
POLITICS AND SOCIETY
> MST, anarchist force
> Politics in brief: Supreme Court appointment; IDD ranking; Petrobras CPI
installed; Deterring corrupt candidates; Curbing electoral irregularities;
Banking
secrecy.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
> Pre-salt legislation: Gabrielli testifies on pre-salt; Debates on
proposals
for new regulatory framework
> Oil and gas in brief: Weaning off Bolivian gas; OGX find; OPEC of gas
> Petrobras news:
Domestic: E&P opportunities; Santos discovery; Failing production; Drill
tender; Drill leases
International: Bond issue; Mexican agreement; Brazilian unit for Gazprom;
Angolan investment
> Electric power: Odebrecht eyes electricity; Licensing difficulties; The
consequences of pre-salt
> Deforestation and GHG reductions
> Bio-fuels in brief: Crops for bio fuel; Sugar cane supremacy.
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
> The danger of complacency: Increasing public expenditure; Net public
debt;
Taxing foreign capital
> Human indicators: Population snapshot; Human Development Index
> Reformulating the mining framework
> Public investment profile: Personnel expenses up; Industrial growth
resumes; Railway expansion; FDI stocks vs trade flows
> Banking and finance: Federal public debt; International reserves; Dollar
dominated bonds; Bank of Brazil papers; Moody's gives the nod; Massive IPO;
Selic
stays put
> Economic performance: WEF rankings; BRIC picture; Northeastern economy
> Industry in brief: Vale's investments; Agnelli keeps top job; CSN in
Minas
Gerais; Michelin in Brazil; Job creation; Naval construction.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
> The enemy of my enemy?
> Foreign policy: Brazil-Belgium; Brazil-South Africa; Columbia; China;
Venezuela
> Honduran lawsuit
> Diplomatic briefs: Africa-South American Summit; Brazilians in Bolivia;
Election to the UN Security Council; Vatican Concordat
> International trade: A downward spiral; Trade talks; Import-export
findings; Retaliating on subsidies.