Brazilian Vieira back at the helm of Iraq football (AFP)
Brazilian Viera back at the helm of Iraq football (AFP)
Brazil's spy chiefs suspended in bugging scandal (AFP)
Brazil sees WTO ethanol case against U.S. soon (Reuters) Reuters - Brazil, the world's largest ethanol exporter, may soon challenge the United States at the World Trade Organization over its tariffs on imports of the fuel, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said on Tuesday. Lula suspends Brazil spy chiefs over phone taps (Reuters)
Brazil scandal: Did spies tap officials' phones? (AP)
Amazon deforestation on the rise (AP) AP - Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months — the first such increase in three years — as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday. Brazil intel agency accused of illegal wiretaps (AP)
Brazil spending $160M on nuclear propelled sub (AP) AP - Brazil will spend US$160 million by the end of next year on the development of a nuclear-propelled submarine to protect the oil reserves found recently off its coast, the defense minister said Friday.
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AFP - Iran has formally invited Brazil to join OPEC, but the South American nation -- which recently discovered vast new offshore oil fields -- turned down the offer, Energy Minister Edson Lobao said Wednesday.
AFP - Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira was back at the helm of Iraq's national football team on Wednesday, called in to revive the slumping side after lifting them to the Asian Cup title last year.
AFP - The chiefs of Brazil's spy agency have been suspended and a probe launched into allegations the agency eavesdropped on telephone conversations by senior judicial, legislative and government officials.
Reuters - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
suspended the entire leadership of Brazil's intelligence agency
on Monday after it was accused of spying on the Supreme Court
chief and members of Congress.
AP - Brazil's president tried to avert a political crisis Monday after the national intelligence service was accused of tapping the phones of the Supreme Court chief and other top officials.
AP - Brazil's national intelligence agency will investigate accusations that its agents tapped the phones of top government officials including the president of the Supreme Court, officials said Saturday.
