Well, this surely won’t help improve the reputation of US workers in Latin America. Even as the sex scandal surrounding Secret Service agents in Colombia continues to unfold, we have a new incident, involving a Brazilian woman, that the US may have to defend itself against. Former prostitute Romilda Aparecida Ferreira (pictured) has said she(…)
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Bad week for Chevron, important case for Brazil
It’s never good news when you find out that the Brazilian government is prohibiting you from leaving the country so you can be tried for environmental crimes. But this is about much more than just the fate of 17 unhappy executives at Chevron, the major US oil company. The project to extract oil from Brazil’s(…)
Brazil lashes out at US, Europe. They quickly apologize
In the past few days the Brazilian government has harshly criticized both the United States and the European Union, for two entirely different reasons. And in both cases, the governments have accepted the attacks quite diplomatically, even suggesting they may not disagree. Dilma’s government is willing to stand up to the big powers, it seems,(…)
No Brazilian warplanes for the US Air Force
The US Air Force has abruptly cancelled an order for 20 attack aircraft from Brazilian company Embraer, saying it was not satisfied with the documentation on the contract. What remains to be seen is if this is just a setback for Embraer, or for military relations more broadly between the two countries. Dilma will visit(…)
