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Brazil Allocates $8.3 Billion USD for Drought-Stricken Northeast

10 Apr 2013 - 07:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, BRASILIA — The Brazilian government has allocated a total of $8.3 billion USD to the country’s northeastern region, which is facing the worst drought in the past 50 years.

Brazilian Indigenous Community Threatens War With Government Over Dam

5 Apr 2013 - 08:36 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

BELEM, Brazil — A community of Amazonian indigenous people have threatened to “go to war” with the Brazilian government over construction of the São Luiz do Tapajós Dam.

Brazil Announces $21.7 Million USD Water for All Amazon Program

3 Apr 2013 - 08:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, BRASILIA — The Brazilian government has announced a new Water for All Amazon program that aims to provide over 50,000 residents in isolated Amazon regions who currently lack good quality drinking water, despi

Brazil to Spend $15.2 Billion to Ensure Universal Water Access: Rousseff

7 Mar 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, BRASILIA — The Brazilian government will invest some $15.2 billion USD to provide universal access to drinking water in the country, President Dilma Rousseff announced this week.

Brazil On Track To Spend $15 Billion on Water Access

5 Mar 2013 - 08:45 by Local Press Report

SAO PAULO (Hispanically Speaking News) — The Brazilian government remains committed to the goal of providing universal access to clean water, President Dilma Rousseff said Monday during her weekly radio program. The administration is

Brazilian Authorities Investigate Consortium Building Controversial Belo Monte Dam

28 Feb 2013 - 10:44 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, SAO PAULO — The federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Brazil’s Para state announced on its website this week that it is investigating allegations that the consortium building the controversial Belo Monte Dam h

Brazil's President Says Focus Will Turn to Improving Access for Country's Poorest

21 Feb 2013 - 08:46 by Local Press Report

SAO PAULO (International Service of the Swiss Broadcasting Service) — President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday raised the monthly stipend of 2.5 million people living below the poverty line to make good on her promise to eradicate extreme poverty in Brazil, a nation with

Brazil to Invest $139 Million in Piaui State Water Infrastructure

22 Jan 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, TERESINA — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced $139 million USD worth of water infrastructure investments in Brazil’s Piaui state during a visit there last week.

Brazilian Drought Could Cause Power Shortages

10 Jan 2013 - 09:30 by Local Press Report

SAO PAULO (Financial Times) — A shortage of rainfall is drying up Brazil’s hydropower dams, leading to fears of electricity shortages and the possibility of energy rationing. While President Dilma Rousseff has rejected

Brazil to Spend $5 Billion USD for Irrigaton

15 Nov 2012 - 10:09 by Local Press Report

SAO PAULO (The Province) — Brazil will invest the equivalent of $5 billion in an irrigation project aimed at alleviating the effects of a yearlong drought punishing northeastern Brazil. In announcing the "More Irrigat

Developer Halts Work on Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam

27 Aug 2012 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, ALTAMIRA — Construction work on the giant Belo Monte Dam project was halted on August 23 after the Brazilian Federal Appeals Court issued a formal notification of the project’s suspension.

Builders, Indians Reach Agreement on Belo Monte Dam

12 Jul 2012 - 08:46 by Local Press Report

SAO PAULO (Fox News Latino) — The roughly 300 Indians who spent three weeks camped out at the construction site of a giant dam in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon ended their protest Wednesday after reaching an agreement with

Belo Monte Dam Builders Negotiate With Locals Blocking Construction

11 Jul 2012 - 08:53 by Local Press Report

SAO PAULO (Fox News Latino) — The management of the consortium building the giant Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon initiated talks Monday with the indigenous people who have been occupying the

Brazil Agriculture Ministry Announces Historic $57.1 Billion USD Plan for 2012-2013; No Mention of Water Use

6 Jul 2012 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, BRASILIA — Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry on July 2 announced that it was providing an historic $57.1 billion USD for rural credit financing in its 2012-2013 Agriculture and Livestock Plan.

Brazil's Cities Minister Announces $7 Billion USD for Sanitation, Roads

14 Jun 2012 - 08:39 by Local Press Report

BRASILIA (MercoPress) — Brazilian Cities minister Aguinaldo Ribeiro said that the government will announce a program of $7.2 billion dollars in urban sanitation and road investments in coming weeks. The investme

Brazil Announces Emergency Measures, Economic Protection in Drought-Stricken Northeast

12 Jun 2012 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, BRASILIA — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff last week announced funding to “keep the wheel of the economy turning" in the northeastern part of the country, which is facing one of the worst droughts in decad

EU Scales Back Delegation to Rio Conference Amid Pessimistic Outlook

18 May 2012 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

BRUSSELS, Belgium — A senior European lawmaker is “pessimistic” that the Rio+20 Conference next month will achieve some of Europe’s main conservation ambitions, and is accusing both the United States and host Brazil o

Brazil Forest Code Reform Passes to the Senate

9 Jun 2011 - 19:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

Brazil, BRASILIA — Brazil’s House of Representatives has approved a reformed Forest Code.