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Brazil aims to double per capita income

April 15, 2013 14:58
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Friday that the government intends to double per capita income by 2022, when Brazil celebrates 200 years of independence from Portugal. "We will soon celebrate the 200th anniversary of our independence, and on that day, we will have to look back and see what we did to build our sovereignty, our development, and the well-being of our people ... our goal is ...to double our per capita income, " Rousseff told a business ceremony. Last year, Brazil's per capita income remained stable at 22,402 reals (11,429 U.S.

Rousseff says pope intends to travel to Brazil

March 20, 2013 12:46
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday said Pope Francis told her he intended to take part in World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro in July, although the Vatican did not confirm this. Rousseff was received by the Argentine pope in his private library in the Vatican, a day after his informal inauguration on St Peter's Square. Brazil is the country with the highest number of Catholics in the world.

Brazil's Rousseff as popular as ever

March 19, 2013 18:00
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian economy is hardly growing and inflation is rearing its head, but President Dilma Rousseff's popularity continues to climb to new highs. The personal approval rating of Brazil's first woman president rose to 79 percent in March from 78 percent in December, according to a CNI/Ibope opinion poll released on Tuesday.

Brazil's Rousseff as popular as ever

March 19, 2013 13:00
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian economy is hardly growing and inflation is rearing its head, but President Dilma Rousseff's popularity continues to climb to new highs. The personal approval rating of Brazil's first woman president rose to 79 percent in March from 78 percent in December, according to a CNI/Ibope opinion poll released on Tuesday.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Brazil's Rousseff says Chavez death 'an irreparable loss'

March 5, 2013 19:46
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Tuesday that Hugo Chavez's death was "an irreparable loss" and hailed him as a "great Latin American" and "a friend of the Brazilian people." Rousseff led a minute of silence in honor of the dead Venezuelan leader at a meeting in Brasilia, and said she was canceling a trip to Argentina scheduled for Thursday. vel/ga/adm

UPDATE 1-Rousseff says Brazil must shape up and compete

February 27, 2013 15:01
* High business costs hurt competitiveness, Rousseff says * President touts big infrastructure investment projects * Oil industry to "jump" forward with offshore oil auctions BRASILIA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff said on Wednesday that Brazil must cut its high business costs to become more competitive and vowed to keep inflation in check as the world's sixth-largest economy shifts into higher gear this year.

Brazil's 2014 election campaign gets off to early start

February 22, 2013 16:15
* Lula launches Rousseff's re-election campaign * Political sparring between leading parties gets serious * Opposition says ruling PT running economy into ground By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's 2014 election season got off to an unusually early start this week with the unofficial launch of President Dilma Rousseff's re-election campaign by her mentor and predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Brazil's Rousseff says extreme poverty almost eradicated

February 19, 2013 16:15
* Rousseff expands grants to those below poverty line * Poverty reduction success will boost re-election chances * 36 million Brazilians pulled from extreme poverty in a decade By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - 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 enormous income gaps between rich and poor.
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