Bomb-detecting robots to boost security at Football World Cup ...

The Brazilian government says some of the security robots bought to improve public safety during the 2014 World Cup will be ready for the Confederations Cup in June. The company iRobot said the 30 robots will be delivered by the end of the year, ...

Press Release ? CEPSA will have a 50% equity stake in Blocks 717 and 665 in the Cear ? This award represents the Company's entry into upstream activities in ? 3D seismic acquisition will be conducted on both blocks CEPSA is pleased to announce that ...

Petrominerales will hold a 100 percent interest in Block REC-T 106 and Block TUC-T 177 and a 75 percent interest in Block REC-T 107. All three blocks have an initial three-year exploration phase, it said. The contracts will complete in August.

Most Americans don't care about the World Trade Organization, let alone know what it does. But what it does can effect their daily lives, like it or not. When the WTO said that Brazil was in the right regarding cotton subsidies, U.S. farmers lost ...

Recently reconstructed Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Governo do Rio de Janeiro CC BY 3.0 As Brazil prepares to host several sporting mega-events, human rights abuses and authoritarian interventions by the authorities are going on ...

Brazilian police have uncovered a trafficking network involving Bangladeshis who were smuggled into the South American country with promises of good wages but ended up doing slave labour.

As the inflow of cheaper sugar from Brazil and Pakistan inches close to half-million tonnes, influencing domestic prices, a section of sugar millers has urged the Government to hike import duty to 30 per cent. Currently, the import of raw and refined sugar ...

According to data released by Brazil's foreign trade ministry, the country's exports of steel pipes and tubes totaled 14.618 tonne in April, slumping by 49% from a month ago. In April, Netherlands was the largest importer of the Brazilian steel ...

Brazilian police say they have identified a gang specialising in trafficking Bangladeshi nationals into the country. About 80 workers have been lured by their own countrymen with promises of earning up to $1,500 (£985) a month. But they ended up ...