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...“This rebalancing of priorities is likely to create more opportunities for international oil companies and other investors in Brazil’s energy sector,” says João Augusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group,...
...And then the Olympic flame was extinguished by Brazilian singer and actress Mariene de Castro....
...“In Brazil, there is a lack of new national leaders with the charisma he [Mr Lula da Silva] has and the visibility he has and that’s what gives him a little bit of hope,” said João Augusto de Castro Neves...
...“Brazil is going through a punitive phase,” says Mr de Almeida Castro. “We are all tired of corruption but I also believe in freedom and the right of defence.”...
...December 1: Cubans line the streets as Fidel Castro’s funeral cortege makes its cross-country journey from Havana to Santiago de Cuba....
...“What happened to André was the biggest injustice in the history of the judiciary’s treatment of such cases,” said Mr Esteves’s lawyer Antonio Carlos de Almeida Castro....
...“With or without Lula in her administration, Rousseff’s situation will deteriorate further, rendering her even more vulnerable,” said João Augusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group....
...“Lula’s grand bargain with the PMDB would entail taking policymaking towards the centre, despite his leftist rhetoric,” said Mr Castro Neves....
...However, while the judiciary may not be apolitical it can still act apolitically, says João Augusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group....
...Additional reporting by Samantha Pearson in São Paulo...
...Samantha Power, US ambassador to the UN, signalled this week that the Obama administration was unhappy with Havana’s progress on human rights....
...“Episodes like these will only become more common as the fiscal adjustment hits the labour market and threatens benefits to special interests,” said Mr Castro Neves....
...“There has been undeniable progress . . . despite the feeling that we are back to square one,” says Mr Castro Neves....
...our assessment that the likelihood of an impeachment stands at 20 per cent — a number which we don’t consider low — we also wouldn’t raise those odds just because of a high turnout,” says João Augusto de Castro...
..."Corruption is probably the second-oldest profession in Brazil but the magnitude of the numbers we are seeing here . . . sets this scandal apart from previous scandals," said João Augusto de Castro Neves...
...Ms Rousseff may also struggle to get the congressional support she needs to push through the most unpopular measures, says João Augusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group....
...“Any potential candidate to replace Ms Graças Foster would be wary of coming on before the current executives sign off the damage,” says João Augusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy...
...“She is going to be politically weak,” said João Augusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group. Ms Rousseff’s first challenge will be to choose a replacement for Guido Mantega, her finance minister....
...More recently, John Kerry, secretary of state, and Samantha Power, Washington’s ambassador to the UN, have praised Cuba’s participation in the fight against Ebola....
...“Marina did what she had to do,” said João Augusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group. “She will need to start being clear on the messaging, to portray herself as presidential not just a nice person.”...
...“Petrobras will continue to be a negative source of news for her during the election but the key risk factor for her is a weakening economy,” says João Augusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group, a consultancy...
...But with unemployment at near-record lows and real income levels still high, it will not be easy to prise voters away from the PT, says João Augusto de Castro Neves at Eurasia Group, the risk consultancy...
...Exactly the opposite happened,” said Joao Castro de Augusto Neves, analyst with Eurasia Group, which still expects Ms Rousseff to win the election....
...“We have to see how much of Marina’s votes will go to him,” said João Augusto de Castro Neves, analyst with Eurasia Group, of Aécio Neves. “I’m sceptical.”...
...This is her baby,” said João Augusto de Castro Neves, analyst at Eurasia Group....
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