08.02.12 Brazil Focus February issue: Table of contents

SPOTLIGHT

  • Gabrielli replaced at the helm of Petrobras: The appointment of Graça Foster was a personal decision for Rousseff; Changes in the board

POLITICS & SOCIETY

  • A new stamp on government: Keeping PAC accountable; What will she do? The shape of Congress; The reform that wasn't
  • PT and social movements: All of these complex factors represent a major challenge for Rousseff
  • First year gets low grade
  • A boost for E-class
  • Striking up the brass band: PT has clearly not stomached its defeat at the polls in 2008 and 2010 for mayor and governor
  • Rousseff as CEO: The inefficiency of the federal public service stems from several factors
  • Politics & society in brief: Serra steps away from São Paulo; An impartial judiciary

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

  • Oil & gas news: Another round for ANP; Bidding for Anadarko assets
  • Petrobras news: Unfettered consumption; Solimões basin
  • Environmental issues: The future we want; First leak in pre-salt E&P
  • Electric power in brief: MPX shares to Germany; Pieces of the energy pie

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

  • Two paths for the economy: Rousseff wishes to accelerate growth so that by 2014, the last year of her term, the country will have controlled inflation
  • Airport privatisation
  • Reforming the mining sector
  • Money in, money out: Borrowing abroad; Foreign direct investment
  • Economy in brief: New minimum wage in effect; Investing in infrastructure

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

  • Rousseff in the Caribbean: Rousseff arrived in Cuba with an offer of credit worth US$523 million
  • Diplomatic briefs: Brazil gets an American friend; Delayed indemnity payments
  • China as trading partner: Brazilian exports to China consist mostly of raw commodities
  • Argentinean protectionism
  • Trade in brief: Going with the grain; Automotive trade with Mexico.