Brazil summons US ambassador over spying claims

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32. Divert! Divert! Divert! As long as they keep the people pissed at the US, they might not rebel...

Slowing economy hurts Brazil's supplementary health insurance market
By Business News Americas staff reporter - Tuesday, August 20, 2013

http://www.bnamericas.com/news/insurance/slowing-economy-hurts-brazils-supplementary-health-insurance-market

Brazil's growth seen slowing sharply after peaking in Q2
August 28, 2013

Such a pace of growth, due to be officially released on Friday, August 30, would be the fastest for any quarter since the end of 2010. However, economists expect little - if any - expansion in Brazil in the second half of this year. Measures of business and consumer confidence have slumped since June, following the largest protests in the country in decades.

Job creation nearly stalled in July to its slowest pace for the month since 2003, and Brazil's currency, the real, has lost 16 percent of its value in just four months, which could hurt investment and spur already-high inflation. Facing all these headwinds, Brazil's economy will grind to a near halt in the third quarter, economists say, frustrating expectations of a sharp rebound for the third straight year.

http://www.brecorder.com/business-a-economy/189/1225886/

Rio organisers try to assure IOC inspectors
Monday, September 02, 2013

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Local organisers worked yesterday to assure IOC inspectors that Rio's 2016 Olympics, plagued by delays and concerns about hotel space and transportation, are on course after a slow start.

The IOC coordination commission, led by former hurdles champion Nawal El Moutawakel, will wrap up its tour today. It's the inspectors' fifth trip to Rio to check progress.

Several coordination commission members have been outspoken about forcing Rio organisers to speed up games preparations. During the last visit six months ago, IOC Executive Director Gilbert Felli said: "We don't have any yellow card to send to Rio."

A warning this time would be major embarrassment to local organisers, and recall the 2004 Olympics in Athens, when then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch issued a "yellow card" reprimand to Greek organisers


Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/athletics/Rio-organisers-try-to-assure-IOC-inspectors_14987506#ixzz2dmFVmcTG

If they think the US is the source of all their ills, they might not embarrass their own leaders on the national stage.