Brasilia
BRASILIA, Brazil, March 20, 2011 - Two important announcements involving renewable energy made on the
opening day of U.S.
BRASILIA, Brazil, April 28, 2010 - By unanimous vote (3x0), the 4th Panel of the Superior Justice Court
(STJ), the highest Brazilian court for uniformization of precedents on
non-constitutional matters, yesterday denied the claim for indemnification
for moral damages brought against the cigarette manufacturer Souza Cruz S/A
(the Brazilian branch of British American Tobacco Group - BAT, Amex: BTI)
(Bovespa: CRUZ3), by family members of ex-smoker Vitorino Mattiazzi, in the
estimated amount of R$ 490,000.
BRASILIA, Brazil, November 12 - Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon dropped 45.7 percent from
August 2008 to July 2009, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
announced today during a meeting with state governors and mayors in Brasilia.
