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The November / December 2010 Brazil Real Estate and Land Investor Newsletter: information, notices, links, hints, tips, facts and figures of relevance.

The October / November 2010 Brazil Real Estate and Land Investor Newsletter: information, notices, links, hints, tips, facts and figures of relevance.

A short post on the back of the news that Dilma Rousseff will be the first female President of Brazil examining the implications for property investors.

An extended blog post on a new initiative in Rio de Janeiro set to completely urbanise the city’s favela (urban slum) communities entitled ‘Morar Carioca’. We speak to spokeswoman and coordinator, Sonia Lopes and look at presentations from the city leaders as well as provide information on the project’s future implementation, risks, challenges, legalisation and conservation amongst others.

Interview with the author of “The New Brazil”, Riordan Roett (professor of international studies at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC) – we discuss the main economic growth characteristics of the country; the issues / problems; inflationary pressures on the economy; Brazil as a world ’superpower’; its position in relation to the other BRICs; the China / Brazil relationship; the United State’s attitude to the country; the country’s political stability amongst other topics.

The September / October 2010 Brazil Real Estate and Land Investor Newsletter: information, notices, links, hints, tips, facts and figures of relevance.

A short news post discussing recent statistics published by a leading Brazilian research agency, the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) pointing to lower unemployment and higher wage levels in the country. For updated unemployment and other useful statistics please subscribe to the ‘Brazil Real Estate & Land Investment Guide’ to gain full access to our monthly factfiles.

A detailed outline of the Espírito Santo state in south east Brazil – where above average standards of living, over 415 kilometres of coastline, fast rising industrial activity and a bouyant housing market (even during the global economic crisis) are all translating to the fact that investment in this south-eastern state on all fronts is increasing.

A brief outline of the main candidates of the Brazilian 2010 elections manifestos, focused upon the interests of Brazil real estate and land investors.

The August / September 2010 Brazil Real Estate and Land Investor Newsletter: information, notices, links, hints, tips, facts and figures of relevance.