August 2013

Expectations of Dilma’s visit to the United States

            Valor Economico, 08/26/2013

In this article about the economic expectation of Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to Washington, Paulo Sotero, Director of the Brazil Institute is quoted explain that the Brazilian government’s recent movement aimed at attracting foreign investment should facilitate the rekindling of relations with the US.

Dilma goes to Washington

           Paulo Sotero-O Estado de S. Paulo, 08/27/2013

In this piece, originally written in Portuguese, Paulo Sotero provides an overview of how the initial revelations of NSA activities in Brazil affected diplomatic relations between countries, claiming that, “with two months ahead of President Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to the United States in October, expectations that the event would deepen and strengthen relations between the countries have already vanished…”