Brazil

Brazil looks to ease foreign land buying
- Reuters
- 02 February 2011
Brazil seeks to downplay fears that it was seeking to block foreign investment in its farmland, saying instead it was looking to ease restrictions for farmers rather than speculators.
Adecoagro planea seguir comprando campos en la Argentina y Uruguay
- El País
- 27 January 2011
En el mercado se estima que cerca de u$s 150 millones se destinarán a la compra de campos en la Argentina y Uruguay y el resto al desarrollo de la producción de caña de azúcar en Brasil.
“Le Brésil est une économie agricole subalterne”
- La Revolución Vive
- 26 January 2011
L’ Incra estime que 4,34 millions d’hectares dans tout le Brésil sont déjà aux mains de capitalistes étrangers. C’est une statistique modeste compte tenu du camouflage qu’opère le concept actuel d‘”entreprise nationale” qui tolère servilement dans sa composition sociétaire plus de 90% de capital étranger.
Agricultural company Adecoagro preps for $400M IPO
- AP
- 25 January 2011
Adecoagro is based in Luxembourg, but it is one of the biggest farmland owners in Latin America with holdings worth about $784 million
O Brasil é uma economia agrícola subalterna
- Jornal Sem Terra
- 25 January 2011
O Incra estima que 4,34 milhões de hectares em todo o Brasil já estejam em mãos de capitalistas de outros países. Essa é uma estatística modesta devido à camuflagem que a concepção vigente de ‘empresa nacional’ proporciona, ao tolerar servilmente na sua composição societária a participação de mais 90% de capital estrangeiro.
Piauí, a última fronteira agrícola do Brasil
- Estadão
- 23 January 2011
"Tem muita gente que comprou fazendas aqui pelo preço de uma carteira de cigarro (o hectare)", comenta Ribamar Mateus, da empresa imobiliária JRM.
China brings ups, downs for Brazil
- China Post
- 17 January 2011
China's growing appetite is beginning to cause worry in Brazil, particularly as it relates to land acquisition in areas where soya is grown, and is generating mistrust in the private sector and even in the government.
Mitsui toma controle da Multigrain
- Valor Econômico
- 14 January 2011
A japonesa Mitsui confirmou na quinta-feira que fechou acordo para comprar, por US$ 225 milhões, a participação de 44,2% que a cooperativa americana CHS tem na trading Multigrain
Peut-on acheter un pays ?
- Tribune de Genève
- 14 January 2011
Les organisations paysannes dénoncent cette menace à la souveraineté alimentaire. L'invitée de Geopolitis : Valentina Hemmeler Maïga, Secrétaire syndicale de l'organisation paysanne suisse Uniterre
Soros's Adecoagro plans public offering in US, may sell shares to Qatar
- Bloomberg
- 14 January 2011
Adecoagro SA, a farmland venture in South America that’s backed by billionaire George Soros, plans to raise as much as $429 million in an initial public offering in the US as food prices surge.
Mitsui to pay 40 billion yen for Brazil company, Nikkei reports
- Bloomberg
- 12 January 2011
Mitsui plans to buy 44.2% of Brazilian grain broker Multigrain SA, who owns in excess of 100,000 ha of farmland, equal to 2% of the total cultivated land of Japan
Brookfield Asset Management closes US$330 million Brazil Agriland
- Bezinga
- 07 January 2011
Brookfield will invest in Brazilian properties primarily comprised of pasture land that may be converted to higher-and-better uses, including soybean, corn and sugarcane production