Spain’s King Juan Carlos visits Brazil to boost business ties

Ramiro Fuente – Fox News, 06/04/2012

King Juan Carlos of Spain on Monday expressed to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff the willingness of Spanish businessmen to invest in Brazil because it is a country that “has understood well” that the economies that “best respect the principle of legal security” are “those that offer their citizens greater well-being.”

Without alluding to the controversy with Argentina over YPF’s expropriation of Repsol, the monarch reaffirmed Spain’s business commitment to Brazil during the luncheon toast offered by Rousseff in his honor at Itamaraty Palace, the seat of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, where the king concluded a working visit with important economic content.

In her address in response to the king’s remarks, Rousseff supported expanding and diversifying Hispano-Brazilian business cooperation and she expressed her confidence in the creativity and strength of the Spanish people in the face of their current economic difficulties and said she was certain that Spain’s efforts to overcome the European crisis will be very successful.

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Head of Spain’s main banking group meets with Brazilian president

Mercopress, 11/23/2011

Dilma Rousseff with Emilio Botin at the Planalto

The president of Spain’s banking group Santander Emilio Botin described Brazil as “a very interesting market for Spain” following a meeting with Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.

Botin who last year completed the unification of its group’s brands in Brazil under the corporative image of Santander was received by the Brazilian leader at the Planalto Palace where they talked for almost an hour.

“Brazil is a great country and a very interesting one for Spain” said Botin, a fact that can be easily shown through the “business and cultural links between both countries.”

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Brazil receives communications help

UPI, 06/13/2011

Brazil’s armed forces are receiving rapid deployment, satellite communications systems from a local subsidiary of Spanish company Indra.

The contract, awarded through public tender, is worth about $5 million, the company said.

Under the order, Indra is delivering light-weight, portable fly-away satellite communications systems that guarantee satellite communications from distant locations.

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