NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Dec. 13, 2006--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it assigned its ´BB´ rating to the Federative Republic of Brazil´s (BB/Positive/B foreign, BB+/Positive/B local currency sovereign credit ratings) global Brazilian real-denominated (BRL) bond maturing in 2022. The bond, which was recently reopened, settled Dec. 11, 2006. The total amount outstanding of the global BRL 2022 is now Brazilian real (R$) $3 billion. While denominated in Brazilian reals, the bond is payable in U.S. dollars; hence, Standard&Poor´s assigns a foreign currency rating to the bond. According to Standard&Poor's credit analyst Lisa Schineller, the global BRL 2022, initially issued in September 2006, compliments the global BRL 2016 of R$3.4 billion issued in