diff --git a/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/TestCanRecreateGroupLiveTest.java b/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/TestCanRecreateGroupLiveTest.java
index b82ef10ae0..c6e6eeae59 100644
--- a/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/TestCanRecreateGroupLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/ec2/compute/TestCanRecreateGroupLiveTest.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class TestCanRecreateGroupLiveTest {
       context.getComputeService().destroyNodesMatching(NodePredicates.inGroup(tag));
 
       try {
-         Template template = context.getComputeService().templateBuilder().locationId("us-west-2").build();
+         Template template = context.getComputeService().templateBuilder().build();
          context.getComputeService().createNodesInGroup(tag, 1, template);
          context.getComputeService().destroyNodesMatching(NodePredicates.inGroup(tag));
          context.getComputeService().createNodesInGroup(tag, 1, template);
diff --git a/common/aws/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java b/common/aws/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
index 64821a304e..e7ca0fd228 100644
--- a/common/aws/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
+++ b/common/aws/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/domain/Region.java
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ public class Region {
     */
    public static final String US_WEST_2 = "us-west-2";
    
+   /**
+    * SA-EAST-1 (Sao Paolo)
+    * 
+    */
+   public static final String SA_EAST_1 = "sa-east-1";
+   
    /**
     * Region in Singapore, launched April 28, 2010. This region improves latency for Asia-based
     * users
@@ -100,10 +106,10 @@ public class Region {
     */
    public static final String AP_NORTHEAST_1 = "ap-northeast-1";
 
-   public static Set<String> DEFAULT_S3 = ImmutableSet.of(EU, US_STANDARD, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2, AP_SOUTHEAST_1,
+   public static Set<String> DEFAULT_S3 = ImmutableSet.of(EU, US_STANDARD, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2, SA_EAST_1, AP_SOUTHEAST_1,
          AP_NORTHEAST_1);
 
-   public static Set<String> DEFAULT_REGIONS = ImmutableSet.of(US_EAST_1, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2, EU_WEST_1,
+   public static Set<String> DEFAULT_REGIONS = ImmutableSet.of(US_EAST_1, US_WEST_1, US_WEST_2, SA_EAST_1, EU_WEST_1,
          AP_SOUTHEAST_1, AP_NORTHEAST_1);
 
    public static Properties regionPropertiesS3() {
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ public class Region {
       Properties properties = regionProperties();
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGIONS, Joiner.on(',').join(DEFAULT_S3));
       // note that due to US_STANDARD the codes include US instead of US-VA
-      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US,US-CA,US-OR,IE,SG,JP-13");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US,US-CA,US-OR,BR-SP,IE,SG,JP-13");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_STANDARD + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "IE");
       return properties;
@@ -120,10 +126,11 @@ public class Region {
    public static Properties regionProperties() {
       Properties properties = new Properties();
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGIONS, Joiner.on(',').join(DEFAULT_REGIONS));
-      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA,US-CA,US-OR,IE,SG,JP-13");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA,US-CA,US-OR,BR-SP,IE,SG,JP-13");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_EAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-VA");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-CA");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_2 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "US-OR");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + SA_EAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "BR-SP");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "IE");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "SG");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_NORTHEAST_1 + "." + ISO3166_CODES, "JP-13");
diff --git a/providers/aws-cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchPropertiesBuilder.java b/providers/aws-cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchPropertiesBuilder.java
index 1c8653987c..a3e988789f 100644
--- a/providers/aws-cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchPropertiesBuilder.java
+++ b/providers/aws-cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchPropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ public class AWSCloudWatchPropertiesBuilder extends CloudWatchPropertiesBuilder
             "https://monitoring.us-west-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + Region.US_WEST_2 + ".endpoint",
             "https://monitoring.us-west-2.amazonaws.com");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + Region.SA_EAST_1 + ".endpoint",
+            "https://monitoring.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + Region.EU_WEST_1 + ".endpoint",
             "https://monitoring.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + Region.AP_SOUTHEAST_1 + ".endpoint",
diff --git a/providers/aws-cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchProviderMetadata.java b/providers/aws-cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchProviderMetadata.java
index ed273b97af..d07c5b6e6d 100644
--- a/providers/aws-cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/aws-cloudwatch/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/cloudwatch/AWSCloudWatchProviderMetadata.java
@@ -110,6 +110,6 @@ public class AWSCloudWatchProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
     */
    @Override
    public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-OR", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
+      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "BR-SP", "US-OR", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
    }
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.java
index 3da0f1dd10..af2712f634 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/AWSEC2ProviderMetadata.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class AWSEC2ProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
     */
    @Override
    public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-OR", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
+      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-OR", "BR-SP", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
    }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index fe87ee2aae..9b10835a50 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class AWSEC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest {
    @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testCompareSizes")
    public void testExtendedOptionsAndLogin() throws Exception {
       // note that this is sensitive to regions that quickly fill spot requests
-      String region = "us-west-2";
+      String region = "sa-east-1";
       
       AWSSecurityGroupClient securityGroupClient = AWSEC2Client.class.cast(context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi())
                .getSecurityGroupServices();
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
index ffb91b89f1..d2d14d33ef 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest extends EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest {
 
    @Override
    protected Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.<String> of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-OR", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
+      return ImmutableSet.<String> of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-OR", "BR-SP", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/SpotInstanceClientLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/SpotInstanceClientLiveTest.java
index cc7b1a93f1..fc06e1707b 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/SpotInstanceClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/SpotInstanceClientLiveTest.java
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ public class SpotInstanceClientLiveTest {
       start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
       requests = client.getSpotInstanceServices().requestSpotInstancesInRegion(
-               "us-west-2",
+               "sa-east-1",
                0.09f,
                1,
-               LaunchSpecification.builder().imageId("ami-38fe7308").instanceType(InstanceType.M1_SMALL).build(),
+               LaunchSpecification.builder().imageId("ami-3e3be423").instanceType(InstanceType.M1_SMALL).build(),
                launchGroup(launchGroup).availabilityZoneGroup(launchGroup).validFrom(
                         new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(2))).validUntil(
                         new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(SPOT_DELAY_SECONDS))));
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3PropertiesBuilder.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3PropertiesBuilder.java
index 9523c8ecda..37f07d74d6 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3PropertiesBuilder.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3PropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.jclouds.aws.s3;
 import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_ENDPOINT;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.AP_NORTHEAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.AP_SOUTHEAST_1;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.SA_EAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_STANDARD;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_WEST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_WEST_2;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ public class AWSS3PropertiesBuilder extends org.jclouds.s3.S3PropertiesBuilder {
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_STANDARD + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_1 + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_2 + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + SA_EAST_1 + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3-sa-east-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + "EU" + "." + ENDPOINT, "https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_1 + "." + ENDPOINT,
             "https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com");
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ProviderMetadata.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ProviderMetadata.java
index 56e3433e03..b5083fcd99 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ProviderMetadata.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class AWSS3ProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
     */
    @Override
    public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("US", "US-CA", "US-OR", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
+      return ImmutableSet.of("US", "US-CA", "US-OR", "BR-SP", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
    }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest.java
index 94c4d7b93b..9736063dd3 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/integration/AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 public class AWSS3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest extends S3ServiceIntegrationLiveTest {
    @Override
    protected Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.<String> of("US", "US-CA", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
+      return ImmutableSet.<String> of("US", "US-CA", "US-OR", "BR-SP", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBPropertiesBuilder.java b/sandbox-providers/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBPropertiesBuilder.java
index cb04282a04..759565c7ff 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBPropertiesBuilder.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBPropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_ENDPOINT;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.AP_NORTHEAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.AP_SOUTHEAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.EU_WEST_1;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.SA_EAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_EAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_WEST_1;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_WEST_2;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.reference.AWSConstants.PROPERTY_AUTH_TAG;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.reference.AWSConstants.PROPERTY_ZONECLIENT_ENDPOINT;
 import static org.jclouds.location.reference.LocationConstants.PROPERTY_REGION;
@@ -53,6 +55,10 @@ public class AWSELBPropertiesBuilder extends ELBPropertiesBuilder {
             "https://elasticloadbalancing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_1 + ".endpoint",
             "https://elasticloadbalancing.us-west-1.amazonaws.com");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_2 + ".endpoint",
+            "https://elasticloadbalancing.us-west-2.amazonaws.com");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + SA_EAST_1 + ".endpoint",
+            "https://elasticloadbalancing.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com");      
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_1 + ".endpoint",
             "https://elasticloadbalancing.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_1 + ".endpoint",
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBProviderMetadata.java b/sandbox-providers/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBProviderMetadata.java
index 0d05733574..c916065c8d 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/aws-elb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/elb/AWSELBProviderMetadata.java
@@ -110,6 +110,6 @@ public class AWSELBProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
     */
    @Override
    public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
+      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-OR", "BR-SP", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/aws-simpledb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/simpledb/AWSSimpleDBPropertiesBuilder.java b/sandbox-providers/aws-simpledb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/simpledb/AWSSimpleDBPropertiesBuilder.java
index 4a01eceeaf..6d032262e6 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/aws-simpledb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/simpledb/AWSSimpleDBPropertiesBuilder.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/aws-simpledb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/simpledb/AWSSimpleDBPropertiesBuilder.java
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_ENDPOINT;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.AP_NORTHEAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.AP_SOUTHEAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.EU_WEST_1;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.SA_EAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_EAST_1;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_WEST_1;
+import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_WEST_2;
 import static org.jclouds.aws.reference.AWSConstants.PROPERTY_AUTH_TAG;
 import static org.jclouds.location.reference.LocationConstants.PROPERTY_REGION;
 
@@ -48,12 +50,16 @@ public class AWSSimpleDBPropertiesBuilder extends org.jclouds.simpledb.SimpleDBP
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_EAST_1 + ".endpoint", "https://sdb.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_1 + ".endpoint",
             "https://sdb.us-west-1.amazonaws.com");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + US_WEST_2 + ".endpoint",
+            "https://sdb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com");
+      properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + SA_EAST_1 + ".endpoint",
+            "https://sdb.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + EU_WEST_1 + ".endpoint",
             "https://sdb.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_SOUTHEAST_1 + ".endpoint",
             "https://sdb.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com");
       properties.setProperty(PROPERTY_REGION + "." + AP_NORTHEAST_1 + ".endpoint",
-      "https://sdb.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com");
+            "https://sdb.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com");
       return properties;
    }
 
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/aws-simpledb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/simpledb/AWSSimpleDBProviderMetadata.java b/sandbox-providers/aws-simpledb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/simpledb/AWSSimpleDBProviderMetadata.java
index 87e734027b..a8b2dfc959 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/aws-simpledb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/simpledb/AWSSimpleDBProviderMetadata.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/aws-simpledb/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/simpledb/AWSSimpleDBProviderMetadata.java
@@ -110,6 +110,6 @@ public class AWSSimpleDBProviderMetadata extends BaseProviderMetadata {
     */
    @Override
    public Set<String> getIso3166Codes() {
-      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
+      return ImmutableSet.of("US-VA", "US-CA", "US-OR", "BR-SP", "IE", "SG", "JP-13");
    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file