The newest information I have is that TAM does interview's every monday and tuesday and a new F/O's group starts employment every 17th of the month. The latest started last tuesday with 25 pilots.
About the hours logged outside Brazil, as i told you on the other topic, i need to check with my friend to see what exactly happened but he told that when the recruiter checked his logbook and noticed it was all logged in U.S as a CFI he said he should fix his logbook in a wall as a decoration because it was useless for them.
good luck