Find My iPhone does not find my MacBook Air

I recently bought this new MBA in San Francisco and brought it to São Paulo (Brazil). I used the Migration Assistant to set it up according to my previous MBP 13", but since then I'm experiencing problems trying to locate the MBA with Find My iPhone. Some times it shows up as "Unknown", although I did name it at System Preferences>Sharing>Computer Name.
I have the same iCloud account set up both on the MBA and iPhone 4S, but sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Does anyone have a hint on this?
Thanks.

Set up Find My iPhone on a Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.If you’re asked to sign in, enter your Apple ID, or if you don’t have one, click “Create an Apple ID,” then follow the instructions that appear.
Select the Find My Mac checkbox, then confirm that you want to allow Find My iPhone to use the location of this Mac.Tip:  For added security, make sure your user account requires a password and that automatic login is turned off in Users & Groups preferences. For more information, choose Help > System Preferences Help.

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