Indigenous Games to Start in Brazil’s Amazon Region
Thousands of indigenous people from at least 22 countries around the world are gathering to compete in the 2015 Indigenous...
October 21, 2015
Brazilian Congressman Proposes Cut in Bolsa Familia Welfare
A Brazilian Congressional Representative said on Tuesday he will propose the reduction of 35 percent, R$10 billion, in the Bolsa...
October 21, 2015
Brazil Congress Sees Petrobras as Victim of Corruption
According to the findings Petrobras was a victim of a cartel set up by construction and engineering companies counting on...
October 20, 2015
Rousseff Says Brazil Still Attractive for Foreign Investments
In the past year, Brazil has signed important new trade agreements with countries such as the U.S., Mexico, China and...
October 20, 2015
Explosion Rocks São Cristovão in the Zona Norte of Rio de Janeiro
Blast not only collapsed building but damaged forty other structures and left at least eight injured.
October 19, 2015
Brazil’s Rousseff on Economic Visit to Sweden and Finland
In December 2013 Brazil ordered 36 Gripen NG military airplanes at an estimated cost of R$18.5 billion from Saab in...
October 19, 2015
São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista Closes to Traffic on Sundays
The plan has been criticized by many neighborhood associations and even the state’s public prosecutor’s office.
October 18, 2015
Brazil’s House Speaker Under Investigation by Supreme Court
There are also rumors that Cunha has made a deal with the Rousseff Administration so that both he and the...
October 16, 2015
Fitch Downgrades Brazil’s Credit Ratings to Near Junk
Fitch Ratings lowered Brazil’s rating from BBB to BBB-, one grade shy of junk level, while maintaining its outlook negative.
October 16, 2015