Battisti Captured in Bolivia After Fleeing Brazil in December
After more than forty years as a fugitive, thirteen of those living in Brazil, Italy’s Cesare Battisti, was captured in...
January 14, 2019
Art Performance Alluding to Torture is Closed in Rio
The closing of an exposition alluding to torture during Brazil’s military dictatorship years has received widespread criticism. Officials, however, say...
January 14, 2019
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Gives Go Ahead for Boeing-Embraer Deal
President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the federal government will not oppose the merger agreement between Brazil’s Embraer and...
January 11, 2019
Brazil’s 2018 Inflation Affected by Trucker’s Strike in May
Brazil’s official inflation for 2018 closed at 3.75 percent for the year, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and...
January 11, 2019
Rio Court Blocks R$45.6 Million of Former Governor’s Assets
At the request of the Rio de Janeiro Prosecutor’s office a court blocked the assets of former state governor, Luiz...
January 10, 2019
U.S. Government Shutdown Reduces Operations in Brazil
The political crisis in the United States over the building of the US-Mexican border wall has affected Americans and would-be...
January 10, 2019
Brazil Pledges to Privatize 100 State-Controlled Companies
The Brazilian government has announced plans to privatize or sell off approximately one hundred state-controlled companies including subsidiaries of Banco...
January 9, 2019
Brazil Sends Troops to Halt Criminal Gang Violence in Fortaleza
Ceará state transfers twenty leaders of organized crime jailed in the state to federal prisons to try to curb the...
January 7, 2019
New Petrobras CEO Promises Free Market Fuel Prices in Brazil
The increase in competition in the oil sector will benefit Brazilian consumers, said the new president of Petrobras, Roberto Castello...
January 4, 2019