Analysis
Brazil Cuts Growth Forecast and Seeks Supplementary Funding
By Newsfeed/Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's government will cut its forecast for 2019 economic growth below 2 percent from the current 2.2 percent,...
Banking Records of Flavio Bolsonaro to be Examined
By Newsfeed/Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Tribunal de Justiça do Rio de Janeiro (Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro - TJRJ) will...
Brazil’s Telecom Provider “Oi” is Back in the Game
By Newsfeed/Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian telecommunications firm Oi SA reported a quarterly net profit of R$679 (US$170) million, 20 times of what...
Brazil Economy Could Face “Serious Difficulties” in the Second Half of the Year
By Newsfeed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's government will announce a new freeze on federal spendings later this month, special secretary to the Economy...
Indigenous Chief Raoni Goes to Europe in Defense of Amazon
By Newsfeed/AP
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire headed to Paris Sunday for the start of a three-week tour across Europe...
Tickets for Queen Shows in Four Cities Still Available
By Newsfeed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's love of all things Queen continues! The two Queen Extravaganza shows at the Brazil Teatro Municipal in...
Judge Rosa Weber Says Bolsonaro has Five Days to Clarify gun Decree
By Newsfeed/AP
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian supreme court judge Rosa Weber, appointed by Dilma Rousseff, said Friday that President Jair Bolsonaro and his...
Venezuela Will Reopen Borders With Brazil and Aruba
By Newsfeed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Venezuelan government on Friday announced the reopening of its borders with Brazil and Aruba, but it will...
Brazil Central Bank Holds Rates at low 6.5 Percent
By Newsfeed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee maintained Brazil’s benchmark interest rate (Selic) at 6.5 percent for the ninth...
Brazil Orders Companies and Citizens to Report Crypto Transactions
By Newsfeed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s National Treasury has ruled that the country’s citizens must declare all domestic cryptocurrency transactions as of August...
Brazilian Prosecutors Target Bank Executives in new Phase of ‘Car Wash’ Corruption Probe
By Newsfeed Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian federal police on Wednesday executed three arrest warrants against executives of Brazil's Banco Paulista SA...
Eight Killed During Police Anti-Crime Operation in Rio Slum
By Newsfeed/Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least eight people died when police raided a drug-scarred Rio de Janeiro neighborhood on Monday, amid a...
Anti-Corruption Song as Second Calling of Brazilian ex-Football Star Ronaldinho
By Newsfeed/AP
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Ronaldinho has found a second calling after retiring from professional football: combining music with political involvement.
The former...
“Lula is Political Prisoner”, says American Association of Jurists
By Newsfeed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The American Association of Jurists (AAJ), an NGO with consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social...