Richard Mann
Richard Mann is a German native and has worked as a freelance journalist for many years. He travels all over Brazil and is mainly interested in business, art, and culture and also likes to write articles about spiritual topics and unusual events.
Central Bank of Bolivia guarantees stability of net international reserves and disqualifies speculators
On Saturday, the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) denied speculations about the plunge to minimum figures of the Net International Reserves (NIR) and guaranteed...
Dollar rises for the second straight day
The commercial dollar closed higher for the second day in a row on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The North American currency hit R$5.22, a high...
Brazilian government to present new fiscal policy framework in March
Brazilian Economy Minister Fernando Haddad announced yesterday, Wednesday, that the government would present a new fiscal anchor proposal in March to replace the public...
Ecuador reports dynamism in exports with growth of 22.3% in 2022
Ecuador's total exports reached US$32,66 billion between January and December 2022, representing an increase of 22.3 percent compared to the same period in 2021,...
President of Brazil’s Central Bank opposes revising inflation targets and lowering interest rates
The president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto, ratified yesterday, Tuesday, his opposition to revising the inflation targets for 2023 and...
Brazil’s Ibovespa closes Monday up almost 1%
The main index of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3), Ibovespa, closed the trading session of Monday, Feb. 13, up by approximately 1%, at...
Peruvian exports exceed US$65 billion in 2022
Peruvian traditional and non-traditional exports totaled US$65.58 billion in 2022, explained by the increase in shipped volumes in the first case and by higher...
Uruguayan industry production grows 3.6% in 2022
Uruguay's manufacturing industry output grew by an average of 3.6 percent in 2022 versus 2021, driven by food processing, the National Statistics Institute (INE)...
Brazil is a key market in the ‘new Credit Suisse’, says chairman Axel Lehmann
Brazil is a key market in the strategy of the "new Credit Suisse," the crisis-ridden major Swiss bank that is busy restructuring globally, according...
Industrial inflation in Brazil ends 2022 with a high of 3.13%, the lowest value since 2014
Industrial sector prices fell 1.29% in December 2022 compared to the previous month, the 5th negative result in sequence. With this, industry inflation closed...
Rio mayor Eduardo Paes criticises “authoritarianism” of Lula government’s economic agenda
Paes stood up against the proposed Tax Reform that wants the extinction of ISS, a tax charged over the provision of services and the...
Brazil records inflation of 0.53% in first month of 2023
Brazil, Latin America's leading economy, recorded inflation of 0.53 percent in January this year, the first month of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's...
Argentina predicts second worst national harvest in 15 years for soybeans and corn due to drought
The soybean harvest in Argentina could drop to 34.5 million tons in the 2022-2023 campaign due to the impact of drought, registering its lowest...
Brazil forecasts grain production of 310.6 million tons in 2022-2023 cycle
Brazil projects a grain production of 310.6 million tons in the 2022-2023 agricultural cycle, which implies an increase of 38.2 million tons compared to...