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By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Report
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The finance minister for Brazil, Guido Mantega, stated on Thursday that the impacts of Argentina’s latest financial woes on the Brazilian economy are likely to be almost null. Argentina is...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The economy of Brazil grew a disappointing 0.2 percent during the first quarter of 2014 in relation to the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Statistics Bureau). The...
By Doug Gray, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Less than one week after a successful bid for a forty percent share of the Libra pre-salt oil field, Petrobras’ third trimester financial report made for uncomfortable reading among...
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After celebrating becoming the world’s sixth largest economy and relegating the UK to the number seven spot at the end of 2011, Brazil’s economy has slid back to its previous...
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Market growth forecasts for Brazil’s GDP (gross domestic product) in 2012 have been cut dramatically for the fourth time in as many weeks, from last week's prediction of 1.27 percent to...
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The 2012 growth forecast for the Brazilian economy has been cut for the third consecutive week by market analysts, falling dramatically from the previous estimate of 1.5 percent to just 1.27...
By Marcelo Duailibe, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The finance minister for Brazil, Guido Mantega said yesterday that it may take ten to twenty years for Brazilian citizens to have a standard of living similar to Europe. Commenting...
