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By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL –The words 'continuity', 'change', and 'alternative' have lost their respective meanings in politics leading up...

By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – One month after heavy tropical rains struck Northeastern Brazil and caused severe flooding killing over seventy...

By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – It is an oft-discussed subject amongst the international community of Rio - how to make money...

By Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor RIO DE JANEIRO - 2008 National Census figures were released last month by the Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios...

By Bruno De Nicola, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's economy seems to be back on track, according to the latest report from the...

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter  RIO DE JANEIRO - One year after President Lula’s promise to use profits from the pre-salt oil deposits in Brazil’s...

By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The merger of Brazilian food companies Sadia and Perdigao, still pending approval from government regulatory agencies,...

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - There were mixed signals from Brazilian economic experts last week as newly released figures showed a...

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The BOVESPA index has been oscillating heavily, but throughout March it gained 7.18%, with R$1.44 billion...

By Nicole Pelligrino, Contributing Reporter BRASILIA - Confidence in the Brazilian economy is at its lowest in over four years, according to a study released...

By Sarah O'Sullivan, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - An Englishman has spent the last seven years fighting to provide an alternative for youngsters living...