Piauí Readies First Iron Ore Cargo to China From New Port
A small Brazilian state with no mining past is set to ship its first iron ore to China from a...
June 21, 2026Section
Business
Economic and Business News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Vale’s Top Shareholder Sets July 22 Vote to Oust Its Chairman
Vale board faces a July 22 showdown as biggest shareholder Previ moves to oust the chairman it once installed, testing...
June 21, 2026
How Tiny Costa Rica Keeps Pulling In Five Billion in Investment
Costa Rica drew over five billion dollars in foreign investment for a second straight year, a small country punching above...
June 20, 2026
Paraguay Is Quietly Rewiring Its Stock Market for Foreign Money
Paraguay is overhauling its stock market, adopting global technology and custody links to open the small economy to foreign institutional...
June 20, 2026
Brazil’s Biggest Port Project Is Almost Done. It May Sit Idle
Brazil's largest public port project is nearly finished at Paranagua, but missing private rail links may leave the new grain...
June 20, 2026
Shell-Backed Raízen Sells Its Argentina Fuel Arm to Mercuria
Raizen is selling its entire Argentina fuel business to trader Mercuria for over one billion dollars, a major step in...
June 20, 2026
CazéTV Beat Disney for LaLiga Rights in Brazil
CazeTV is Casimiro's YouTube channel with 26 million subscribers. It outbid Disney for LaLiga in Brazil and streams all 104...
June 20, 2026
Elliott Buys Into Braskem’s Debt, Raising the Stakes in Its Rescue
Activist investor Elliott and SVP Global have bought into Braskem's debt, adding tough new players to the restructuring of the...
June 20, 2026
Robert Gumede’s Vision Group Strikes Deal to Save Tongaat Hulett
A last-minute Tongaat Hulett rescue with Robert Gumede's Vision Group and the state IDC has pulled the 134-year-old sugar company...
June 20, 2026