Brazil Completes Copasa Sale, Its Second-Biggest Water Privatization
Brazil completed the Copasa privatization, a $1.6bn sale handing a state water utility to private control and testing the country's...
June 13, 2026Section
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Economic and Business News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Railway Push Gets 40-Year Loans to Lure Global Money
Brazil unveiled a first-of-its-kind 40-year state financing line for railways, a bid to lure Chinese and European money into a...
June 13, 2026
Brazil Fiscal Squeeze Deepens as Finance Chief Warns on Spending
Brazil's new finance minister warns the country becomes unviable without curbing mandatory spending, the fiscal worry behind every Brazil-asset bet.
June 13, 2026
Banco Master Founder’s Second Plea Deal Rejected by Police
Brazil's Federal Police rejected jailed Banco Master founder Daniel Vorcaro's second plea deal, keeping the country's biggest bank-fraud case unresolved.
June 13, 2026
Brazil and Mexico Move to Link Petrobras and Pemex
Brazil and Mexico say they will soon sign an accord linking state oil firms Petrobras and Pemex, deepening ties between...
June 12, 2026
Mexico’s Industry Posts Its Biggest Monthly Jump in Five Years
Mexico's industrial activity rose 2.1% in April, its biggest monthly jump in five years, led by a construction surge economists...
June 12, 2026
Peru’s Stock Market Jumps 8% as a Knife-Edge Election Is Counted
Lima's stock market has jumped about 8% this week as Peru counts a knife-edge presidential runoff and investors bet on...
June 12, 2026
A Hand-Off of Andean Stock Indexes Marks a Deeper Market Merger
The holding merging the Santiago, Bogotá and Lima exchanges will hand its main Chilean stock indexes to MSCI, the last...
June 12, 2026
China Brings Its Electric Trucks to Colombia to Take On Diesel
China's BYD has launched electric trucks in Colombia, targeting the light-cargo market and promising far lower running costs as it...
June 12, 2026