Brazil Says $1.5bn Was Laundered Through Rio Petrol Stations
Coaf traced R$7.6bn ($1.48bn) in a Rio fuel station laundering case. A Senate hopeful and former police chief are among...
July 10, 2026Topic
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Raízen Restructuring Clears Hurdle, Splits Brazil Energy Giant
Raízen, Brazil's Shell-Cosan fuel and sugar giant, won 80% creditor backing for a record debt overhaul that will split the...
June 13, 2026
Argentina and Brazil are working on a joint agenda to position their agro-bio industry in an increasingly hungry world
Argentina and Brazil with its patriotic Bolsonaro government are definitely getting down to business. The two neighbors are both food
April 14, 2022
Declining consumer confidence reinforces negative outlook for business activity in Brazil
Another important indicator also made public the same day, albeit receiving less attention - the Consumer Confidence Index (ICC) of...
September 27, 2021
Brazil’s Government Cuts Social Programs to Subsidize Fuel
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The federal government of Brazil announced yesterday (Thursday, May...
June 1, 2018
Angra dos Reis Mayor in Rio Declares State of Emergency
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With the truckers' strike currently gripping Brazil reaching its seventh...
May 28, 2018
Truck Drivers Protest Rising Fuel Prices in Brazil
Since the beginning of the year the price of diesel fuel has increased by eight percent, while inflation during the...
May 22, 2018
April Shows Brazil’s 12-Month Inflation is Lowest in Ten Years
For the twelve months ending in April inflation rate was 4.08 percent, the lowest 12-month inflation rate since July 2007.
May 10, 2017
Brazil Campaigns for Foreign Investments in Oil Refining
The 'Fuel Brazil' initiative wants to create private-public partnerships in state-owned refineries and attract new private refineries to the country.
February 21, 2017