Brazil’s Covid sparks fear in neighboring countries and leads to truck block
The slow pace of vaccination against covid-19 coupled with the picture of more than 370,000 deaths and the news of...
April 20, 2021Topic
infrastructure
Brazil´s VP Mourão Advocates New Development Model for Amazon Region
Brazil's Vice-President Hamilton Mourão yesterday, February 2nd, advocated a new development model for the Amazon. Early in the evening, Mourão...
February 4, 2021
Six Port Terminals Auctioned in Pará, Brazil For US$115.9 Million
Six port terminals in the Northern Brazilian state of Pará were auctioned off on Friday for R$447.64 million, including terminals...
April 6, 2019
Brazil’s North-South Rail Auctioned For R$2.7 Billion
Designed to be the backbone of Brazil’s rail transportation, the North-South Railroad was auctioned off this week, for R$2.719 billion....
March 29, 2019 Brazil Pledges to Privatize 100 State-Controlled Companies
The Brazilian government has announced plans to privatize or sell off approximately one hundred state-controlled companies including subsidiaries of Banco...
January 9, 2019
Rio’s Casa Firjan to Show Documentary Film ‘The Human Scale’
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Tuesday, October 23rd, Casa Firjan in Botafogo will be...
October 22, 2018
Work Stops on the VLT Line 3 Extension in Rio’s Centro
Work on the Line 3 extension to the VLT in Centro appears to have come to a stop, leaving an...
April 20, 2018
Brazil’s President Temer Seeks Foreign Investors at BRICS Summit
For President Temer Brazil's resumption of economic growth in Brazil makes country attractive to foreign investments.
September 4, 2017
President Temer Assures Investors that “Brazil is Back”
President plays down the recent political turbulence linking high-ranking officials to bribes and corruption during international investor forum.
May 30, 2017