Brazil Sees Opportunities in Trump’s Protectionist Measures
Officials say Brazil can use these US government protectionism measures as an opportunity to improve its foreign trade agreements.
January 27, 2017Topic
Business
Domestic Air Travel in Brazil Falls by 7.8 Percent in 2016
The number of passengers transported by airlines in the country decreased in 2016 for the first time in ten years.
January 26, 2017
Peru Cancels US$7 Billion Contract with Brazil’s Odebrecht
After cancelling US$7 billion pipeline, the Peruvian government said Odebrecht would have to shut down all of its operations in...
January 25, 2017
Brazil’s Petrobras Defends Invitation of Over 30 Foreign Companies
According to the oil giant, Brazil’s largest engineering companies are barred from bidding on petrochemical complex due to involvement in...
January 24, 2017
Steel Industry in Brazil Continues to Face Hard Times
Since 2014 the industry has closed 83 productive units, extinguished more than 40,000 jobs and delayed investments worth up to...
January 23, 2017
Organic Farming and Production Gains Ground in Rio’s Lakes Region
Government agencies are helping encourage sustainability in rural organic agriculture production with some recent success in Rio state.
January 20, 2017
Brazil Plans to Aggressively Reduce Interest Rates
Economists say, however, currencies of emerging markets may come under pressure with Trump in the White House.
January 19, 2017
Rio Self Storage Makes Use of Space in Zona Norte
An American expatriate and entrepreneur in Rio, Zachary Mazur, has leveraged the value into an successful self storage business, which...
January 19, 2017
Fitch Classifies Brazil’s Odebrecht Risk as Very High
The agency's forecast that accords would improve the company’s situation did not materialize instead triggering corruption investigations in other countries.
January 18, 2017