Business

Brazil Announces Onshore and Pre-Salt Field Auctions

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Mines and Energy Minister of brazil, Fernando Bezerra...

September 16, 2016

Brazil Announces ‘Project Growth’ Privatization Program

In all there will be 25 projects in transport, energy and sanitation sectors by 2018.

September 15, 2016

Mercosur Partners Threaten to Suspend Venezuela

Chancellors from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay decided not to allow Venezuela to occupy the presidency of the trade bloc...

September 14, 2016

Domestic and Foreign Issues Pressure Brazilian Real, Markets

Possible US Fed hike of interest rates and difficulty in approving structural reforms at home, lead to appreciation of US...

September 12, 2016

Industry Groups Agree to Create Brazil-Argentina Business Council

From 2006 to 2015, the participation of Brazilian exports to Argentina fell from 34.4 percent to 22.2 percent.

September 9, 2016

Auto Sales in Brazil Show Slight Recovery in August

With an increase by 1.4 percent, 183.9 thousand units were sold in August, the highest number of auto sales so...

September 8, 2016

Bank Employees Strike Again for Better Wages in Brazil

The nationwide strike is for an undetermined period of time with employees calling for increased wages and benefits.

September 6, 2016

Economists See Greater Retraction in Brazil’s GDP in 2016

Survey shows GDP retraction reaching 3.20 percent this year and inflation above target at 7.34 percent.

September 5, 2016

Brazil’s Industrial Production Stable in July, Negative for 2016

Although the country’s industrial production registers an accumulated growth of 3.7 percent from March-July, the overall results for 2016 are...

September 2, 2016