Brazil’s Guedes Says Bolsonaro Open to Petrobras Privatization
Brazil’s government is not currently considering privatizing state-run oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA, but President Jair Bolsonaro has shown openness...
April 27, 2019Topic
Rio de Janeiro Info
Bolsonaro Signs Decree That Ends Summer Time
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro signed this Thursday, April 25th, the decree...
April 26, 2019
Federal Police Conducts Operation in Eight States Against Illegal Logging in the Amazon
Yesterday, the Federal Police, assisted by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, set off Operation Archimedes to dismantle the corruption scheme...
April 26, 2019
Militias in Rio Have More Power than Anticipated
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A series of revelations about how militias in Rio de Janeiro are...
April 24, 2019
US-Brazilian Wheat Bromance Angers Argentina
Brazil has agreed to import up to 750,000 metric tons of US wheat annually, without the usual duties it pays...
April 24, 2019
House Approves Immediate Divorce in Domestic Abuse Cases
The House of Representatives passed a bill that allows victims of domestic abuse to petition the judge for an immediate...
April 24, 2019
Brazil’s Antitrust Watchdog Probing Banks over Competition Hurdles to Fintech
By Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s antitrust watchdog Cade is investigating four banks in the country for allegedly...
April 23, 2019
Brazil Needs Urgent Reforms but Political Risk Remains High
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Over the past couple of months, it’s become clear that political risk...
April 21, 2019
Brasilia Becomes a National Crisis Factory
While in public life, Marco Maciel from Pernambuco - vice-president of the governments of Fernando Henrique Cardoso - was noted...
April 21, 2019