Events in China and Argentina led to a growth in the deficit of Brazil's balance of payments. Should we be worried?

The Brazilian Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has once again lowered the country’s benchmark interest rates, to a record-low 4.25 percent a year. It...

The choice of Donald Trump's adversary in the 2020 U.S. election begins at Monday's Iowa caucus. Whatever the outcome, Brazilian markets will be affected

On the campaign trail, Jair Bolsonaro was a firm advocate for more guns in the hands of "upstanding" citizens. His first-year moves...

Brazil’s fight against money laundering hit the headlines at multiple points in 2019, first and foremost when the president’s son, Flávio Bolsonaro, became the...

Brazilian brewing giant Ambev is facing a bill of over BRL 300 million over an equity dispute that dates all the way back to...

As Brazil’s financial markets blossom, the entire investment industry develops alongside it. But this burgeoning growth is not without its ups and downs. In...

With minimum freight prices codified in law, the Brazilian government wants to avoid a new truckers' strike. But the move might have...

A quarter of a century on, Brazil updates its franchising legislation and companies in the sector are delighted

We speak to the head of the airport operators association to find out which privatizations lies in store

After privatizing and selling many infrastructure assets in 2019, the government is looking to attract even more investment this year

Analysts are buoyant about this year's prospects for Brazil's financial markets, after an excellent showing in 2019.

Unlike South American counterparts such as Argentina and Ecuador, where U.S. Dollars are readily accepted, Brazil is quite closed as far as financial transactions...

In 2020, Brazilian workers will enjoy 11 national holidays, seven more than 2019—not even including state and municipal bank holidays. While it poses an...

A decade ago, a running joke in Brazilian politics was to say that if you put all the Brazilian liberals together in one place,...