The first day of qualifications for 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 failed to stand up to the 2007 tension filled Brazilian duel in which Hélio Castroneves grabbed the...

Brazil wants to attract attention at Beautyworld Middle East, a beauty, cosmetics and perfumery sector fair to take place from May 18 to 20 in Dubai, in the United...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean was record last year, reaching almost US$ 106 billion, according to figures disclosed by the Economic Commission for Latin...

Portuguese energy sector company Energias de Portugal (EDP), is discussing with the Algerian Sonatrach and with Brazilian partners the possibility of building liquefied natural gas terminals in Brazil to...

Brazil, this year, is expecting its second largest coffee crop in the last ten years, totaling 45.5 million 60-kilogram bags. The estimate was disclosed last week by the Brazilian...

Bank ABC Brazil, controlled by the Arab Banking Corporation, headquartered in Bahrain, posted net profit of 38 million reais (US$ 22.4 million) in the first quarter this year, growth...

The Consumer Prices Index in Brazil experienced its biggest increase in four months in April, 0.55% (up from March's 0.48%) because of higher food costs, according to the Brazilian...

Sugarcane and cane-based ethanol became a more important energy source than hydroelectric power in Brazil's overall energy production last year, topped only by petroleum and oil products according to...

Celso Amorim, the Brazilian Foreign minister said that South America would never accept separatism in Bolivia and underlined that any autonomy must be negotiated with La Paz,...

Brazil's aircraft maker Embraer posted growth of 32% in net revenues in the first quarter this year, compared with the same period last year. It totaled 2.3 billion reais...

The issuing of Global bonds in the European and United States market, announced this Wednesday, May 7, by Brazil's National Treasury, is going to total US$ 500 million. The...

Guido Mantega, Brazil's Finance minister, announced in Brazilian capital Brasília that the Brazilian government is working on creating a sovereign wealth fund of as much as US$ 20 billion....

A national registry in Brazil is going to select products and services suppliers to the seven largest oil companies in the country. The Registry System of Suppliers to the...

A postcard from Cairo arrives at the house of a youth in São Paulo. in southeastern Brazil. The correspondence is from his identical twin brother, from whom he has...

Marcopolo, the Brazilian bus and bus body maker, wants to invest 50 million reais (US$ 30.1 million) in its domestic production units by the month of October. The funds...

Brazil, more than conquering new markets, wants to diversify its exports to countries that are already large importers of Brazilian agribusiness products. It is with that goal in mind...

Brazil is not that poor little thing anymore and the country will not allow foreign busybodies to tell Brazilians what they should do. That's the...

In Brazil, May started with a deficit in the balance of trade (exports minus imports). According to data disclosed by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade,...

Less large loans for the federal government and more small and medium loans for state governments, with emphasis on investment in infrastructure and on the reduction of inequality. This...

The trade balance surplus (exports minus imports) in April was US$ 1.744 billion, according to figures supplied by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. Exports reached US$...

Brazil's investment grade classification granted to the country by rating agency Standard Poor's should provide further incentives to the entry of foreign direct investment (FDI)...

The auto market in Brazil has posted growth of 29.33% in sales of light vehicles in the first quarter of this year over the same period in 2007. Figures...

US company Kraft and Sadia S.A., a Brazilian food firm, have established a joint venture for the production, trade and distribution of cheese under the brand Philadelphia, produced by...

The Brazilian stock exchange (Bovespa), this Friday, May 2, in its first trading session since Brazil was raised to investment grade by Standard and Poor's (the Bovespa was closed...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, celebrated Brazil's newly acquired investment grade condition, which is a magnet for foreign investment by saying: Brazil is a...

Brazil's Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, has just announced a 10% hike in the price of gasoline and 15% for diesel fuel, the first such increase since 2005. The increases...

Twelve European Members of Parliament are currently in Brazil to assess livestock and beef conditions, and the Brazilian biofuel industry. The visit is considered significant because Brazil has only...

Ibovespa, Brazil's stock exchange index, jumped to a record on Wednesday, April 30, after Standard Poor's unexpectedly raised the country's credit rating to investment grade. S P...

The recent election of former Bishop Fernando Lugo as President of Paraguay poses a sticky dilemma for the Vatican and underscores the hostile political environment facing incoming Pope Benedict...

Exports from Rio Grande do Sul state industry, in the South of Brazil, grew 22% in the first quarter when compared to the same period in 2007. In total,...