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This is the worst climatic tragedy of Santa Catarina's history, said governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira. Strong rains have been pushing his state in the south of...

For the thirteenth year in a row Brazil's Bradesco Bank is bringing to Rio, in southeastern Brazil, its giant Christmas tree, the biggest floating Christmas tree in the world,...

Paraguay, which is a landlocked country, will make public in Uruguay and Spain, its claims to neighboring Brazil regarding the energy from South America's largest hydroelectric dam, Itaipu, which...

Mercosur senior members Argentina and Brazil as anticipated proposed this Friday, November 28, an increase of the common external tariff, (Arancel Externo Común, AEC) for certain products, and as...

About 200 businessmen, government representatives and groups involved with the Mercosur will meet on December 8 and 9, in Brazilian capital Brasília, to discuss productive integration in the countries...

Brazil will be participating in the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, which starts this Saturday, November 29, in Doha,...

The main suggestion presented by Brazilian businessmen who operate in foreign trade in Brazil is the establishment of a national foreign trade policy capable of and offering Brazil conditions...

Gathered in Brazil, a United Nations-backed forum to combat the sexual exploitation of children called this Friday, November 28, for a comprehensive strategy comprising laws, policies, regulations and services...

The murder of a Brazilian journalist still unpunished 13 years after it was committed  is being brought by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) to the Inter-American Commission on...

Bio jewels, mashed fruit, scented oils and raw and processed guaraná, all products of the Brazilian Amazon, should be part, in coming months, of the product portfolio of large...

Brazilian businessmen who participated in the Big 5 Show, a trade fair for the building sector that ended Thursday, November 27, in the Emirates, say that their expectations have...

Brazil's minister of Mines and Energy, Edison Lobão, confirmed a 2 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 861 million) loan made by Brazilian state-controlled oil multinational Petrobras from the Federal Savings...

Brazil's Central Bank (BC) posted net profit of 3.173 billion Brazilian reais (US$ 1.366 billion) in the first half of this year due, mainly, to surpluses obtained in open...

Brazil's National Foreign Trade Meeting version 28 (Enaex), which started Thursday, November 27, at the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Firjan), in Rio, Brazil,...

Although Chile is considered the market with the most favorable environment for business, only two out of ten Spanish corporations consider it a priority and focus their efforts in...

The Paris Club of creditor nations disclosed this week for the first time ever how much it is owed world wide, - 330 billion US dollars -, with Cuba,...

Brazil in particular as well as other Latin American countries continue to be attractive markets for businesses looking for opportunities to expand their sales, as their traditional markets are...

The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and of the Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, signed several bilateral agreements dealing with technology, defense and diplomatic relations. One of the...

Dorothy Stang, an American nun murdered in Brazil three years ago and the slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto are among the recipients of a United Nations prize, awarded for...

Brazilian Bank Unibanco - União de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. and American International Group, Inc. (AIG) have entered into an agreement to repurchase their crossholdings in Unibanco AIG Seguros S.A....

Newspaper readers throughout the Americas are being urged by the  Inter American Press Association (IAPA) to sign an open letter to Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva calling...

Biofuels and oil. These are the main topics of the visit of Russian president Dimitri Medvedev to Brazil this week. On Tuesday, November 25, Medvedev met with Brazilian state-controlled...

Brazilian state-controlled oil multinational Petrobras and Norwegian company StatoilHydro announced this Tuesday, November 25, that traces of oil were found in an exploratory well in Lua Nova area, in...

Over a dozen companies from Brazil active in sectors like handicraft, food, civil construction, garment manufacturing, equipment for the processing of water, cosmetics and information technology participated in a...

Argentina, which with Brazil makes up the stronger half of the Mercosur, is again expected to propose an increase in the common external tariff (AEC, Arancel Externo Común) for...

After introducing is product to a few South American countries and the United States the Brazilian maker of chocolates and syrups Harald is trying to expand sales to the...

Seeking investments in ports and roads from China, its largest market for agricultural products, Brazil, the world's largest exporter of poultry and second-biggest supplier of soybeans, wants to see...

Currently on a Latin American tour to expand alliances and business opportunities, the president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, said on Tuesday, November 25, that he wants to double trade...

Brazil and South Korea kicked off on Tuesday, November 25, two United Nations disarmament events. They are part of the world body's efforts to promote the non-proliferation of weapons...

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is expected to sign this Wednesday, November 26, a temporary measure authorizing emergency resources to deal with rescue and recovery...