Economy

Caixa's branch at rua das Flores, in Curitiba, Paraná state

Brazil’s President Plan to Privatize Major Bank Draws Noisy Opposition

The president of the Workers Party of Brazil denounced the government’s attempt to privatize ...

Tapajós National Forest set on fire, which is the cheapest way to get rid of the trees

It Doesn’t Change: For 500 Years, the Elite Has Been Dilapidating Brazil’s Natural Riches

Brazil. The fifth largest country in the world. Besides housing the world’s largest rainforest ...

Brazilian Indians protest the way they are treated - Marcelo Camargo/ABr

Brazil’s Unholy Alliance with the President to Privatize the Amazon

Brazilian de facto President Michel Temer’s decree 9142 abolishing the Amazon National Reserve of ...

Work at Angra 3 has been stopped / Photo: Minplanpac

Brazil Wants Russia to Help It Finish Its Angra 3 Power Plant

For a long time now cooperation between Russia and Brazil in the field of ...

The Amazon River

Brazil Ends Natural Reserve the Size of Norway and Is Accused of Crime Against the Amazon

A decree from President Michel Temer abolished the protected status of the National Reserve ...

Lula dancing with fans - Ricardo Stuckert/Instituto Lula

Lula Admits Courts Might Prevent Him from Becoming Brazilian President Again

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told Reuters on Wednesday that his ...

Eletrobrás is on the block to be sold

Fire Sale: Dozens of Brazil Firms to Be Privatized Including Crown Jewel Eletrobrás

The government of Brazilian President Michel Temer says 57 public companies and airport terminals ...

Raining in São Paulo - Fernanda Carvalho/Fotos Públicas

In Brazil, Left and Right Are Lost in the Labyrinth of History

In today’s Brazil, everything is as it seems. The belly of politics has been ...

Brazilian president Michel Temer flies over cotton plantations - Alan Santos/PR

Only Promises of Economic Improvement Keep Brazil’s President in Power

When Michel Temer assumed the presidency in 2016 after the illegitimate impeachment of former ...