Category: Brazil

Brazilian investment bank Banco Marka appears to be one of the first victims of the devaluation of the real, closing its doors in February after racking up a reported 400 […]

After almost five years of declinging prices, Brazilians are once again bracing themselves for inflation, writes Jennifer L. Rich.

PrivatizationThe otherwise uneventful sale in November of São Paulo railway Fepasa was tinged with tension when the eventual winner, a group made up of Brazilian steel giant Vale do Rio […]

The US Ex-Im bank is once again supporting Brazil’s public sector. But will market insecurities stifle demand for the new financing program?

Some of the world’s largest reinsurers are waiting in the wings as Brazil slowly prepares for the privatization of its reinsurance market.

Christmas dinner is going to bring joy to Brazil’s Perdigao this year. Despite the recession that is expected to hit the country in full force in the coming months, the […]

With the international markets closed to Brazilian companies, well-known firms are turning to the internal markets to either roll over external positions or fatten their coffers in preparation for tough […]

Although the Uruguay River is the only thing that physically separates Brazil from Argentina at one point, financially speaking the two countries have been worlds apart. Brazil has been struggling […]

Are there any lessons to be learned from the efforts to support Brazil? What do you think we can expect with regard to Brazil?MN: There is no need to predict […]

A Newsweek correspondent years ago once described Brazil as having a rather “willy nilly” character. The nation’s status at any particular moment may be precisely what is willed by elected […]