Category: Brazil

The Baianos would say simply that they have more mandinga in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia than their amigos in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Mandinga […]

JC Penney, the US retail giant, sparked Brazil’s first shareholder revolt last December when it bought control of Lojas Renner, a listed department store chain. The terms it offered the […]

Henri Philippe Reichstul emerged in March from nearly a decade in obscurity as a São Paulo investment banker to take on one of the most challenging and visible jobs in […]

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 […]

It seems as if Brazil’s capital markets are fending off attacks on all fronts these days. A recession at home and investor aversion to risky emerging markets are taking their […]

Yearly inflation rates of 80%, the currency down in value to 2.5 or even lower against the dollar, negative GDP, and noncompliance with International Monetary Fund goals. Such were the […]

In just three years Electricidade de Portugal (EdP) has built up more clients in Brazil than in its home market. The company’s expansion into Brazil began shortly before its privatization […]

New Man at Brazilian Central BankIlan Goldfajn is the new head of research at the Central Bank of Brazil, replacing Sérgio Werlang, who quit unexpectedly in August. The markets were […]