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Despite Crisis Brazil’s Retail Grew Almost 6% Last Year

In 2009 the turnover of Brazilian retail trade grew 5.8%. It was the lowest ...

First Edition of Rio-à-porter Brings Fashion to the Dock of Rio’s Port

Rio de Janeiro’s first edition of the fashion and design industry salon, Rio-à-porter, held ...

Brazil’s Capital Brasília Getting Face Lift to Celebrate Its 50th Birthday

Brasília, the capital of Brazil, will be 50 years old on April 21st and ...

China Overtakes US as Biggest Importer from Brazil. US Still Exports More

China, in 2009, for the first time the biggest importer of Brazilian goods, overtaking ...

Brazilians Got 1.1 Million New Jobs Last Year, 350,000 Less than in 2008

Brazil’s Minister of Labor, Carlos Lupi, presented some preliminary numbers on employment in 2009 ...

Rio Still Fears More Casualties and Mudslides, After Over 70 Deaths

Brazilian Colonel José Paulo Miranda, an officer in the Rio de Janeiro state Fire ...

Why We Failed: Brazil and World Politicians Can’t See Humanity, Only Voters

Everyone knows that the Copenhagen meeting failed in its attempt to impede the climate-change ...

Brazil 2009: Exports and Imports Get Worst Tumble in Over 50 Years

The trade surplus of Brazil in 2009 was US$ 24.615 billion, the lowest since ...

Brazil’s Leading Bank Poised to Buy Rescued Banks in the US and UK

Itaú-Unibanco, Brazil’s leading private banking institution denied London press reports it was interested in ...

January Rains Have Already Killed 85 in Brazil’s Southeast

A lot of people think that most of the rain in Brazil falls in ...