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Brazil’s Unemployment Down for December and the Year 2008

In Brazil, the unemployment rate in the country's six largest metropolitan regions was 7.9% ...

Brazil Injects US$ 42 Billion in Economy to Create More Jobs

Guido Mantega, the Brazilian minister of Finance, announced this Thursday, January 22, that the ...

Cashew Growers from Brazil Take the Fair Trade Road to Sell Overseas

Brazil's Center of Cashew Farmer Cooperatives in the northeastern state of PiauÀ­ (Cocajupi), created ...

Crisis in Brazil: US$ 20 Billion Drop in Investments Means 70,000 Fewer Jobs

It's estimated that Brazil lost the equivalent of US$ 27.8 billion in investments from ...

Brazil Cuts Key Interest Rate by 1%. Workers Wanted 2 %

The Brazilian Central Bank (BC) reduced its benchmark SELIC interest rate a full point ...

Brazil, a Superpower in Cookie Consumption, Just Behind the US

Brazilian cookie exports totaled US$ 114 million last year, which represented growth of 24.5% ...

A Fashionable Brazilian Way of Facing the Global Meltdown

In the corridors of Fundação Bienal, in São Paulo, in the Brazilian Southeast, where ...

US Bought Over 70% of Brazilian Honey Exports in 2008

The year of 2008 ended with positive figures and record-high pricing for the Brazilian ...

Brazilians Betting Obama Will Be Green Enough to Help Brazil

Brazil is hoping that its ethanol may gain momentum and space in the United ...

Top Client US Buys 23% Fewer Shoes from Brazil in 2008

Brazilian shoe exports in 2008 decreased 1.6% compared with the previous year. Revenues from ...