Economy

Xingu river, in the Brazilian Amazon - Photo: Paulino Menezes

Brazil Wishes to Double Number of Foreign Tourists It Gets. But This Will Be a Tough Sell

Brazil, South America’s largest nation, has many natural and cultural treasures that are popular ...

Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP) at Alemoa, part of the Santos port complex

Brazil President Celebrates End of Recession. Not So Fast, Say Economists

President Michel Temer posted on his Twitter account celebrating the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...

Brazilian farm workers - Sebastião Salgado

Brazil’s Left Is Proposing an Economy Based on Workers

cial and political movements in Brazil are organizing a “popular emergency plan” meant to ...

Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff

Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff: Martyr, President, Martyr

An exclusive interview by Democracy Now: Dilma Rousseff on Her Ouster, Brazil’s Political Crisis & ...

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Moody’s Lowers Brazil’s Credit Rating, But Doesn’t Anticipate a Double-Dip Recession

Brazil’s economy is clearly growing again after a severe recession and will be shielded ...

Out with Temer, says protester's banner - Paulo Pinto/Ag PT

Badly Wounded, Brazil’s President Seems Incapable to Go Through with Country’s Incipient Recovery

Brazil’s massive corruption scandal – which has brought down dozens of politicians and business ...

A protester with a head sign: Out, Temer - Paulo Pinto/Agência PT

Why Brazil’s Chaos Is No Reason for Panic

Brazil’s political turmoil is going into overdrive, exacerbated in recent days by the discovery ...

Federal Police agents visit Odebrecht

Brazil’s Odebrecht Bribe Bug Has Already Infected 11 Countries

Despite their different political affiliations and ideologies, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, former Brazilian ...

Protesters clash with police during Brazil's general strike - Tomaz Silva/ABr

The 35 Million-Strong General Strike that Stopped Brazil in Its Tracks

Amid record levels of unemployment and a terribly unpopular government, unions and citizens from ...