Residents carry cooking gas cylinders after buying them at a fair price in Vila Vintém slum, Rio. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

The Hard Life of Small Business Owners in Brazil Amid Double-Digit Inflation

Leaving the supermarket with enough to feed her family has become an increasingly tough ...

Brazil Hikes Gas 10%, a First in Three Years

Brazil's Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, has just announced a 10% hike in the price ...

It’s Time Brazil Finds and Uses Its Peat

Peat is usually known as the fuel used for whisky distillation in Scotland, but ...

Brazil Makes Biofuel a National Priority

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said today that few countries are as ...