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The Russia sanctions waiver suspends 500% duties on Russian goods and 100% tariffs on major energy...
Rio de Janeiro news today: Douglas Ruas is governor-elect, Aena now runs Galeão airport and Carnival...
Petrobras news today: oil output rose to 2.96 million barrels a day in September and Q2...
A Rio federal court froze up to US$2 million of a sightseeing helicopter operator's assets after an August...
MBRF shares fell about 4% after Brazil found Newcastle disease on a turkey farm, raising the risk of...
Brazil’s Ibovespa fell 0.17% to 205,079 on Monday 19 October as Petrobras dropped 2.8%, while the real gained...
US Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau visits Paraguay and Argentina from 19 to 26 October, a trip that spans...
Two Brazil polls released on 19 October show Lula closing on Flávio Bolsonaro six days before the runoff,...
Brazil’s electoral court lists runoff polls from Datafolha, Quaest, Nexus and AtlasIntel for 20 to 24 October, with...
An analyst says the soy belt and absentees can decide Brazil’s 25 October runoff, and the court’s count...
TV Globo’s last runoff debate between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro airs Friday 23 October at 8:20 p.m. Eastern,...