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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...
Brazil's main stock index slipped 0.2% and the real firmed 0.6% on Monday. The Selic is 13.75% as...
Newcastle disease on a Santa Catarina turkey farm puts Brazil's chicken exports to China, about 10% of its...
A Rio court ended Americanas' judicial recovery on 19 October, nearly four years after an accounting fraud. Shares...
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,...