Brazil and Paraguay deadlocked over Itaipu dam

Speaking before a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Chief of Staff Rui Costa admitted that Brazil and Paraguay have reached a “deadlock” over tariffs for electricity […]

Lula’s communications minister in hot water. Again

In a report to the Federal Police, Brazil’s Federal Comptroller General’s Office (CGU) denounced irregularities with the funding of a project to pave a road […]

Brazil could recreate commission on political disappearances

Brazil’s Justice Ministry reiterated its support for a decision to recreate the Special Commission on Political Deaths and Disappearances, which was shut down at the […]

Love It or Leave It, Ep. 4: Coup praisers, coup plotters

In its final episode, our special miniseries on the Brazilian military revisits how the country dealt with its authoritarian past and returned to the brink […]

Brazil’s mid-month inflation index slows down again

Brazil’s IPCA-15 mid-month inflation measurement posted a 0.21 percent increase in April, following the 0.36 percent uptick in March. As in the previous month, the […]

Petrobras shareholders vote to pay extraordinary dividends

Shareholders of Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras approved in a Thursday general meeting the payment of around BRL 22 billion (USD 4.2 billion) in extraordinary dividends […]