Joe Leahy
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 00:00
The race to lead the World Trade Organisation has narrowed to Herminio Blanco of Mexico and Roberto Azevêdo of Brazil, giving Latin America the top job in global trade for the first time and offering further evidence of the region's mounting economi
Monday, April 22, 2013 - 00:00
The travails of Brazil's largest companies are an alarm bell, if any were needed, of the limitations of a Chinese-style model of the state picking corporate winners
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 00:00
She owes much of her personal popularity rating of 78 per cent to Brazil's record low unemployment rate but any further inflation shocks will undermine voters' feelings of well-being
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 00:00
It is a Congress in which the fox is often in charge of the henhouse -- corruption suspects can dominate the debate on tax and finances, soy and cattle farmers weigh in on the environment, and men convicted of graft have a say on issues of justice.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 00:00
After the failure of these earlier interventions to return growth to its higher track, official policy took a more strategic turn last year
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 00:00
Inflation was boosted in the second half of 2012 by several "shocks", such as a rise in the price of agricultural commodities
Monday, December 3, 2012 - 00:00
Gross domestic product grew 0.6 per cent in the third quarter compared with the second quarter, or about half the rate the finance ministry and the central bank had been forecasting.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 00:00
Oil major ordered to pay taxes from decade ago.
Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 00:00
"This case is a result of the strengthening of the rule of law in Brazil," said Oscar Vilhena.
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 00:00
As a stepping stone towards a better things, the public could hardly have asked for better from the Mensalao trial.