Brazil a bright spot for debt restructuring advisors as recession bites hard
January 28, 2016 By Tatiana Bautzer and Guillermo Parra-Bernal SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Debt restructuring firms are poised to pull in record amounts of business in Brazil this year as the country’s worst...
View ArticleBrazilians clash after questioning of ex-President suspended
February 17, 2016 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Supporters and opponents of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva clashed in street protests on Wednesday after the suspension of planned questioning in an investigation...
View ArticleZika crisis pressures Vatican to soften contraception stance
February 18, 2016 By Stephen Eisenhammer RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) – On the frontline of Brazil’s fight against Zika, Vandson Holanda sends Roman Catholic volunteers into the poorest areas of this city,...
View ArticleBrazil court authorizes probes of former Rousseff top aide, Sao Paulo mayor
February 24, 2016 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized formal investigations into potential corruption involving President Dilma Rousseff’s former chief of staff, as...
View ArticleDognapping on the rise in petloving Brazil
February 27, 2016 By Reese Ewing SAO PAULO (Reuters) – While Brazil’s economy is in the doghouse, one underground business is bucking the trend — dognapping. Bosco, a black and white Boston Terrier...
View ArticleFacebook executive jailed in Brazil as court seeks WhatsApp data
March 1, 2016 By Brad Haynes SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested a senior Facebook Inc executive on Tuesday as a dispute escalated over a court’s demand that the company provide data from...
View ArticleFacebook executive released from jail in Brazil
March 2, 2016 By Brad Haynes SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A senior Facebook Inc executive was released after nearly 24 hours in a Brazilian jail due to a disputed court order demanding data from the company’s...
View ArticleBrazil’s Lula detained in corruption probe; Rousseff objects
March 5, 2016 By Brad Haynes and Anthony Boadle SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was briefly detained for questioning on Friday in a federal...
View ArticleBrazil top judges back graft probe despite concern over Lula’s detention
March 6, 2016 By Reese Ewing SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Senior judges in Brazil voiced concern on Saturday over the detention of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, even as they threw their support...
View ArticleFormer Odebrecht CEO sentenced in Brazil kickback case
March 8, 2016 By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Marcelo Odebrecht, the former chief executive of Latin America’s largest construction company, was sentenced on Tuesday to 19 years in prison...
View ArticleBrazil’s Rousseff says not resigning in political crisis
March 11, 2016 BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff rejected calls for her resignation on Friday midst a political storm deepened by a massive corruption scandal and blamed her...
View ArticleBrazil judge sends Lula charges to Petrobras magistrate
March 14, 2016 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Any decision to arrest Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be made by Federal Judge Sergio Moro, who oversees a sweeping investigation into...
View ArticleBrazil’s Lula sworn in over protests as Rousseff faces impeachment
March 18, 2016 By Anthony Boadle and Leonardo Goy BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as chief of staff to his successor Dilma Rousseff on Thursday as...
View ArticleTop Brazil judge strips Lula of office after he rallies supporters
March 19, 2016 By Daniel Flynn and Anthony Boadle SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – A top judge in Brazil ruled on Friday that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be stripped of a ministerial role so he can...
View ArticleBrazil’s Agnelli, who turned Vale into top miner, dies in crash
March 20, 2016 By Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Roger Agnelli, the Brazilian banker who turned Vale SA <VALE5.SA> into the world’s No. 1 iron ore producer, died...
View ArticleBrazil graft crackdown spurs work for lawyers, corporate change
March 24, 2016 By Caroline Stauffer SAO PAULO (Reuters) – In the midst of Brazil’s worst recession in decades, lawyer Thiago Jabor Pinheiro switched firms to focus full-time on one of the only booming...
View ArticleBrazil’s former minister Mantega questioned in fraud case: police
May 9, 2016 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian finance minister Guido Mantega has been detained by police for questioning in an investigation into tax fraud and payment of bribes to influence...
View ArticleSao Paulo mayor to authorize Uber with mileage fee
May 10, 2016 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The mayor of Sao Paulo, South America’s largest city, laid out regulations on Tuesday to allow the use of Uber and other ride-hailing apps in exchange for a mileage...
View ArticleUber offers helicopters to escape Sao Paulo gridlock
June 13, 2016 By Brad Haynes and Alberto Alerigi Jr. SAO PAULO (Reuters) – For commuters who imagine soaring above Sao Paulo’s notorious traffic jams, ride-hailing app Uber is offering to make that...
View ArticleWendy’s to open first restaurants in Brazil in July
June 27, 2016 (Reuters) – U.S. burger chain Wendy’s Co <WEN.O> said on Monday it would enter the Brazilian market in July through a joint venture that will open two restaurants in Sao Paulo....
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