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After a disastrous 2015, Brazilian stocks and bonds are posting the biggest gains among global peers this year. Speculation that President Dilma Rousseff could soon be ousted, ending a political stalemate that has paralyzed the country, is fueling the rally. Yet, whoever steps into Rousseff’s shoes would face daunting challenges, from closing a crippling budget... Continue Reading →
With Brazil’s impeachment vote growing closer by the day, it’s easy to get lost in a maze of dozens of political parties -- their acronyms and leaders -- all of which will have a say in the future of President Dilma Rousseff’s mandate. For starters, there are 594 seats in Congress shared between 25 parties.... Continue Reading →
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 fields in the scandal-plagued country: compliance and corporate ethics. For Pinheiro, a massive corruption investigation unfolding at state-run oil firm Petrobras offers a golden opportunity. The scandal broke just as a... Continue Reading →
More than 2 million Brazilians are set to lose unemployment benefits by June, data obtained by Reuters show, threatening to erode support for embattled President Dilma Rousseff among her core working class supporters when she needs them most. The expiration of benefits could fuel frustration and feed a growing wave of protests against Brazil's left-leaning... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s political crisis Time to go The tarnished president should now resign Mar 26th 2016 | From the print edition/Economist DILMA ROUSSEFF’S difficulties have been deepening for months. The massive scandal surrounding Petrobras, the state-controlled oil giant of which she was once chairman, has implicated some of the people closest to her. She presides over an economy... Continue Reading →
Halliburton Co.’s bid to buy oil-services rival Baker Hughes Inc. was opposed by the world’s fifth-largest producer Tuesday, a day after being stalled by European regulators. Total SA Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne said Tuesday that the planned tie-up of the world’s second- and third-largest oil services providers is not good news for explorers and... Continue Reading →
Odebrecht SA has signaled its executives will seek a plea bargain in Brazil’s largest-ever corruption case, after its former chief executive officer was sentenced to 19 years in prison. In a statement entitled "Commitment to Brazil" posted on its website, the construction and engineering conglomerate says it decided in favor of a "definitive cooperation" with... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s real dropped ahead of a central bank intervention to weaken the currency. The central bank will offer up to 20,000 foreign-exchange reverse swap contracts on Wednesday, equivalent to buying dollars in the futures market. It will also reduce rollover auctions to 2,500 contracts a day from 3,600 previously. The real lost 1.6 percent to... Continue Reading →
Brazilian federal police were seeking to arrest 15 people on Tuesday as part of the corruption investigation centered on state-run oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA), police and federal prosecutors said. Tuesday's operation, codenamed "Xepa", uncovered a bribe-payment scheme led by Odebrecht SA [ODBES.UL], Latin America's largest engineering and construction conglomerate, police said in a... Continue Reading →
Mounting speculation that Brazil President Dilma Rousseff will be impeached is making it cheaper for the cash-strapped nation to borrow. At a local bond auction Thursday, Brazil sold 1.5 billion reais ($415 million) of notes due in January 2020 to yield 14.1 percent, the lowest since August. A week earlier, the government issued 3.85 billion... Continue Reading →
