Impeach-Rousseff Protesters Plan 500-Mile March on Brasilia By David Biller Yasmine Batista 10:09 PM BRT April 13, 2015 One of the biggest organizers of anti-government protests will head to Brazil’s capital to directly pressure Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. Free Brazil Movement plans to march on Brasilia from the country’s biggest city to sustain... Continue Reading →

Petrobras Surges to Four-Month High on Earnings Report Outlook by Julia Leite/Bloomberg 2:00 PM BRT April 13, 2015 Petroleo Brasileiro SA jumped to the highest level since December, extending a three-day rally on speculation the oil producer will release long-delayed earnings and is making progress on asset sales designed to raise cash. Petrobras, as the company... Continue Reading →

Oil Futures Rise on Expectations of U.S. Production Drop Prices have plunged in recent months amid growing oversupply of oil in global market By NICOLE FRIEDMAN and GEORGI KANTCHEV/WSJ Updated April 13, 2015 10:42 a.m. ET Oil prices rose for a third straight session on Monday on continued expectations that U.S. crude-oil production is set to... Continue Reading →

Brazilian Currency Drops as China Weakness Damps Local Prospects By Paula Sambo/Bloomberg 10:20 AM BRT April 13, 2015 Brazil’s real fell the most in two weeks as a decline in China’s imports damped prospects for the Latin American nation’s suppliers of raw materials. The real dropped for a third straight day, declining 0.8 percent to... Continue Reading →

JPMorgan Banker Sees ’08 Crisis Echoes in Brazil Capital Markets By Paula Sambo Denyse Godoy/Bloomberg 8:00 PM BRT April 12, 2015 JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Ricardo Leoni says he’d have to hearken back to the tumult that gripped global markets seven years ago to recall a time when Brazilian companies were so loath to tap... Continue Reading →

Brazil Economists Cut 2015 CPI Outlook for First Time This Year By David Biller ( Bloomberg) 9:19 AM BRT April 13, 2015 Brazil economists cut their 2015 inflation outlook for the first time this year, as the government increases interest rates and reaffirms its commitment to cut spending. Analysts cut their year-end inflation forecast to... Continue Reading →

Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:10pm EDT Bradesco Asset Management puts up names for Petrobras board SAO PAULO, APRIL 10 (Reuters) - The assets management unit of Brazilian bank Bradesco has proposed two candidates for seats on the board of the state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras. Petrobras said in a filing on Friday... Continue Reading →

Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:17pm EDT Nearly a million protest Brazil's president, economy, corruption RIO DE JANEIRO | BY PAULO PRADA (Reuters) - Close to a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazilon Sunday to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and corruption - and to call for the impeachment of left-wing President Dilma Rousseff. The protests... Continue Reading →