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In an emotional address to the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in June, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended his government's promotion of ethanol production,... 2008-06-10

The president's chief of staff, Dilma Rouseff, is coming under increasing pressure to clarify her role in the sale of the cargo arm of Brazilian airline Varilog to Varilog Group... 2008-06-10

Brazilian rice producers seem to have succeeded in preventing authorities from extending a suspension on rice exports to the private sector. The government's proposed plans came on... 2008-05-07

We have revised up both our Selic rate and inflation forecasts for Brazil, now expecting the end-year Selic rate to stand at 12.50%, and inflation to reach 4.65% y-o-y. We note that... 2008-05-07

We have revised down Brazil's short-term political risk ratings to 72.1 this month, from 73.3, on the back of growing headline inflation and a recent uptick the monthly unemployment... 2008-04-11

The real is set to remain on an appreciating trajectory this year, although the extent of this strengthening against the dollar will in large part depend on how far the interest rate... 2008-04-10

Marcio Pochmann, the new head of Brazil's Applied Economic Research Institute (IPEA) has called for an expansion of the country's public sector. This has fed into efforts by President... 2008-03-10

On February 1 2008 the EU enforced a temporary ban on Brazilian beef imports after concerns were raised about the country's handling of the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak. Prior to... 2008-02-07

The government has suffered another political blow following the resignation of Walfrido dos Mares Guia, Brazil's minister for institutional affairs, in the wake of a prosecution... 2007-11-28

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has issued a warning to the Brazilian government that failure to push through a widely anticipated fiscal reform bill could dent the... 2007-11-28