Brazil
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AMERICAS
Shell suggests Petrobras should cede some drilling rights to foreign firms
Brazil’s government-owned oil giant Petrobras should cede some of its drilling rights to foreign firms, Royal Dutch Shell Oil CEO…
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AMERICAS
Brazil’s inflation at 12-year high in January driven by food and transportation prices
Brazil’s inflation rate rose to a 12-year high, officials said on Friday, as Latin America’s largest economy continues to struggle…
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Breaking News
Petrobras plans to slash 30% of management jobs in non-operating areas
As Brazil struggles with a corruption scandal in which executives and politicians face investigations of alleged bribery, Brazil’s state-run oil…
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ASIA
Currency dictatorship – the struggle to end it
By Rakesh Krishan Simha India and the BRICS are giving the US dollar the boot? Is it really so? The last…
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AMERICAS
Venezuela ranked as world’s most miserable country
By Peter Tase In early January, 2016, Johns Hopkins University, under the leadership of Prof. Steve H. Hanke (an American…
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AMERICAS
Confirmed: Brazil faces its worst economic plunge in 25 years
Analysts expect Brazil’s economy to contract by 2.95% this year after contracting by 3.71% in 2015, marking the biggest drop…
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AMERICAS
Michelle Bachelet: Cooperation of MERCOSUR – Pacific Alliance is priority
By Peter Tase On December 21st, 2015, the Republic of Paraguay hosted the 49th Summit of the Southern Common Market…
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AMERICAS
Rousseff’s ‘impeachment debate’ takes to the streets with thousands turning out
Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Sunday to demand that embattled President Dilma Rousseff, facing a weak economy…
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AFRICA
The rise of multi-polarity is threat to Western imperialism
By Kashif Manzoor It was a historical event, when Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa formed their economic Bloc named…
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AMERICAS
Brazilian economy contracts a record 4.5% in the last twelve months
Brazil’s economy, in recession since mid-year, contracted 1.7% in the third quarter, compared to the April-June period, and decreased 4.5%…
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