Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday that high interest rates are poised to have a much stronger effect on inflation than many expect, dismissing fears that fiscal challenges could undermine the effectiveness of monetary policy.

This isn’t just the story of Donald Trump , but also that of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. The Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies faced similar challenges in 2020 and 2022, respectively, but their institutional responses have been dramatically different.

“I’m Still Here,” a Sony Pictures Classics release in limited release Friday (expanding on Jan. 24), is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for “smoking, drug use, brief nudity, some strong language, thematic content.” Running time: 135 minutes. Three stars out of four.

The final version of the Brazilian tax reform sanctioned on Thursday by Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is slightly higher than the one approved by the lower house before it went to the senate,

Economic activity in Brazil exceeded market expectations in November, official data showed on Thursday, adding to a string of stronger-than-anticipated performances despite the central bank's ongoing monetary tightening cycle.

Billionaire Rubens Ometto’s conglomerate Cosan SA is giving up its stake in mining giant Vale SA, ending its bet on a mining investment in order to pay down debt.

I’m Still Here” is a movie about remembrance – of a family and a nation, our critic writes of the drama based on real events.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a bill restricting the use of smartphones at school, following a global trend for such limitations.

Fernanda Torres stars in Walter Salles’s drama about the disappearance of a dissident under the nation’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.

Anglo American Plc’s top boss in Brazil expects to sell its nickel assets in the country in the first half of 2025 as part of a massive restructuring triggered by an unsolicited $49 billion takeover bid from rival BHP Group last year.

Gol and Azul propose to maintain separate brands while coordinating their finances, networks and product offerings.