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    • Thursday, 17 November, 2016
      Child mortality
      Health workers prepare for second surge of Zika-related birth defects

      As evidence grows of a link between the virus and microcephaly, poorer communities are the most vulnerable

    • Friday, 11 November, 2016
      News in-depthAmericas companies
      Petrobras asset sales fuel Brazilian M&A revival

      Scandal-hit oil group seeks petrol stations deal as foreign investors return

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2016
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      Embraer to pay $205m after US-Brazil bribery probe

      Plane maker settles claims it paid millions of dollars to secure government contracts

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2016
      Global Economy
      Brazil cuts interest rates for first time in 4 years

      Central bank acts as country struggles to emerge from its deepest recession on record

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2016
      Global Economy
      Brazil cuts interest rates for first time in 4 years
    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2016
      Americas business
      Brazil’s former House speaker arrested in Petrobras probe

      Eduardo Cunha masterminded impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2016
      World
      Brazil’s ‘Frank Underwood’ arrested on corruption charges
    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2016
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      Brazil’s exchange chief rejoices at post-impeachment opportunities

      São Paulo’s bourse has its eyes set on regional expansion after year of political turmoil

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2016
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      New chief begins gargantuan task of reviving oil group by cutting its vast debts

    • Monday, 26 September, 2016
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    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2016
      World
      Brazil’s ex-president Lula da Silva to stand trial for corruption

      Judge agrees to rule on claims by prosecutors that former leader received $1m in kickback scheme

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2016
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      Brazil’s ex-president Lula to stand trial for corruption
    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2016
      Oil
      Petrobras cuts planned investment by a quarter

      Brazil’s debt-laden oil group to invest $74.1bn between 2017 and 2021

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2016
      fastFTOil
      Petrobras cuts investment by 25% in new 5-year plan
    • Thursday, 15 September, 2016
      World
      Brazil’s corruption probe tightens its noose

      Former president Lula da Silva hits back at prosecutors as Petrobras case reaches climax

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
      World
      Lula da Silva charged with corruption by Brazil prosecutors

      Former president accused of being ‘commander-in-chief’ of kickback scheme at Petrobras

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
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      Brazil ex-president Lula charged with corruption
    • Thursday, 8 September, 2016
      Americas politics & policy
      Apathy on the streets of post-Rousseff Brazil

      Notebook: Indifference is widespread yet rational, writes Samantha Pearson

    • Monday, 5 September, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      Brazil hopes gambling will reverse its fortunes

      Government eyes tax revenues to plug country’s budget deficit

    • Friday, 2 September, 2016
      Global Economy
      Brazilian business cheers Rousseff departure

      Michel Temer is under pressure to fix toxic economic and political legacy ex-president left behind

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2016
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      Dilma Rousseff impeached by Brazil’s Senate in historic vote

      Historic vote to end Workers’ party rule comes as country struggles with recession

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2016
      Americas finance
      Dilma Rousseff: ‘history may be more generous than the present’

      Brazil’s first female president will struggle to protect her legacy after impeachment

    • Monday, 22 August, 2016
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      Brazilian markets: blistering run faces higher hurdles

      Race for yield draws money into Latin America’s biggest economy, but is the rally looking tired?

    • Monday, 22 August, 2016
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      Rio Olympics 2016: Brazil bows out with lavish closing ceremony

      Chutzpah returns to country battered by economic and political crises

    • Monday, 22 August, 2016
      Sport
      Rio Olympics 2016: Britain emerges as sporting superpower

      Nation trumps China in best performance in more than a century

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