The world’s major tropical forests act as a carbon sink, absorbing billions of tons of carbon dioxide. Effective protection of these climate regulators will require bolder strategies if we are to keep global warming at bay

South America’s two biggest economies, Brazil and Argentina, are planning to create a joint currency called ‘Sur.’ But can it work?

The last four years have taken Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from a jail cell to Brazil’s presidential palace. In a political comeback of unparalleled proportions, the nation’s new president-elect is now returning to finish the work he started two decades ago

The prevalence of environmental, social and governance themes in business today has as much to do with the pandemic as it does with changing attitudes towards consumerism and the world we live in. Businesses must act as agents of change in this shifting landscape

Brazil’s oil and gas sector is opening up after years of monopoly under the state-owned company Petrobras. Petro-Victory Energy is looking to take advantage of this unique opportunity

Wealth managers must be prepared to meet the evolving milieu in Latin America this year. Record low interest rates in Brazil and the potentially destabilising effects of general elections will bring challenges, as well as opportunities

The Petrobras scandal bought major cuts to the oil & gas sector, but PetroRio has managed to forge exciting new opportunities in the aftermath of the crisis

Social Performance Task Force’s universal standards for Social Performance Management will help Empresta balance social impact with attractive returns, explains Ricardo George Assaf

The Latin powerhouse’s new economic direction is a strange Brazilian miracle, explains BTG Pactual’s Huw Jenkins

Huw Jenkins talks us through the most notable equity deals and M&A activity that BTG Pactual has worked on since 2016

President Michel Temer is accused of taking multimillion dollar bribes, creating fresh political chaos for Brazil as it struggles to emerge from a two-year recession

With the Brazilian economy still reeling from the worst recession in a century, policymakers have slashed the key rate by a full percentage point

Major global importers have cut down on Brazilian beef and poultry shipments as the country’s bribery scandal deepens

Over the past 11 years, Brazil has engaged in a major reorganisation of its insolvency laws and processes, writes Luis Vasco Elias, Corporate Finance Partner for Deloitte Brazil

Designed to prevent tax avoidance, Brazil’s transfer pricing regulations are making international trade unnecessarily complicated