This year’s Rio Olympics has the power to remind investors of Brazil’s potential and reunite the country in the wake of the Petrobras scandal, but it will provide little short-term assistance to its ailing economy

Amid Brazil’s worst fiscal performance in 25 years and a string of rolling budget cuts, President Rouseff has revealed a new infrastructure strategy in hope of reviving the economy

Brazil’s richest man is relatively unknown outside of his home nation – for now. Elizabeth Matsangou takes a look at the fascinating career of Jorge Paulo Lemann, and how he has become a corporate takeover legend

Since the housing bubble of the 2000s burst, interest in financial bubbles has increased. Here are five financial bubbles often ignored

Rubber, with its diverse uses and unique properties, is integral to modern industrial society. The history of rubber production for the market still shapes our world today

Dilma Rousseff’s focus hasn’t changed much since her days as a guerrilla activist. Brazil’s re-elected president finds herself fighting corruption once more, albeit from a different standpoint

While Brazil is not a member of the OECD, many multinational groups there are able to successfully navigate international transfer pricing standards, yielding effective results

Brazilian government is sending mixed messages as it risks closing 2014 with first annual primary deficit in two decades

Brazil was poised to join the world’s oil-rich nations, but now its beleaguered energy sector has fallen on hard times

World Finance interviews Alfredo Lalia, CEO of HSBC Insurance Brasil, on the growth of the Brazilian private pension industry

As one of South America’s largest engineering projects, the Corredor Bioceanico Aconcagua will link trade between Brazil, Argentina and Chile through a train tunnel under the Andes, strengthening the region’s commercial ties

Brazil’s private sector has been having some issues handling PPPs – with an impact on government guarantees

Brazil’s tax system can seem overly complicated – but with the right advice, there are enormous savings to be made

Navigating international transfer pricing standards can be done in Brazil – even though it’s not member of OECD, says Deloitte

A modernised market structure will help Brazil match the economic expectations the world has placed on it