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Petrobras fallout hits business and politics in Brazil

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BRAZIL

The Petrobras case ('Operation Car Wash') has led to the arrest of several of Brazil's most senior executives in the construction, infrastructure and engineering sectors (thus far…

National protests put government on notice in Brazil

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BRAZIL

The protests followed smaller pro-government demonstrations on March 13. Rousseff faces growing social discontent, not only over corruption claims linked to the Petrobras…

Pessimistic panorama could yet see Brazil rating cut

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BRAZIL

BRAZIL: Pessimistic panorama could yet see rating cut

Brazil business will see no rapid recovery

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BRAZIL

Among those awaiting the beginning of the Rio Olympic Games on August 5, business leaders will be looking forward to a period of relative political and economic calm. They will…

Petrobras funding claim now targets Brazil's Temer

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BRAZIL

BRAZIL: Petrobras funding claim now targets Temer

Prospects for Brazil to end-2016

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PROSPECTS H2 2016

Prospects for Brazil to end-2016.

Prospects for Brazil in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for Brazil in 2016.

Brazil government coalition risks unraveling

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BRAZIL

On her return from the United States and Russia, President Dilma Rousseff's problems have not changed; indeed, most worsened during her absence. Brazil's economic outlook is…

Brazil's Rousseff faces bleak second-term panorama

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BRAZIL

Only a month into her second term, President Dilma Rousseff faces an increasingly complicated panorama. In addition to fallout from corruption investigations into state-controlled…

Early Rousseff exit in Brazil appears ever more likely

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BRAZIL

The largely peaceful demonstrations are the latest chapter in the deepening political crisis. This has been triggered by the ever-expanding 'petrolao' corruption scandal centred…