Categoria: Brazil
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COP-27: Lula Reforça Compromisso do Brasil Com A Floresta Amazônica
Em sua primeira participação internacional como presidente eleito, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva discursou na cúpula COP27 no Egito na quarta-feira, 16 de novembro, onde prometeu renovar o compromisso do Brasil no combate à crise climática e se ofereceu para realizar futuras negociações climáticas da ONU. “Estou aqui para dizer a todos vocês que o Brasil está de volta…
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População Mundial Chega a 8 Bilhões
Até 1804, menos de um bilhão de pessoas percorriam nosso planeta. Mais de um século depois, em 1927, ultrapassamos os dois bilhões. Desde então, o crescimento populacional mundial disparou, impulsionado sobretudo pelos triunfos da medicina moderna e da saúde pública. O marco mais recente foi ultrapassado na terça-feira, 15 de novembro, quando as Nações Unidas (ONU) anunciaram que a…
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Brazilian Fitness Through Dance
Brazily Fitness, which offers fitness programs based on the unique Brazilian approach to lifestyle, health, and fitness recently launched their signature dance fitness program, Brazily Dance in the United States and Canada. This program uses authentic Brazilian music and dance to inspire confidence, joy, love, and fun into the lives of its participants. Fitness has…
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BTG Pactual Conference Brings Together 160 Companies from Latin America
On October 11-13, BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latin America, held the first inperson edition of the CEO Conference in New York after the pandemic and it was attended by more than 160 organizations and 350 investors. In all, 1,600 meetings were held with CEOs and CFOs of companies based in Latin America…
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Brazilian Fintech Giant Expands its Payments Solutions to Africa
EBANX, a global payments fintech company founded in Brazil in 2012, announced it is expanding its operations and payments solutions outside Latin America for the first time during the sixth edition of the annual Latin America Summit in Mexico City. After growing its foot-print to 15 Latin American countries for more than a decade, EBANX…
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IBM Study: Consumers are Ready to Spend for the Holidays but Uncertainty Looms
According to the annual global holiday shopping and travel report released by IBM’s Institute for Business Value (IBV), many global consumers are ready to celebrate the holidays again and will be shopping earlier than in years past. However, as a wider set of economic and political issues took center stage this past year, new risks…
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Brazil Sees Highest Int’l Tourist Spending in September Since 2016
It reached $416 mi last month and $3,6 bi January through September Visitors from other countries left $416 million in Brazil in September, the Central Bank reported. It was the highest rate for the month since 2016, when the Olympic and Paralympic Games took place in Rio, with a recorded $446 million in revenues. From…
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Collective Action to Negotiate Debts Starts in Brazil
Over the course of this month, indebted Brazilians will have the opportunity to improve their credit score. The second national round of debt negotiation and financial guidance this year is taking place from November 1-30, an action joined by the Central Bank, Brazilian bank federation Febraban, and consumer protection authorities. The initiative provides the opportunity…
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US-Brazil Investigation Leads to Disruption of Cryptocurrency Fraud Ring
An investigation by the Brazilian Federal Police, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and multiple law enforcement partners led to the disruption of a transnational cryptocurrency fraud ring based in Curitiba, Brazil. As part of Operation Poyais, the Brazilian Federal Police executed 20 search and seizure warrants in the states of Parana, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo,…
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Preços das Passagens Continuam Altos, Mas Você Não Precisa Deixar de Viajar
As férias de final de ano estão aí, e para muitas pessoas, o preço das passagens aéreas é a principal preocupação. De abril a agosto deste ano, as buscas no Google por “passagens aéreas mais baratas” aumentaram mais de 240% nos EUA. Como encontrar voos mais baratos? Especialistas da indústria de turismo afirmam que suas chances de encontrar preços…