The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.27 (+1.31%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) closed up +1.30 (+0.22%). Sugar prices on Tuesday recovered from 2-month lows and posted moderate gains. Short-covering emerged in sugar futures Tuesday after BP Bunge Bioenergia projected that...

May arabica coffee (KCK24 ) on Tuesday closed down -3.55 (-1.90%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK24 ) closed down -9 (-0.28%). Coffee prices on Tuesday closed moderately lower. A rebound in ICE-monitored coffee supplies is undercutting coffee prices. On Tuesday, ICE-monitored arabica inventories rose to a 4-month high of...

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) this morning is up +0.35 (+1.70%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) is up +3.80 (+0.64%). Sugar prices this morning recovered from 2-month lows and are moderately higher. Short-covering emerged in sugar futures today after BP Bunge Bioenergia projected that...

May arabica coffee (KCK24 ) this morning is down -2.45 (-1.31%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK24 ) is down -12 (-0.38%). Coffee prices this morning are moderately lower. A rebound in ICE-monitored coffee supplies is undercutting coffee prices. On Monday, ICE-monitored arabica inventories rose to a 4-month high of...

Attention is turning to individuals and families as country confronts legacy of slavery and question of reparations

A childhood pastime of kids tossing mangoes to each other in the Amazon has transformed into a proper sport in Brazil, even finding a place among the vaunted beach games played in Rio de Janeiro.

American Airlines unveiled a large order on Monday of narrow-body planes from European giant Airbus, Brazil's Embraer and Boeing, including a model from the US giant that has yet to be certified.

Genetically modified mosquitoes are being released in Brazil to reduce the spread of the viral infection dengue fever.

Brazil looks to short-term and long-term strategies to fight a disease so painful it's known as "breakbone fever." The outbreak is part of a global wave of dengue triggered in part by climate change.

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24 ) on Monday closed down -0.49 (-2.32%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24 ) closed down -9.60 (-1.59%). Sugar prices on Monday tumbled to 2-month lows. Rising sugar production in Brazil, the world's largest sugar producer, is undercutting prices. Last Tuesday, Unica...

May arabica coffee (KCK24 ) on Monday closed up +3.60 (+1.96%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK24 ) closed up +46 (+1.46%). Coffee prices on Monday posted moderate gains, with arabica climbing to a 2-week high and robusta rising to a 3-week high. Below-average rainfall in Brazil's coffee-growing regions is...