The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.22 (-1.17%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) closed down -10.70 (-1.93%). Sugar prices on Wednesday settled moderately lower but remained above Tuesday's major lows. NY sugar on Tuesday posted a 1-1/2 year nearest-futures low, and...

July arabica coffee (KCN24 ) on Wednesday closed down -1.45 (-0.72%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN24 ) closed down -31 (-0.90%). Coffee prices today posted moderate losses on a rebound in ICE coffee inventories from historically low levels. ICE-monitored robusta coffee inventories on February 21 fell to a record...

Autosport has occasionally ridden in an Uber with a driver who believed they had missed their calling as a racing driver. But it’s not often that the individuals in question had a valid case. Rewind back to 2015 however, and that was the scenario facing Nicolas Costa, now racing for…

The CEO of Brazil's state oil company Petrobras has been sacked, the government announced Tuesday.

The government of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Tuesday that the CEO of state oil company Petrobras has been sacked.

The BRICS group of nations pledged a billion dollars for storm-ravaged southern Brazil Tuesday as slowly receding floodwaters started to reveal the full extent of the devastation.

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.24 (+1.29%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) closed up +3.00 (+0.55%). Sugar prices Tuesday recovered from early losses and settled moderately higher as a fall in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 1-week low...

July arabica coffee (KCN24 ) on Tuesday closed up +4.80 (+2.45%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN24 ) closed up +34 (+1.00%). Coffee prices Tuesday recovered from early losses and finished moderately higher as a decline in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 1-week low sparked some short covering...

The leader of the Brazilian Amazon's Huni Kui people remains hopeful that a planned United Nations treaty will advance the fight against biopiracy: the pillaging of traditional knowledge and genetic resources.