Portuguese Language Blog

Let’s take a look at the headlines from business and economy in Brazil this week:

• Vale eyes Brazilian fertilizer assets, Financier Worldwide
• Vale deve roubar mercado de gigantes da mineração neste ano, Estadão
• Brazil Alupar completes $141 million debenture issue, Wall Street Journal
• Brazil Petrobras signs deal…, Wall Street Journal
• Azul transporta 2.2 milhões de passageiros em seu primeiro ano, Estadão
• Bovespa garante alta…, Globo

Make sure you give it a go with the Portuguese articles!

Estadão announced today that Bovespa, the Brazilian stock market located in São Paulo, closed the year with the highest gains of any stock market in the world. It closed at a high of 120.9 percent, compared to 118 percent in Indonesia, 25.4 percent in the United States, and 6.7 percent in Japan.

This percentage is based on dollars, in a system to measure stock market performance. It was created by MSCI, Inc, a division of Morgan Stanley.

Despite the encouraging economic achievements, Brazilian economists expect a more volatile year in 2010 with smaller gains.

To read the full article, click here.

NPR has had quite a few stories about Brazil lately, and they are always excellent and interesting.

Check out the latest news features and be sure to listen to them, too!

• In One Brazilian Farm Town, Reviving the Forest
• Brazil Pins Hopes on Massive, Untapped Oil Fields
• In Brazil’s Slums, Police Try a Softer Touch
• Brazilian Middle Class Expands as Economy Surges
• Socialite’s School Brings Hope to Brazilian Slum