The annual value of the trade between India and Latin America could rise to around $50 billion by 2014, due to economic growth in both regions, with Brazil being a key driver. [more]

The global demand for timber resources has been highlighted by Tanzania's Minister for Natural Resources, who has called on international investors to entrust more of their money to alternative funds such as timber funds. [more]

The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, has said that 2012 will be a new "era of prosperity" for Brazil, as it seeks to capitalise on the social policy overhauls that were launched during 2011. [more]

The latest official rankings of global economies have shown that Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the world’s sixth biggest economy. [more]

A recent report has detailed how Brazil’s economic future looks positive and the country seems set to continue to boom. [more]

Record numbers of young people from Brazil's former colonist, Portugal, are now flocking to the country, as they see its employment and economic prospects as far more healthy than at home. [more]

The president of Brazil's Central Bank has said that the second half of 2012 will see the country return to a good and stable rate of economic growth. [more]

President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has said she has “optimistic expectations” about the nation's economy for 2012 and that she anticipates a growth rate of five per cent. [more]

Brazilian authorities have launched a major crackdown on illegal logging in the Amazon, in a bid to stamp out the harmful activity. [more]

Confidence in Brazil’s construction sector has shown a significant rise between October and November this year, according to new figures from the central bank. [more]