Bolsonaro Firing of Petrobras CEO Raises Fuel Subsidy Fears
(Bloomberg) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sacked his third chief executive officer at Petroleo Brasileiro SA in a clear sign that the state-controlled…
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(Bloomberg) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sacked his third chief executive officer at Petroleo Brasileiro SA in a clear sign that the state-controlled…
Brazil let 70m COVID-19 shots get away and sealed its fate By Julia Leite, Andrew Rosati and Simone Iglesias / Bloomberg In August last year, when Brazil had emerged as among the worst-hit nations by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pfizer Inc offered the Brazilian Ministry of Health to set aside as many as 70 million doses of the vaccine it was developing. It got no answer. So it made the offer again. And then a third time. The next month, the company’s former Brazil head, Carlos Murillo, told the Brazilian Congress that Pfizer’s global chief put the offer in writing to Brazilian President Jair ...