Новости за 15.05.2024

The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday approved by 16-1 a preliminary motion to move forward with the impeachment of Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, who has been charged with the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro City Councilor Marielle Franco. The vote paves the way for a new report on whether he should be removed from office, […]

Senator Rogério Carvalho on Wednesday presented his draft final report to the Senate select committee set up to investigate abusive salt mining practices by Braskem, Latin America’s largest petrochemical company. The report will be put to a vote next week.  The report, running 765 pages long, suggests that police authorities should investigate Braskem’s current executive […]

Petrobras shares plummeted almost 6 percent on the Brazilian stock market a day after the abrupt announcement of chief executive Jean Paul Prates’s dismissal.  In the first hours after the bell, the share prices were down by roughly 8.5 percent. Petrobras’ American Depositary Receipts (securities traded on the New York Stock Exchange) also opened the […]

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Petrobras abruptly said on Tuesday in a securities filing that Jean Paul Prates will no longer be the company’s chief executive.  “Petrobras informs that it received this evening from its CEO, Mr. Jean Paul Prates, a request that the Company’s Board of Directors meet to consider the early termination of its mandate as CEO of […]