Insights and Stories of Ricardo Brito

Brazil beef barons’ Wall Street listing caps a return from exile

Jun. 13, 2025 at 10:06 am CDT

Brazilian meatpacker JBS begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, capping a stunning comeback by brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista less than a decade after they were jailed in a record-breaking corruption scandal and forced into the backseat of their global food empire.

Brazil cracking down on unmonitored agriculture planes

Mar. 20, 2018 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Ricardo Brito

Ex-JBS chairman released from jail

Mar. 9, 2018 at 4:18 pm CST

By Ricardo Brito

JBS parent to pay record fine in leniency deal

May. 31, 2017 at 12:40 pm CDT

By Ricardo Brito Tatiana Bautzer

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