Justice’s early retirement gives President Lula another opportunity to appoint an ally to Brazil’s Supreme Court 10/10/2025 The three frontrunners to succeed Justice Luís Roberto Barroso on Brazil’s Supreme Court—Bruno Dantas, minister at the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU); Attorney General Jorge Messias; and Senator Rodrigo Pacheco (Social Democratic Party, PSD, of Minas Gerais)—are […]
Payment of Dividends: Changes in Taxation. By Edmo Colnaghi Neves (PhD). The taxation of dividend payments is about to change. Currently, dividend distributions are exempt from income tax; however, earlier this month (October 2025), the Brazilian House of Representatives approved a bill that introduces taxation on such payments. This change may significantly impact […]
Director-General Andrei Rodrigues says probe entered phase of interagency cooperation with state forensic units 10/09/2025 The director-general of Brazil’s Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, said on Wednesday (8) that the ongoing investigation into the contamination of alcoholic beverages with methanol may be connected to a major fuel fraud uncovered recently by the Federal Police. “There is a possible […]
Government accuses São Paulo governor of pushing centrist parties to block measure; lawmakers remove it from agenda 10/09/2025 Just a week after a major win with the approval of the income tax reform, the Brazilian government suffered a significant setback in Congress on Wednesday (9) as lawmakers rejected a provisional presidential decree […]
Climate crisis should already be treated as a public health and social crisis, survey shows 10/09/2025 In the Brazilian Amazon, the climate crisis should already be treated as a public health and social crisis, especially for traditional and Indigenous communities. This is what shows a new survey released this Wednesday (8), in which a […]
*Por meio de Resolução SESP no. 21, publicada no Diário Oficial do Estado em 06 de outubro de 2.025, foi criado o Memorial Olímpico, Paralímpico e do Esporte do Estado de São Paulo Major Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha. Cabendo a Alberto Murray Neto o posto de coordenador da comissão de trabalho para instituição do Memorial.* […]
Brazil’s export profitability drops 7.7% in August as 2025 outlook turns negative 10/06/2025 A stronger real against the dollar, new U.S. tariffs, falling average export prices, and rising production costs, especially wages and services, dealt a broad blow to Brazilian exporters’ profit margins in August. The hit spanned across industry, extractive […]
Raízen, owned by Cosan and Shell, is also negotiating sale of three other units 10/03/2025 Brazilian sugarcane processing company Grupo Colorado, the owner of two mills in Brazil’s Center-South region, has made an offer for Raízen’s Usina Continental, two sources familiar with the matter told Valor. The sources requested anonymity. Raízen declined […]
Country chief Alessandro Zema says favorable conditions should be attracting more foreign flows as investors await clearer fiscal signals; believes Selic will reach 11.5% in late 2026 10/03/2025 In the second week of September, Morgan Stanley held a conference in London with 63 Latin American companies—most of them Brazilian—to connect them with […]
Large retail groups reduced headcount starting in Q2, citing high interest rates, restructuring 10/03/2025 Large retail groups reported layoffs in the second quarter—or “corporate restructurings,” according to discreet mentions in earnings releases—and the headcount reductions extended into the third quarter at market leaders. Cuts in operating expenses to dilute costs, weaker sales—which […]