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Brazil changes visa rules to attract digital nomads

The Brazilian government has amended immigration rules to grant temporary visas to professionals working remotely in a bid to attract well-paid individuals to contribute to the country’s economy. Announced today (24), the measures establish an initial one-year visa, which can be renewed for an equal period. According to justice secretary and head of the National […]

Steel consumption grows 23% in Brazil in 2021

The country’s steel industry ended 2021 with strong growth in volume of crude steel produced, domestic sales and apparent consumption, as expected, despite the sharp deceleration of indicators in the last month of the year. The data are from the Instituto Aço Brasil, which represents steelmakers. In a year marked by strong domestic demand until […]

Asset managers that grow faster in Brazil unveil their strategies

The five asset managers that gained the most clients in 2021 together attracted almost 1.6 million new shareholders to their investment funds. Three of them are “independent” and two are linked to large banks. XP Allocation Asset Management, linked to XP, was the one that gained the most clients, with 478,700 new members. Then comes […]

Regional development bank will receive $100m loan from AIIB

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved its first credit operation for Brazil, in the amount of $100 million for the Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG). This comes four months after Brazil became an effective partner in this China-led, Beijing-based multilateral development bank. The funds are expected to be available to BDMG in three tranches […]

Pátria Investimentos buys hydropower plants for $313m

Pátria Investimentos fund closed an agreement to purchase the hydroelectric plants of British company ContourGlobal in Brazil for $313 million, including debt – Pátria will pay $162 million. The assets traded have an installed capacity of 168 megawatts (MW). The deal, expected to be completed in the second quarter, was a first step in ContourGlobal’s […]

Stellantis picks Brazilian engineer as head of production way

As a child, Juliana Coelho liked numbers. For this reason, she decided to study engineering. She chose a specialization in chemistry because she knew that an engineer’s chances of launching a career in the state of Pernambuco were limited to the petrochemical complex. But when she reached the end of her penultimate year of college, […]

Minas Gerais inches closer to building road around capital city

The government of Minas Gerais unveils this Friday the public notice of the public-private partnership of the so-called Rodoanel de Belo Horizonte. It is an ambitious project to build from scratch a 100-kilometer beltway around the state’s capital city. The project will require investments of R$5 billion, of which R$3 billion will come from the […]

High rates will double companies’ costs with interest

The companies that tapped the capital markets to issue debt in 2021 taking advantage of the very low Selic rate will see their costs with interest expenses almost double in 2022. This is because, of the R$250 billion of funds raised last year through bond issues, 76% are pegged to the interbank deposit rate (CDI). […]

Biden picks Democrat activist for U.S. Embassy in Brazil

Democratic activist Elizabeth Bagley was appointed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday as the new U.S. ambassador to Brazil. She still needs approval of the U.S. Senate to take over as head of mission. Currently the owner of a telecommunications company in Arizona, Ms. Bagley specializes in international law and has a long history of […]

Organic food draws more consumers despite pandemic

The pandemic has not halted the trend of growth in the number of organic food consumers in Brazil. Even with all the logistical and income challenges imposed by Covid-19, more people have started to resort to pesticide-free products in the country, and most of them have either maintained or increased their purchases in the last […]