Approach focused on more patrols, weapons and equipment is driving faster growth in outlays 12/30/2025 A public security policy increasingly centered on visible policing and investment in weapons and equipment has pushed state-level spending in the area to grow at faster rates than education or health outlays in most of Brazil’s states this […]
High yield assets seen gaining fresh momentum in 2026 with rate cuts and U.S. growth 12/30/2025 In a year marked by interest rates at 15% and instability in both domestic and international markets, the balance for risk assets was positive. In the 2025 tally, gold took clear leadership, viewed as a hedge against […]
Perception of meddling may lead International Monetary Fund and World Bank to downgrade Brazil’s financial soundness 12/30/2025 Actions by the Supreme Court and the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), Brazil’s public spending watchdog, to review the liquidation process of Banco Master are expected to negatively affect the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and […]
Taxpayers begin to see first effects of changes through platform to check cashback and tax credits generated from IBS and CBS 12/29/2025 After nearly 40 years of debate in Brazil’s National Congress, tax reform is moving off the drawing board and beginning to take effect. On January 12, a platform will go live allowing taxpayers […]
Australian mining company seeks combined production to balance costs, draws U.S. interest keen to reduce reliance on China 12/29/2025 Australian mining company St. George may invest up to $350 million (R$1.94 billion at the current exchange rate) to develop its niobium and rare earths project in Araxá, the same city in Minas Gerais where Companhia Brasileira […]
Payouts from state-run companies may fall R$20 billion in 2025 but remain vital to primary target 12/22/2025 The Brazilian federal government expects to receive R$52.4 billion in dividends and profit-sharing payments from state-owned and mixed-capital companies in 2025. While this is lower than last year’s total, it would still mark the third-largest […]
Brazilian founder Luana Lopes Lara, the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, says the company aims to expand its regulated prediction markets internationally 12/22/2025 Luana Lopes Lara — Photo: Reprodução/Instagram Kalshi, the U.S.-based prediction market platform co-founded by 29-year-old Brazilian Luana Lopes Lara, who became the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, is exploring […]
Beijing keeps talks on the table despite current hurdles, as global trade realigns 12/22/2025 China, the world’s second-largest economy, continues to signal to Mercosur diplomats its interest in negotiating a free trade agreement with the South American bloc, even while acknowledging that such a deal remains out of reach for now. People familiar with the […]
Market points to Âmbar, Equatorial Energia, CPFL as potential buyers 12/18/2025 Retail businesses without power in São Paulo: recurring problems at Enel are drawing interest from potential buyers — Photo: Paulo Pinto/Agência Brasil After the government decided to initiate the process to terminate the Enel São Paulo power distribution concession, names of companies […]