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 […]
Six justices have already found temporal milestone thesis unconstitutional; trial set to end today 12/18/2025 A majority of justices of Brazil’s Supreme Court have voted to strike down provisions of the so-called temporal milestone law on the demarcation of Indigenous lands, which states that tribes would only be entitled to lands they occupied or that […]
Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor project drags on amid delays and revisions 12/17/2025 Radiopharmaceuticals are used in cancer diagnostics and therapies — Photo: Divulgação ABDAN Nearly two decades after the government promised a reactor capable of producing radioisotopes—radioactive elements that underpin radiopharmaceuticals used in cancer diagnostics and therapies—Brazil remains far from having the equipment […]
Grain losses totaled 48.6 million tonnes over five years, according to trade group Farsul 12/17/2025 Between 2020 and 2025, farmers in Rio Grande do Sul lost a total of R$126.3 billion in revenue due to climate-related events such as droughts and floods, according to the state’s Agriculture Federation (Farsul). The group estimates […]
Federal, state and city administrations back request to start concession termination process 12/17/2025 Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy will formally request that the ANEEL, the country’s electric power regulator, initiate the termination process of Enel’s electricity distribution concession in São Paulo, Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira announced on Tuesday (16) alongside São Paulo […]
Government expects Mercosur pact to be signed despite concerns over safeguards 12/16/2025 EU safeguards could temporarily suspend tariff preferences on Mercosur farm imports — Photo: Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado Amid mounting pressure from European countries in the final stretch ahead of the signing of the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European […]
Justices Mendes and Dino vote against 1988 deadline for claims in high-profile challenge to land claims with support from farm interests 12/16/2025 Brazil’s Supreme Court began voting on Monday (15) on four cases challenging the bill that reinstates the so-called temporal milestone for the demarcation of Indigenous lands. The review opened with […]