Geraldo Alckmin rules out retaliation and defends cautious trade stance 09/16/2025 The recent tensions between Brazil and the United States are likely to ease, and dialogue and negotiations with Washington are expected to increase, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin said Monday (15). Mr. Alckmin, who also serves as Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, […]
Plan calls for alliance with shared emissions cap that would be gradually reduced, offering more favorable criteria for poorer countries 09/12/2025 The Ministry of Finance’s main proposal for COP30, to be held in Belém in November, is the creation of a coalition of countries willing to integrate their carbon markets. The alliance would operate […]
Government rethinks support after changes to class action rules and pushback from industry groups 09/12/2025 The government may withdraw support for a bill amending Brazil’s corporate law and creating a National Circular Economy Policy, after changes introduced by the rapporteur, Congressman Luciano Vieira, in the latest draft presented on Wednesday (10). Valor has learned that the Lula administration is […]
Bank workers’ representatives say about 1,000 dismissals were carried out without prior notice 09/12/2025 Bank previously said layoffs were due to productivity reasons — Photo: Divulgação he Bank Workers’ Union of São Paulo, Osasco and Region has filed a class-action lawsuit against Itaú Unibanco after the bank carried out a mass layoff of employees […]
Trump spokesperson ties possible actions to Bolsonaro trial, prompting rebuke from Brazilian government 09/10/2025 White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday (9) that the Donald Trump administration is willing to use “economic and military might” to “protect free speech around the world,” referring to the ongoing trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro […]
Justice shifts from hard-line stance to defendant-friendly approach 09/10/2025 Justice Luiz Fux’s vote in the Supreme Court’s First Panel on Wednesday (10) cements the more defendant-friendly approach he has adopted during the criminal proceedings over the coup plot—a departure from the tough-on-crime posture that marked his role in the Car Wash anti-corruption task force. At […]
Deal would mark oil company’s return to the sector after exit last decade 09/08/2025 Petrobras is considering acquiring a corn ethanol producer this year, sources told Valor. If confirmed, the move would signal the state-controlled company’s return to the sector, which it exited in the mid-2010s with the sale of assets. The corn ethanol market has been […]
For Bradesco Seguros, the 60+ are no longer a niche: it drives opinion, purchasing power, influence 09/08/2025 For nearly 15 years heading the marketing of one of Brazil’s largest insurance groups, Alexandre Nogueira, chief marketing, communications, and customer relations officer at Bradesco Seguros, says that so-called “longevity marketing” is among the most challenging and […]
Delayed spending, court-ordered payments, and tax changes could lift demand and inflation in second half 09/08/2025 Economists say a concentration of federal spending in the second half of 2025 is likely to shift Brazil’s fiscal impulse from negative to neutral, or even positive. What remains uncertain is how this stimulus will ripple through […]
Agribusiness bloc pushes to overturn presidential vetoes as government scrambles for votes 09/05/2025 Even before Senate President Davi Alcolumbre convenes a session to review presidential vetoes, Congress is already maneuvering to use a provisional presidential decree (MP) —which creates the Special Environmental License (LAE)—to reinstate nearly the entire text of the environmental licensing […]