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Panama Tops 2026 Expat Ranking as Mexico, Thailand, UAE and Brazil Follow
The 2026 Expat Insider survey ranks Panama first for a third year, with Mexico, Thailand, the UAE and Brazil completing ...
Mega-Sena Draw 3050 Rolls Jackpot to R$30 Million After No Six-Number Winner
Thursday's Mega-Sena contest produced no top prize winner, lifting the next jackpot to R$30 million. A basic six-number ...
Brazil's Grid Operator Triggers Second Emergency Generation Cut as Solar Surplus Grows
ONS ordered distributors to curtail small hydro, biomass, wind and solar output on Sunday to prevent oversupply, reignit...
Brazil's New Phone Etiquette: When a Call, Text or Voice Note Is Appropriate
Traditional mobile calls in Brazil fell 80% in a decade, and apps now carry 55% of voice traffic. Etiquette expert Claud...
Brazil's Next President Must Open With a Political Pact to Avert Fiscal Crisis
With gross debt at 81.9% of GDP and social-security spending above R$1 trillion a year, economists argue only credible s...
Meta to Charge for Every WhatsApp Business Service Reply, Alarming Brazilian Companies
From 1 October, Meta will bill WhatsApp Business API users for every service reply, even when a customer starts the conv...
Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Absences Dominate First Band Presidential Debate
Renan Santos, Ronaldo Caiado and Augusto Cury used Sunday's Band debate to attack the absent frontrunners while outlinin...
Brazil's Finance Minister Rejects Retail Crisis Talk, Vows Fiscal Tightening to Lower Rates
Brazil's finance minister says high rates are squeezing credit-dependent retailers such as Casas Bahia, but rejects a ge...
Lula Opens Brazil Re-Election Bid as Traditional Union Base Shrinks
Brazil's president kicks off his October re-election campaign in São Bernardo do Campo, but data shows the PT's old trad...
Brazil Job Confidence Hits Survey High as Retail and Temporary Hiring Lift Outlook
FGV's July labour market survey shows 59.3% of Brazilians see little risk of losing their job, the highest share in the ...
Brazil Uses Reciprocity Law as Leverage, Not Immediate Tariff Retaliation
Brasília opened a reciprocity process against Washington to keep the law credible and force trade talks, while managing ...
Brazil's Power Distributors to Spend R$20bn on Grids as El Niño Hits
Extreme weather has forced Light, Neoenergia, Energisa and Enel to accelerate network automation, expand crews and rewri...
Casas Bahia Reports R$10.1 Billion Loss; Auditor Flags Going-Concern Doubt
EY refused to sign off on Casas Bahia's delayed accounts, citing material uncertainty about its survival. A possible jud...
Brazil Starts Pricing Lula Re-Election Risk Into the Real
JPMorgan's Brazil downgrade and an MSCI index move triggered an unwind of crowded long-real bets, with election and 2027...
Brazil Says CPLP Presidency Still Deadlocked Ahead of Dili Meeting
Brazil says the 2027-2029 CPLP presidency remains unresolved and questions Equatorial Guinea's democratic credentials as...
Final 2026 PIS/Pasep Batch Released: What Workers Need to Withdraw by 30 December
The final 2026 PIS/Pasep salary-bonus batch, covering workers born in November and December, is now available. Around 26...
Remote Work Is Not a Rule-Free Zone: What Can Lead to Warnings or Dismissal in Brazil
A Brazilian judge's removal after a virtual hearing has revived the debate about home office limits. Employment speciali...
Brazil's Chamber Approves Bill to Punish Vehicle-Based Animal Abandonment
Drivers and boat operators could face serious traffic penalties, licence suspension and possible CNH cancellation after ...
China's Food Self-Sufficiency Plan Forces Brazil to Rethink Soy, Corn and Beef Exports
Beijing's 15th Five-Year Plan aims to lift domestic production of beef, lamb and milk, and Chinese import quotas are alr...
US places Brazil in group accused of helping China evade Trump tariffs
A White House report puts Brazil among more than 40 countries it says help reroute Chinese goods to dodge US tariffs, al...
Brazil Signals US Trade Retaliation Will Wait Until After October Vote
Brasília expects the reciprocity process to take 60–90 days, pushing retaliation past Brazil's runoff — unless Washingto...
Foreign Outflows and Fiscal Fears Hit Brazil's Biggest Listed Companies in Nine Sessions
Elos Ayta ranks Itaú Unibanco, Bradesco, Petrobras and other blue chips among the biggest market-value losers over nine ...
Brazil Pays Lawmakers’ Earmarks on Time While Starving Federal Regulators
Anac, ANP and CVM face cuts that suspend inspections and certification even as the 2026 budget shields R$61 billion in p...
Quaest Poll Shows Lula Approval Split as Voters See Economy Worsening
New Quaest data shows President Lula's government in a statistical tie on approval, with 49% saying Brazil's economy wor...
Brazil's TSE Delays AI Election Rules as Deepfakes Spread From Ireland to Pakistan
A postponed TSE meeting leaves Brazil without clear sanctions for AI-generated election content, while cases in Ireland,...
Brazil's Capital-Control Trial Balloon Puts Paraguay's Open-Door Bet in Focus
A Brazilian official's capital-control hint and hasty denial expose Paraguay's deep dependence on Brazil—and the opportu...
Brazil Starts Reciprocity Process Against US Section 301 Tariffs
Brasília has notified Washington and requested consultations, while keeping support for sectors hit by US Section 301 ta...
Rio Court Sets Aug. 25 Bankruptcy Hearing for Oi as Cash and Asset Sales Stall
A Rio court will hear Oi's bankruptcy case on August 25. The operator says cash will run out this month, has agreed to c...
Brazil Finance Ministry Says More Than 5 Million People Blocked From Online Betting
Restrictions tied to Desenrola debt relief, social-benefit rules and self-exclusion, as the government also moves to pub...
Brazil Congress Approves Fuel-Tax Relief Tied to Oil Windfall and Spending Brakes
Finance Minister Dario Durigan says the package’s two fiscal brakes should trim mandatory spending by about R$10 billion...