Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Ibovespa pre-market: IGP-M inflation at 08:00 BRT, unemployment and the Treasury's August result set the B3 tone, with Nubank down...
September 29, 2026Section
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Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real
Brazil's Ibovespa fell 0.26% to 182,991 on Monday, a fourth straight loss, as banks slid and oil stocks rose. The...
September 29, 2026
Rio Grande do Sul Storm Toll After 3 Waves
Three storm waves hit Rio Grande do Sul since 18 September: four deaths and 527,669 affected in the first, 70,300...
September 28, 2026
Days Before Brazil Votes, a Patron-Saint Row Pulls In Bishops and Judges
An Our Lady of Aparecida story reported as false has pulled Brazil's bishops, judges and the Bolsonaro campaign into a...
September 28, 2026
Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro Dares Lula to the Last TV Debate Before the Vote
Flávio Bolsonaro says he will attend Thursday's Globo debate with or without Lula. A Lula aide says the president should...
September 28, 2026
Brazil’s Right Unites in São Paulo Senate Race as a Bolsonaro Son Struggles
Brazil Senate race shake-up: Salles quits in São Paulo to unite the right; Carlos Bolsonaro fights a three-way tie in...
September 28, 2026
Financial Times Likens Brazil’s Bolsonaros to the Trumps as the Vote Nears
The Financial Times Bolsonaro cover story calls the family a clan as radical as it is dysfunctional and likens it...
September 28, 2026
Brazil Betting Ban: US$330m Owed to Bettors, Little Credit for Lula
The Brazil betting ban leaves US$330 million in accounts about to close. A study of 180,000 posts finds most supporters...
September 28, 2026
Lula Calls for Scrapping Brazil’s US$955 Million Public Campaign Fund
A week before Brazil votes, Lula says the nearly US$955 million public electoral fund should go, blaming it for ‘political...
September 28, 2026