
Bolsa Família Adjustment Next Steps After Lula’s Remark
Brazil has announced no second Bolsa Família rise. What the 2027 budget, the opposition and Datafolha and Quaest polls show...
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Brazil has announced no second Bolsa Família rise. What the 2027 budget, the opposition and Datafolha and Quaest polls show...
October 16, 2026
Brazilian retailer Magalu began selling its own stock on the Shopee marketplace on Thursday, its third big platform deal of...
October 16, 2026
Brazil's Supreme Court struck down a farm pension levy for years before 2018 by six votes to five, a ruling...
October 16, 2026
Brazil's Congress will promulgate the five-day work week on Friday 16 October, ending the six-day schedule and cutting the week...
October 16, 2026
Brazil security PEC explained: what the Senate amendment changes and why the criminal age split the PT and the PL...
October 16, 2026
Brazil orders Meta AI and its platforms to treat Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro equally after a complaint over Lula images,...
October 16, 2026
How Bolsa Família works, its history since 2003, the 15.04% rise and the legal fight, 9 days before Brazil's runoff....
October 16, 2026
A new Datafolha Brazil runoff poll puts Flávio Bolsonaro at 51% and Lula at 49% of valid votes, a technical...
October 16, 2026
The IMF now projects Brazil as the eighth largest economy in 2027 at US$2.80 trillion, passing Italy and Russia, up...
October 16, 2026