Brazil’s Secret Budget Amendments Return via Committee Funds, CGU Warns
Committee amendments hit R$15.5 billion after the old secret budget scheme was banned, with the CGU calling authorship untraceable. See...
July 13, 2026Section
Politics – Brazil
Audit Finds Brazil Missed Health and Works Goals Despite Billions
Brazil's audit court says the government missed its own health and public-works targets in 2025, delivering little despite spending billions...
July 13, 2026
Biofuel Lobby Presses Lula to Put More Soy in Brazil’s Diesel
Brazil's biofuel sector is pressing Lula to fast-track a higher diesel blend, as the president tours testing labs and the...
July 13, 2026
Brazil’s Top Court Freezes a Big Opening of Its Bus Market
Brazil's Supreme Court froze intercity bus market expansion on July 9, halting a plan to grow routes from 34,000 to...
July 12, 2026 Brazil Moves Closer to Stripping Enel of Its São Paulo Grid
Brazil rejected Enel's appeal in the Enel São Paulo concession case after a 2025 storm cut power to 2.2 million...
July 12, 2026 Brazil Cuts 2.8 Million Welfare Recipients Off From Betting Sites
Brazil blocked 2.8 million welfare recipients from licensed betting sites, about 10% of the total, and set new betting ad...
July 12, 2026
A Court Won’t Let Fictor, the Banco Master Bidder, Remove Its Watchdog
A São Paulo court refused to remove the watchdog in the Fictor judicial reorganization, an R$4.3bn ($835m) case, as creditors...
July 11, 2026
JBS Loses $230m on American Beef and Makes Money in Brazil
JBS beef lost about $230m in North America last quarter while its Brazil unit made $168m, a filing shows. Here...
July 11, 2026
Brazil Wants a Veto on Mining Sales It Does Not Yet Have
Brazil mining sales have no prior-approval rules today — Energy Minister Silveira wants that changed after Serra Verde's $2.8bn sale...
July 11, 2026