Brazil 2025: Record Tax Take, But A Fiscal Gap Still Opens
Brazil is collecting more money from taxpayers than at any time in its modern history, yet the federal books are...
October 20, 2025Section
Politics – Brazil
Brazil’s Vanishing Fiscal Discipline: How Politics Drives a Predatory Search for Revenue
Behind Brazil’s warm rhetoric about fiscal balance lies a sobering truth: the country’s political system has grown accustomed
October 20, 2025
Holding A Continent Together: The High-Stakes Fight To Save Brazil’s Correios
(Analysis) For generations, Brazil’s state-owned Correios stitched a continent-sized country together—getting letters, medicines
October 17, 2025
Brazil’s Rare Earths Push: Investment Welcome, Rules Made in Brasília
Brazil is opening its doors to investors in rare earths and other critical minerals, but with a clear condition: the...
October 17, 2025
São Paulo’s Rail Comeback: A $4 Billion Plan to Ease Highway Bottlenecks
São Paulo state is preparing to bring back a railway most locals thought was gone for good: a 223.6-kilometer line...
October 17, 2025
Brazil and Colombia Are Bracing for a Possible Post-Maduro Shock: Borders, Oil, and U.S. Moves
Two stories are unfolding at once on South America’s northern rim. The first is visible: Brazil and Colombia are preparing
October 17, 2025
Lula Defends Venezuelan Sovereignty As U.S.–Brazil Seek Thaw After Tariff Clash
In a sharply worded speech in Brasília, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended Venezuelan and Cuban sovereignty
October 17, 2025
From Testy Exchanges To Timetables: Rubio–Vieira Reset U.S.–Brazil Talks
Brazil’s foreign minister Mauro Vieira and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met for roughly an hour inside the White...
October 17, 2025
Patria’s $3 Billion Bet: Inside Latin America’s Quiet Infrastructure Rebuild
A São Paulo-based asset manager most people outside the region have never heard of just closed the largest dedicated infrastructure
October 17, 2025