Brazil’s Big-City Inequality Hits Record Low as Wages Rise
Brazil's metro Gini fell to 0.534 in 2024—its lowest ever—as 9.5 million residents escaped poverty. See what's driving the shift.
October 7, 2025Section
Politics – Brazil
Trump And Lula Shift From Talk To Travel — And Politics Moves With Them
The story moved beyond a cordial video call. After speaking on Monday, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and...
October 7, 2025
Lula Presses Trump To Scrap 40% Surcharge, Testing A Fragile Reset In U.S.–Brazil Ties
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke for about 30 minutes on Monday, agreeing...
October 6, 2025
Brazil’s Central Bank Chief Defends “Hot Economy” View Amid Wider External Gap
Brazil’s new central bank chief, Gabriel Galípolo, used a São Paulo forum to send a blunt message: the economy is...
October 6, 2025
Inside Brazil’s Open Finance: Who Owns Your Bank Data—and Who Profits?
Brazil built one of the world’s most ambitious open-finance systems, letting people share bank data across apps to get cheaper...
October 6, 2025
A Megacity’s Safety Net: How Sabesp’s EMAE Deal Strengthens Water Security
Sabesp, São Paulo state’s water utility, has struck two agreements to take control of EMAE for R$1.131 billion ($213 million)
October 6, 2025
Brazil’s Reverse Power Crunch: Too Much Solar at Noon, Not Enough Control at Dusk
On Sunday, August 10, 2025, Brazil’s grid hit an odd kind of danger. Father’s Day kept many people at home,...
October 6, 2025
Bolsonaro Allies Intensify Pressure on Brazil’s Supreme Court as Amnesty March Looms
On October 7, Brazil’s right will march in Brasília for “amnesty”—a sweeping pardon for those prosecuted over the January 8,...
October 4, 2025
Amnesty Politics In Brazil: The Street Theater, The Courtroom Math, And What’s Really At Stake
Brazil’s fight over amnesty for the January 8 rioters has stalled in Congress and shifted into a test of optics...
October 4, 2025