Florianópolis Wins UN Zero-Waste Praise, Treats 13% of Its Food Waste
Florianópolis treats just 13% of its food waste as it pursues a 90% target by 2030. Inside the UN-praised Florianópolis...
July 9, 2026Section
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Brazil’s Bars Set a Record. Retail Had Its Worst June Since 2020.
Brazil retail sales fell 2.8% in June, the worst June since 2020, even as World Cup match days set bar...
July 9, 2026
Brazil’s Gangs Move 2.4 Times What the State Spends on Security
Brazil's gangs move R$348bn ($67.6bn) a year, 2.4 times all state security spending, a federal audit finds, exposing a Brazil...
July 9, 2026
Brazil Will Let Households Pick Their Power Supplier in 2028
Households join the Brazil free energy market from 25 November 2028 and small firms from November 2027, a draft decree...
July 9, 2026
Rio Rents Jump 43% in Three Years as “Dollarization” Pushes Locals Out
Rio rents jumped 42.7% from May 2023 to May 2026, nearly triple inflation, as tourism, foreign buyers and remote workers...
July 8, 2026
Brazil’s Best Food Contest Isn’t in Restaurants. It’s in Bars
More than 1,100 bars joined Comida di Buteco in 2026, Brazil's nationwide bar food contest. Here is how newcomers can...
July 8, 2026
A Mexican Master Takes Over São Paulo’s Most Famous Museum
MASP shows a major art retrospective of Mexican artist Damian Ortega, titled matéria e energia, gathering over thirty years of...
July 8, 2026
Ancient Weaving From the Argentine Chaco Lands in São Paulo
MASP in São Paulo shows around 30 works of Wichí textile art by Claudia Alarcón and the Silät collective, woven...
July 8, 2026
Vivo Is Absorbing Its Fiber Unit. Here’s Why It Matters
Telefonica Brasil, which runs Vivo, will vote on July 31 to absorb its FiBrasil fiber unit, folding a once-separate wholesale...
July 8, 2026