What the Morgan Stanley Governance Number Actually Measures
A Morgan Stanley study puts the gap between top- and bottom-quartile governance in Latin America at 224% since 2010, or...
September 13, 2026Section
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A São Paulo Building Collapse Follows Six Years of Ignored Orders
A building under construction collapsed in east São Paulo, killing at least three. The site was interdicted in 2019 and...
September 13, 2026
Banco do Brasil Settles With Workers While Caixa Stays Out
Banco do Brasil agreed terms with bank workers on 11 September and most bases have returned. Caixa remains on strike...
September 13, 2026
São Paulo Prime Office Rents Rose 18.5% in the First Half
Prime office rents in São Paulo rose 18.5% in the first half of 2026, the steepest in Latin America, as...
September 13, 2026
The CSN Cimentos Offer Lapsed and the Field Is Wider Than Two Bidders
The Cementir and Votorantim offer for CSN Cimentos expired on 9 September without acceptance. Huaxin remains a live bidder and...
September 13, 2026
What the Vorcaro Phone Report Alleges About Moraes
A 218-page police report from Vorcaro’s phone describes a lunch, a R$131 million contract and requests to intervene. The prosecutor-general...
September 13, 2026
Police Report Puts Fictitious Master–BRB Operations at US$3.34 Billion
A Federal Police report describes about R$17 billion in fictitious Master–BRB operations built on mass production of false documents.
September 13, 2026
Datafolha Finds 76% See Excessive Power at the Supreme Court
Datafolha finds 76% of Brazilians say Supreme Court justices hold excessive power, while 85% and 86% say the crisis changed...
September 13, 2026
Seven Public Pension Funds Are Inside the Banco Master Investigation
Federal Police actions over Banco Master have reached seven public pension institutes in six states. Rioprevidência is the largest, at...
September 13, 2026
Fachin Takes on Two More Bolsonaro Processes From Moraes
Two Supreme Court processes against Jair and Eduardo Bolsonaro have passed from Moraes to Fachin, centralised by connexity in the...
September 13, 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro’s Defence Asked Four Times for a Different Justice
Four petitions sought to move the Dark Horse earmarks case from Dino to Mendonça, alleging artificial prevention. The operation proceeded...
September 13, 2026
A Justice Names Mário Frias in the Dark Horse File
Dino’s unsealed decision places deputy Mário Frias in the supposed criminal architecture of the Dark Horse scheme, as a hypothesis....
September 13, 2026
Dino Unseals 5,000 Pages in the Dark Horse Case
Justice Flávio Dino lifted secrecy on the Dark Horse investigation on Sunday, releasing about 5,000 pages and ordering seized devices...
September 13, 2026
Money Returned in Brazil After a 12-Day Search for Its Owner
A consultant in Brazil found more than R$1,000 on the ground, spent 12 days verifying who had lost it, and...
September 13, 2026
South Africa’s President Tells the BRICS Summit That International Law Must Apply Equally
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa used the BRICS summit to demand equal application of international law, placing Gaza, Sudan and...
September 13, 2026
D1 Will Act as a Banking Correspondent for Grupo Aval
Colombia’s largest hard-discount chain will let customers carry out basic banking transactions at store tills on behalf of Grupo Aval’s...
September 13, 2026
Olímpica Signs a Seven-Year Solar Deal With Promigas
Olímpica has contracted Promigas to supply solar power to 180 stores over seven years, with the energy company installing and...
September 13, 2026
Cartagena’s Mayor Answers Petro With Arrival Data
Dumek Turbay cited over 4 million visitors through September, air arrivals up 3.8% and road up 25.1%, answering President Petro...
September 13, 2026
Trump Rules Out Leaving the USMCA
The US president said on 12 September that Washington will not withdraw from the USMCA, narrowing but not settling the...
September 13, 2026
Pope Leo XIV Will Visit Peru From 11 to 16 November
Leo XIV will travel to Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco and Pucallpa from 11 to 16 November, with Peru’s tourism ministry projecting...
September 13, 2026