Mexico Wants Its $431 Billion Pension Pool to Build the Country
Mexico pension funds hold $431B—a quarter of GDP—yet deploy just 8% in structured assets. A new law targets this capital...
June 25, 2026Section
Business
Economic and Business News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Why Brazilians Now Run the World’s Two Biggest Beer Companies
A Brazilian was just named chief of Heineken, so the two largest brewers on earth will both be Brazilian-led. The...
June 25, 2026
SpaceX’s Record IPO Puts Brazil’s Space Industry on Investors’ Radar
SpaceX's record $75B IPO values space at $1.8T—Brazil's space sector sees private demand hit $154M/yr as Alcântara's equatorial edge draws...
June 25, 2026
GM Bets Another $670 Million on Brazil as China’s EV Makers Close In
General Motors is adding to its Brazil investment, lifting its plan toward two billion dollars, as it races to build...
June 25, 2026
Brazil’s Bond Boom: Record Borrowing Despite High Rates
Brazil corporate bonds reached a record R$492.8bn ($95bn) in 2025—even with the Selic rate near a 20-year high. Here's what's...
June 25, 2026
China’s State Iron Buyer Courts Brazil’s CSN to Tighten Its Grip
China's state iron ore buyer CMRG is in talks to become exclusive sales agent for Brazil's CSN, which produced 45.5...
June 25, 2026
Brazil’s Biggest Oil Field Sets a Record as Crude Prices Fall
Petrobras's Búzios field pumped 1.1 million barrels a day on June 23—a third of Brazil oil production—as crude prices fall...
June 25, 2026
Brazil’s Antitrust Watchdog Moves Against the Stock Exchange Itself
Brazil's competition regulator recommended condemning B3, the near-monopoly stock exchange, for abusing its dominance. What is at stake for investors.
June 25, 2026
A Brazilian Ozempic Rival Takes On a $1 Billion Weight-Loss Market
Hypera filed to launch Semavy, a semaglutide pen targeting Brazil's R$5bn weight-loss drug market after the patent expired in March...
June 25, 2026