Brazil’s April Trade Surplus Hits Record US$10.5B as US Exports Fall
Brazil's April 2026 trade surplus reached a record US$10.537B (+37.5% YoY) as China surged 32.5% and US exports fell 11.3%...
May 8, 2026Section
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Banco Master Crisis Spreads to Centrão, Bolsonaros, and Tether
Banco Master crisis widened May 7 with Tether's R$1.6B claim against Vorcaro, BRB fraud probe, and Senate pressure to remove...
May 8, 2026
Azul Posts First Results After Chapter 11: Loss Shrinks 98%
Azul's adjusted net loss fell 97.6% to R$44.4M in Q1 2026, with record EBITDA of R$1.69B. See what the post-Chapter...
May 8, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Friday, May 8, 2026
The Ibovespa's Worst Day of the War: Petrobras Dragged the Index to 183,218 as Oil's Collapse Met Qeshm Strikes
May 8, 2026
Brazil’s Enter Becomes Latin America’s First AI Unicorn at $1.2B
São Paulo legal-AI startup Enter hit $1.2B valuation in a $100M+ Series B led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund —...
May 7, 2026
Axia (Ex-Eletrobras) Posts $521M Q1 Profit on Free-Market Surge
NI R$2.631B ($521M), reversing -R$354M. Adj NI R$3.707B ($734M). Regulatory adj NI R$3.213B — nearly 8x the R$409M of Q1...
May 7, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Thursday, May 7, 2026
Brent Crashed 8% to $101 on Iran Deal Hopes, the S&P Closed Above 7,300 for the First Time, and the...
May 7, 2026
Bradesco Q1 Profit Beats at R$6.8B as Turnaround Hits Ninth Straight Quarter of Growth
Bradesco (B3: BBDC4, NYSE: BBD) reported Q1 2026 recurring net income of R$6.81 billion ($1.35B) on Wednesday May 6, up...
May 7, 2026
Itaú Posts $2.4B Q1 Profit With 26% Brazil Return on Equity
Itaú Q1 profit hit R$12.282 billion ($2.43B), up 10.4% YoY, beating Bloomberg consensus of R$12.191B but trailing LSEG's R$12.5B estimate,...
May 6, 2026