Brazil’s Court Watchdog Freezes the 21-Year Banco Santos Bankruptcy
Brazil's watchdog froze Banco Santos bankruptcy, ousted 30+ administrators over $2.3B in missing assets, an off-book cash pool, and a...
July 13, 2026Topic
Brazil
Brazil Inspected Six in a Hundred of Its Riskiest Dams Last Year
The Brazil dam safety report names 213 dams as critical, and fewer than six percent of regulated dams were inspected...
July 10, 2026
A Judge Says Two of Brazil’s Biggest Banks Helped Hide Americanas Debt
A federal judge saw indications that Itaú and Santander hid Americanas fraud debts. Itaú flatly denies any coordination as courts...
July 10, 2026
Brazilian Judges Are Paid Far Above the Legal Cap. Their Courts See No Problem
Payments hit ten times Brazil's R$46,366 cap. After the STF penduricalhos ruling, seven state courts were summoned to explain and...
July 10, 2026
Brazil Says $1.5bn Was Laundered Through Rio Petrol Stations
Coaf traced R$7.6bn ($1.48bn) in a Rio fuel station laundering case. A Senate hopeful and former police chief are among...
July 10, 2026
The U.S. Overstated Beef Export Sales Tenfold. Brazil Prices Against That Number
USDA beef export data for the week to June 25 was published at 126,062 tonnes, then cut ninety percent to...
July 10, 2026
A Brazilian Banker Hired $1.5m of Influencers to Attack His Regulator
Federal police raided the adman behind a paid influencer campaign against Brazil central bank, ordered after regulators blocked the sale...
July 10, 2026
Offering Pix Now Costs Brazil’s Small Firms an Extra $1m in Capital
Offering Pix adds R$5m to Brazil minimum capital rules, and 679 of 1,751 firms could fall short. See who is...
July 10, 2026
The Oil Dividend: How a Falling Oil Price Redraws Inflation
A crude price sliding from around one hundred dollars toward seventy is quietly redrawing the world inflation map, easing importers...
July 2, 2026