Carrefour Quits Supermarkets in Brazil With Sale of 21 Stores
Carrefour is selling 21 neighbourhood supermarkets in Brazil to Grupo Pereira, all but leaving the format and giving a rival...
September 26, 2026Topic
Brazil
Brazil Gives Bettors Until 5 October to Empty Betting Accounts
Brazil's betting ban sets a 5 October cash-out deadline, gives Congress 120 days to vote and leaves a tax hole...
September 26, 2026
Lula Extends Brazil’s Diesel Subsidy Eight Days Before the Election
Brazil's finance ministry extended the diesel subsidy for another 30 days, eight days before the first round, and the opposition...
September 26, 2026
Petrobras Nears US$2.3 Billion Platform Deal With Malaysia’s Yinson
Petrobras is negotiating with Yinson over a US$2.3 billion floating platform for the ageing Albacora field, a test of its...
September 26, 2026
Brazil’s Top Court Finds Hidden AI Commands Inside a Legal Appeal
Brazil's Supreme Court says a lawyer hid AI commands in an appeal, while a governing-party deputy asks the same court...
September 26, 2026
Brazil Bans Online Betting, Sites Shut After 5 October
Brazil's online betting ban is in force: Provisional Measure 1,394 bars deposits, sports bets included, and sites close after 5...
September 26, 2026
Brazil’s Desenrola 3.0 Targets US$29 Billion in Debt
Brazil's Desenrola 3.0 will buy up to about US$29 billion of defaulted family debt at up to 90% off. Who...
September 25, 2026
Brazil Is Helping Angola Write a New Military Penal Code
Brazil's military prosecutors are helping Angola draft a new military penal code, the quietest strand of a widening South Atlantic...
September 25, 2026
Vasco da Gama SAF Auction Goes to Lamacchia’s Almirante in US$386 Million Deal
Almirante Participações, company of Marcos Lamacchia, won the court auction for 90% of Vasco's SAF on 25 September. The money,...
September 25, 2026