Paulo Guedes

Brazil’s Publishers Rally Against Proposed Taxation of Book Sales

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian government's recent tax reform proposal has raised criticism from the country’s publishers, authors and...

August 24, 2020

Brazil’s Economy Minister to Push Liberal Agenda Despite Aides’ Departures

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – This week the Brazil’s economic team was stunned by the resignation of two of Paulo Guedes’...

August 15, 2020

Brazil’s Ambitious Plan to Privatize Over US$36 Billion in Assets

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Economy announced on Tuesday, January 14th, that the government intends to sell about...

January 19, 2020

Brazil-U.S. Talks May Take Years Says Former Ambassador

Less than two months after announcing that a trade deal between Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) and the European...

August 9, 2019

Bolsonaro Favors Developing Parts of Amazon Forest, Even Selling its Oxygen

BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Noting that the Amazon forest is known for being the "lungs" of the world, Brazilian Economy Minister,...

July 28, 2019

Bolsonaro May Have to Re-create Ministries Scrapped in January

In addition to protests by teachers and students, investigations into one of his son’s financial activities and stalemate in the...

May 17, 2019

Brazil’s Bolsonaro: How’s He Doing After 100 Days? Part III – Economics

Opinion by Michael Royster São Paulo, SP – It is almost ritualistic for pundits to analyze presidential performance and public...

April 16, 2019

100 Days of Bolsonaro Administration: Campaign Promises

As President Jair Bolsonaro's administration marks its 100 days in office, analysts take a look at promises made during the...

April 10, 2019

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Faces One of the Worst Weeks of Presidency So Far

Not even three months into his term and the government of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is already under fire, with...

March 28, 2019