Senate president Rodrigo Pacheco

Brazil’s Senate to vote today on amendment deferring Court-ordered debt payments

Senate president Rodrigo Pacheco deferred to Thursday the vote on the Court-ordered federal debt proposed constitutional amendment (PEC),

December 2, 2021

Brazil’s Senate approves André Mendonça for Federal Supreme Court position

The Senate plenary on Wednesday, December 1, approved André Mendonça's name for the post of Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice.

December 2, 2021

Brazil’s Ibovespa accompanied market adjustment, closed moderately higher (11/29); investors alert to Omicron variant

Ibovespa partially recovered from last Friday's losses, while investors await new information about the Omicron variant of the Covid-19..

November 30, 2021

After Scotland, Portugal hosts Brazil’s political and legal forum

Brazil at this time "would be very bad." One of the panels will feature one of Pacheco's political allies for...

November 15, 2021

Five hot financial market topics for Brazil this coming week

The agenda also includes payrolls in the U.S., BOE decision, PMIs in China and industrial production in Brazil. The 5G...

November 1, 2021

Brazil Senate president rejects Bolsonaro’s petition to impeach STF Justice de Moraes

Senate president Rodrigo Pacheco decided to reject the request for impeachment of STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes lodged by President...

August 26, 2021

Brazil’s Senate president says Congress will not allow democratic setbacks

On a social network post, Pacheco also stated that the dialogue between the government powers is crucial and called for...

August 17, 2021

Escalating feud between Brazil’s Chamber and Senate presidents over competing bills

When being processed in the Senate at the request of rapporteur senator Irajá, Pacheco rejected points extraneous to the text,...

August 13, 2021

Brazil’s Senate President concedes possibility of printed ballots for 2022 elections

Pacheco says he trusts the current electoral system, but accepts the possibility of approving a Proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC) that...

June 15, 2021