Kast Raises Chile’s 2027 Spending 1.5% in Budget
Chile 2027 budget: President Kast proposes 1.5% more spending, protects pensions and benefits, and says the state will check every...
October 1, 2026Topic
Spending
Mozambique Spent a Third of Its Gas Money, Zero on the Hospital
Mozambique spent just 37.37% of the budget funded by Rovuma gas revenues in the first half of 2026, and a...
August 26, 2026
Brazil Fiscal Squeeze Deepens as Finance Chief Warns on Spending
Brazil's new finance minister warns the country becomes unviable without curbing mandatory spending, the fiscal worry behind every Brazil-asset bet.
June 13, 2026
Brazil’s Tourism Sector Surging in First Half of 2018
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite political uncertainty and well-publicized security concerns, according to Brazil's...
August 16, 2018
Brazilians Plan to Spend 11% More on Mother’s Day in 2018
A survey by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (IBRE-FGV) released last Thursday, May 10th, reveals...
May 13, 2018
Rio’s Allocation in Security Investment Drops to Near Zero
In 2017, Rio de Janeiro spent R$9.9 billion on public security, with 83 percent of that amount devoted to personnel...
March 13, 2018
IMF Says Brazil Poised to Emerge from Deep Recession
As Brazil finally begins to show signs of exiting its deep recession, the IMF cautions that all will depend on...
November 16, 2016
Brazil Constitutional Amendment Passes First Round Vote
In vote that began on Monday, October 10th, and lasted until early Tuesday, October 11th, Brazil’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly...
October 11, 2016
Brazil Aims to Approve Limit on Federal Spending
The Constitutional amendment calls for federal spending to be limited to a ceiling of the previous year's budget, adjusted by...
October 10, 2016