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The first presidential debate of 2026. The first major poll after campaigns officially started.
Anomalies turned up in 60.5% of the otoliths sampled at the mouth of the São Mateus River, more than double the previous national high.
Airlines stage antitrust battle. Lula's son continues to be a campaign headache. The rules on social media during the campaign.
In June, 9.1 million Brazilian companies were behind on their bills, the most since records began.
Petrobras strikes oil, and the political class celebrates. Rio's contested governor's race returns to the Supreme Court. Brazil's oddest election rule.
The 2026 campaign officially begins. What the latest polls say. Brazil's slow response to US tariffs.
A new Central Bank rule will require large transfers to be parked for 24 hours before they leave the country. The market it slows is mostly stablecoins, mostly Tether, and mostly bought inside bank apps.
The presidential race gets all the attention in Brazil. Congress is where power will actually be won or lost.
The Barretos Rodeo Show opens on August 20 with three presidential hopefuls on the guest list and an incumbent who has never accepted the invitation.
The presidential campaign is officially on. Each candidate launched his bid on home turf.
Brazil didn't ban foie gras so much as it banned the way foie gras is made.
Dozens of former athletes are running for office in 2026. Their appeal to political parties has everything to do with the country's complicated system for electing the lower house of Congress.
A record order book, a raised outlook, and a military cargo plane with more buyers than assembly capacity.
Brazil opens retaliation case against US tariffs. Another mess for Flávio Bolsonaro. Savers hit by the 1990 asset freeze are still chasing their money.
Justices upheld the agreement's validity but said a private pact cannot bind state action. But states were also allowed to withhold tax breaks from companies that take part.
Lula wants Brazil in the AI race. A fuel bill mutates into a budgetary monster. Small electricity consumers win the right to choose their supplier.
