🙈 Sin tax blind spot

The contradictions of Brazil’s sin tax proposals. A police operation in major Rio de Janeiro favelas. How Lula and Bolsonaro influence municipal politics.

Airfares pushing Brazilians to take the bus

Market Roundup: Investment funds backed by receivables will be taxed

Brazil’s green hydrogen program is ready. But how green will it be?

Brazil has new circular economy guidelines, but lacks the basics

🎧 Bolsonaro’s Big Brother

The latest run-in between Jair Bolsonaro and the Feds. Brazil’s population prospects. And Brazilians’ inability to spot misinformation.

Bolsonaro spied on speaker, politicians, journalists

Corruption charges against the “incorruptible” Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Federal Police recommended charges of embezzling, money laundering, and conspiracy against the former president, as part of a corruption scheme concerning expensive official gifts received from foreign countries during Mr. Bolsonaro’s presidency.

The tax reform will reshape Brazil’s consumption tax system. But revenue distribution could be a pickle

A heavy blow to the Panama Papers probe, eight years on

💪 Lobbies win

Meat and guns favored in tax reform regulation process. Senate still stalling on AI regulations. Private sanitation is on the rise, but coverage is far from universal.

Brazil worried about Amazon energy supply collapse amid drought risks