Letícia Arcoverde is a journalist based in São Paulo. She has worked as a reporter at Valor Econômico and as an editor at Nexo Jornal.
Brazil Daily
Oct 23, 2025
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16 min read
How social media is changing Congress. Brazil’s tax system hurt Netflix’s bottom line. Despite ESG claims, banks continue to fund oil ventures in the Amazon.
Brazil Business
Oct 22, 2025
11 min read
Brazil’s state-controlled postal service faces its third year in the red, and the government prepares a BRL 20 billion bailout.
Brazil Agro
Oct 20, 2025
10 min read
Agribusiness does not want to be responsible for the lion’s share of Brazil’s carbon emission goals.
17 min read
A higher court faces a corruption scandal. A vote for decriminalizing abortions. Telenovelas have lost their cultural clout — but are still money-printing machines.
Oct 16, 2025
State-run IT firm Serpro is developing an AI model for government use. The Batista brothers buy up a stake in nuclear power. New Saab facility strengthens Brazil’s defense aviation chops.
Oct 15, 2025
The Brazilian stock exchange has gone four years without an IPO. But some companies are taking a shortcut to the market.
Oct 13, 2025
4 min read
Rice farmers brace for a hard year after prices plummeted. While the food is still a staple of traditional meals, Brazilians have been eating less and less of it
Oct 9, 2025
3 min read
Lack of a court decision on social media content creates legal limbo. The government’s positive streak in Congress could never last. Figures of unsolved murders in Brazil.
Oct 8, 2025
Once buoyed by rapid expansion, green solutions firm Ambipar is now reeling from legal disputes, boardroom upheaval and controversial financial maneuvers.
Oct 6, 2025
Despite pressure from a developing sector and its own agricultural research agency, Brazil has once again delayed regulating medicinal and industrial cannabis.
Oct 2, 2025
Lower house gives green light to income tax bill. The importance of the Mercosur-EFTA deal. An adulterated alcohol panic in São Paulo.
Oct 1, 2025
Critical minerals become increasingly tangled in geopolitics and could come to the negotiating table amid Brazil’s trade talks with the US
Podcast
Congress could advance an income tax reform seeking to make the notoriously complex Brazilian system more progressive. But just how unequal are taxes in Brazil?
Sep 29, 2025
With a long history of dominance, soybean is still Brazil’s top farming output. But it has weathered rough periods.
Sep 25, 2025
The government’s popular income tax reform bill will move forward in Congress. The House and Senate find themselves at odds. Bolsonaro’s succession story rumbles on.
Sep 24, 2025
Brazil’s top court has tightened up coverage rules for private health care, in an attempt to curb lawsuits
Sep 22, 2025
A poor harvest and Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazilian coffee have fueled market speculation and sent prices soaring in the United States and beyond.
Sep 18, 2025
The far right flexes its muscles in the House. The Central Bank’s latest rate decision. Who gets your social media after you die?
Sep 17, 2025
New and returning players are pouring billions into Brazil’s food delivery market, hoping to chip away at iFood’s dominance.
Sep 15, 2025
Pasture restoration is among Brazil’s big bets against deforestation, making already-degraded lands productive again.
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Sep 11, 2025
Fux votes to acquit, making it 2-1 on the Bolsonaro scoreboard. Brazil’s northernmost state is linked to the national power grid. Itaú faces heat for remote worker sackings.
Sep 10, 2025
Chinese investment in Brazil doubled in 2024, with capital increasingly spread across smaller projects, particularly in the energy and oil sectors.
Sep 8, 2025
Brazil has seen record pork production and exports, driven by rising demand in Asia and at home.
Sep 4, 2025
2 min read
The Central Bank vetoes the BRB-Banco Master deal. The latest from the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. The Bolsonaro trial completes its second day.
Sep 3, 2025
Brazil’s solar boom has boosted capacity but put strain on the grid, cutting flexibility and raising overload risks regulators are scrambling to fix.
