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 Agro
Dec 8, 2025
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10 min read
China is extending its sweeping review of beef imports, which could be bad news for producers in Brazil.
Brazil Daily
Dec 5, 2025
17 min read
Analyzing Brazil’s latest Q3 GDP figures. Workweek discussions expose the country’s productivity gaps. Congress approves the blueprint for the 2026 budget.
Brazil Business
Dec 3, 2025
9 min read
The continued growth of e-commerce in Brazil is fueling a race for warehouses, pitting Latin America’s Mercado Livre against Asia’s Shopee.
Dec 1, 2025
Once a staple of simple rural life, Brazilian donkeys are being slaughtered to feed an international market.
16 min read
The president sets out his stall to fight for re-election in 2026. We look at the latest five-year plan from Petrobras. Hiring slows, but unemployment is still dropping.
Nov 26, 2025
The US has exempted various products since first imposing steep tariffs on Brazilian goods in August, but the impact on trade could be as much as USD 3 billion a year.
Nov 24, 2025
After a seven-year suspension, Brazilian poultry will return to a pre-listing system that streamlines exports to the European Union.
Nov 19, 2025
Large-scale investigations into organized crime’s money-laundering schemes gave momentum to a bill targeting companies that use tax delinquency as a business strategy.
Nov 17, 2025
Despite its major farming sector, Brazil’s agricultural insurance market never fully developed, and crop coverage is at an all-time low.
COP30
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Nov 14, 2025
Meta under the data protection microscope in Brazil. A negotiating twist puts one of COP30’s key priorities at risk. Opinions are mixed on Brazil’s new streaming bill.
Nov 12, 2025
As the global IPO market rebounds, could US-based exchanges attract more Brazilian companies?
Nov 10, 2025
8 min read
Brazil’s tilapia farming sector is thriving. But the fish isn’t native to the country, and its introduction has caused environmental issues.
Nov 6, 2025
18 min read
An argument in favor of changing Brazil’s inflation target. Bolsonaro closer to serving his sentence. Reforming Brazil’s civil service is no easy task.
Nov 5, 2025
Brazil's manufacturing sector is lagging compared to other economies, amid contracting monetary policy and high-tech development abroad.
Nov 3, 2025
China and the US have struck a trade truce that includes ending the Chinese boycott of American soybeans. What does the new outlook mean for Brazilian farmers?
Oct 30, 2025
The political project behind Tuesday’s bloody police operation in Rio. Brazil is facing a shortage of truck drivers. New defense budget gives Embraer more reasons to smile.
Oct 29, 2025
Brazil reduced its high banking concentration by benefiting fintechs through lower tax burdens and looser regulation. Is it time to take off their training wheels?
Oct 27, 2025
11 min read
A volatile commodities market and high interest rates have driven a sharp rise in loan defaults among Brazilian farmers.
Oct 23, 2025
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.
Oct 22, 2025
Brazil’s state-controlled postal service faces its third year in the red, and the government prepares a BRL 20 billion bailout.
Oct 20, 2025
Agribusiness does not want to be responsible for the lion’s share of Brazil’s carbon emission goals.
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
