Kenyan ambassador on why Brazil should not look past Africa

🌊 Lula comes up for air

The state of the presidential election. A push for a South American "single sky." A talk with the Kenyan ambassador to Brasília.

🇨🇳 Cropped out

China's drive for food self-sufficiency could curb its appetite for commodities — bad news for Brazil, its top supplier.

📱 How Pix was born in Brazil

As the US targets Brazil’s ubiquitous instant payment system, everyone wants to claim Pix as its own. Here’s how and why it was created

⚽ The World Cup effect

Economists project Brazilian retail could generate BRL 4.32 billion because of this year’s FIFA World Cup, a 6.5% increase from the 2022 tournament

🇪🇺 Mercosur-EU, one month in

Around USD 700 million of Brazilian farming exports have become exempt from tariffs in the first month of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement implementation.

🔎 An elusive businessman

Brazilian businessman Nelson Tanure made a career out of investing in risky, distressed assets in various sectors. Now he is under investigation for alleged ties to the Banco Master scandal

🍺 Hop crops

Brazil is one of the world's largest beer producers, but it needs to import nearly all of the hops used in the process. Researchers want to change that

Dutch ambassador talks Brazil-Netherlands cooperation in defense, trade

⚠️ Pix at risk?

The US’s sword of Damocles over Brazil's economy. Vorcaro’s plea deal negotiations continue. Our interview with the Dutch ambassador to Brazil.

🛗 C-level shake-up

Squeezed by costlier capital and shareholder demands for faster results, Brazilian companies are churning through chief executives

🥩 Beef bans

Restrictions from the European Union and China have raised major concerns for the Brazilian beef sector, which has struggled to break into other promising markets.

🤔 How much of it is the economy, stupid?

How much economic results will weigh on government approval ratings is among the key questions ahead of this year’s presidential election in Brazil.

💸 Credit discomfort peak

Brazilians are increasingly dependent on riskier (and more expensive) credit, chipping away at financial well-being and feeding a vicious economic cycle

⛽ Not all biofuels are created equal

In a market dominated by sugarcane and corn, new projects in Brazil are trying to produce ethanol from sources like wheat and soybean.

🗯 The Master scandal reaches the Bolsonaros

Flávio Bolsonaro gets roped into the Banco Master scandal. Lula’s latest fuel prices measure. Brazil’s first IPO in half a decade.

🔄 Drawback setback

Brazil's tax reform promises to simplify how companies pay taxes — with one notable exception: exporters.

🚜 Rage against the (foreign) machine

Brazilian farmers are buying fewer homegrown machines as shrinking margins and a wave of cheaper imports from India and China reshape the market

🛢️ Royalty dispute

Brazil's oil-producing states and cities have collected royalties for decades — but after ten years of delays, the Supreme Court may finally weigh in on whether other governments deserve a share.

🌾 Turn up the wheat

Brazil is on track for one of its smallest wheat harvests in five years, sharply increasing its import needs — and it may not be able to lean entirely on its largest trade partner to fill the gap

📺 Globo hegemony

Brazil’s largest media group is no longer the absolute leader it once was. It is still a gigantic powerhouse.

🤒 Private hospitals in critical condition

After an investment boom, the Brazilian private hospital market is seeing many players dump their assets for cents on the dollar.

⛽ Pump up the soybeans

Brazil is betting on its biofuel industry to weather the storm caused by rising fuel prices

🍽️ The Mounjaro effect

In theory, as GLP-1 drugs become more common, consumption of food (and alcohol) are expected to decrease. Are Brazil’s restaurants finding that to be the case?

🌱 Fertilizer homecoming

Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras left the fertilizer business a decade ago. Now, it wants back in.