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Brazil Business

💼 From São Paulo to Wall Street

Nov 12, 2025

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9 min read

💼 From São Paulo to Wall Street

As the global IPO market rebounds, could US-based exchanges attract more Brazilian companies?

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

🏭 Falling behind

Nov 5, 2025

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9 min read

🏭 Falling behind

Brazil's manufacturing sector is lagging compared to other economies, amid contracting monetary policy and high-tech development abroad.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

🏦 Banks vs fintechs

Oct 29, 2025

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10 min read

🏦 Banks vs fintechs

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?

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

📮 Posting losses

Oct 22, 2025

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11 min read

📮 Posting losses

Brazil’s state-controlled postal service faces its third year in the red, and the government prepares a BRL 20 billion bailout.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

🔕 IPO shortcut

Oct 15, 2025

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10 min read

🔕 IPO shortcut

The Brazilian stock exchange has gone four years without an IPO. But some companies are taking a shortcut to the market.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

📉 Ambipar goes from boom to bust

Oct 8, 2025

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4 min read

📉 Ambipar goes from boom to bust

Once buoyed by rapid expansion, green solutions firm Ambipar is now reeling from legal disputes, boardroom upheaval and controversial financial maneuvers.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

⛏️ Mining strategy

Oct 1, 2025

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3 min read

⛏️ Mining strategy

Critical minerals become increasingly tangled in geopolitics and could come to the negotiating table amid Brazil’s trade talks with the US

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

🩺 Coverage denied

Sep 24, 2025

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4 min read

🩺 Coverage denied

Brazil’s top court has tightened up coverage rules for private health care, in an attempt to curb lawsuits

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

🥡 Delivery wars

Sep 17, 2025

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3 min read

🥡 Delivery wars

New and returning players are pouring billions into Brazil’s food delivery market, hoping to chip away at iFood’s dominance.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

🇨🇳 From Beijing with billions

Sep 10, 2025

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3 min read

🇨🇳 From Beijing with billions

Chinese investment in Brazil doubled in 2024, with capital increasingly spread across smaller projects, particularly in the energy and oil sectors.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

⚡ Brazil’s energy paradox

Sep 3, 2025

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2 min read

⚡ Brazil’s energy paradox

Brazil’s solar boom has boosted capacity but put strain on the grid, cutting flexibility and raising overload risks regulators are scrambling to fix.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

⛏️ Nickel deal

Aug 27, 2025

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4 min read

⛏️ Nickel deal

Chinese miner MMG recently purchased Anglo American’s nickel mines in Brazil — a deal being thrust into a larger geopolitical dispute over critical minerals.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

🔍 Securities scrutiny

Aug 20, 2025

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3 min read

🔍 Securities scrutiny

As Brazil’s markets grow and diversify, the underfunded CVM faces staff shortages, budget gaps and pressure for sweeping reform.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

💾 Public data going private

Aug 13, 2025

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4 min read

💾 Public data going private

Paraná is moving to privatize its state-owned IT company. Privacy watchdogs say the plan risks exposing sensitive information.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

💰 Investment backlash

Aug 6, 2025

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5 min read

💰 Investment backlash

The US is the largest source of foreign direct investment in Brazil. Will a trade crisis between the two countries affect this longstanding history?

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Business

😱 Trade shock, right ahead!

Jul 30, 2025

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3 min read

😱 Trade shock, right ahead!

As the US prepares steep tariffs on Brazilian goods, we explore what’s at stake. Plus, the fresh US sanctions on a Supreme Court justice.

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
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