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Brazil Daily

Dec 19, 2025

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17 min read

🚨 Back-to-back raids

Raids in Congress over embezzlement cases. Another delay for the EU-Mercosur deal. Calls for a code of conduct for Supreme Court justices.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Dec 18, 2025

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13 min read

🤯 EU-ltimatum

Lula makes a final push for the EU-Mercosur deal. Bolsonaro sentence-reduction bill makes its way through the Senate. Ozempic’s Brazil patent is running out.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 17, 2025

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18 min read

🙄 It’s not me, it’s EU

Yet another bump in the road for the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Lula and Bolsonaro are both happy with the latest polling. One more step toward tax reform.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 16, 2025

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14 min read

🔮 What lawmakers think

Is Congress warming up to the idea of a Lula re-election win? Braskem could be in for an ownership change. Natural gas producers want their energy to be considered green.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 15, 2025

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19 min read

🤑 Follow the pork

Budget earmarks probe closes in on former speaker Lira. The Bolsonaros lose their Trump card. We speak to the French ambassador in Brazil.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 11, 2025

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16 min read

📖 Between the Central Bank’s lines

The Central Bank’s latest interest rate decision came as no surprise. As talk of reducing Bolsonaro’s sentence gains steam, Congress tests the government. Millions lose power in São Paulo.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 10, 2025

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18 min read

👊 Political hooliganism works

The House speaker used security officers against journalists and a lawmaker, while the Senate passed legislation that directly contradicts Supreme Court precedent.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 9, 2025

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17 min read

👵 Pensions tension

Brazilians are living longer. But what does that mean for pensions? One Supreme Court justice’s crusade against opaque earmarks Brazil celebrates historic HIV-AIDS results.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Dec 8, 2025

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15 min read

☝ The chosen one

Jair Bolsonaro picks his heir. Or does he? Lula’s standing after three years in office. Influential people in Brasília are less concerned.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 5, 2025

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17 min read

🐌 Slowing, not sinking

Analyzing Brazil’s latest Q3 GDP figures. Workweek discussions expose the country’s productivity gaps. Congress approves the blueprint for the 2026 budget.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Dec 4, 2025

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16 min read

♟️ Institutional gambit

Another front in Brasília’s war. Rio scandal is the latest in a wave linking politics to organized crime. JBS’s poultry division to be placed on modern slavery list.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 3, 2025

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15 min read

☎️ Direct line diplomacy

A “very productive” phone call between Lula and Trump. A Supreme Court confirmation hearing is postponed, and Lula is relieved. The latest in Bolsonaro family infighting.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 2, 2025

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13 min read

⛏️ Mine the gap

The issues plaguing Brazil’s mining operations. On the run, a former spymaster has his salary frozen. The economic implications of a lower minimum wage hike.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 1, 2025

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16 min read

🔢 Lula’s election bingo card

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.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Nov 28, 2025

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17 min read

⛽ Fuel’s gold

A police operation goes after chronic tax debtor Refit. Congress strikes down Lula’s environmental licensing vetoes, just days after COP30. Brazil’s hamstrung securities regulator is about to lose another member.

Euan Marshall, +1

Brazil Daily

Nov 27, 2025

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15 min read

🏦 Push for total autonomy

Brazil’s Central Bank wants to rid itself of all political pressure. The government has a plan to bring back railways. Brazil approves a one-shot dengue fever vaccine.

Gustavo Ribeiro

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