Brazil Daily

💊 The bitter pill may be losing its effect

The Central Bank’s last policy decision of the year. New popularity poll. Senate passes energy transition bill

🧠 Lula undergoes emergency head surgery

Lula rushed to the hospital. Fresh inflation data. The new tax reform draft. A new currency “normal”

📱 Semiconductor push?

Brazilian chipmaker gets some funding. Itaú faces trouble with its former executives

🧀 Brazilian heritage

Mercosur-EU deal on the verge of completion. Unesco recognizes Minas cheese. Mariana effects still felt in Espírito Santo

🙌 Poverty plummets

Brazil’s poverty rates drop to lowest on record. Markets have no love lost for Lula. Far-right influence in major House committee

🐶 Barking up the wrong tree?

The left’s new bet to win over workers. Slave labor allegations at BYD factory. Clean energy bill is actually a boost to coal

🌶️ Overheated economy?

Brazil’s latest GDP reading. Congressional budgetary earmarks cleared again. Lula encroaches on telecom regulatory agency

🤬 Trump’s tariff threat

Trump threatens BRICS with tariffs. Mobility projects for the São Paulo metropolitan hub. The government v. the markets

👎 Confidence crisis

🍌 Markets go bananas on Brazil

Haddad’s plan for budget cuts. Brazil’s push to integrate South America. The gun-control struggle in Brazil

🧑‍💻 Internet tenets on trial

A crucial trial for Brazilian internet. Bolsonaro was all-in on coup plot. Atlantic Forest under pressure

⛔ Counter-boycott

Brazilian meat producers strike back at Carrefour. Budget cut announcement: today might not be the day. São Paulo legislature gives platform to anti-Israel rhetoric