The Day Brazil’s Stock Market Broke: Who Lost the Most
Lula’s surprise re-election sent the Ibovespa down 13.88% in a single session. From fleet rental to retail and banks, here are the companies that lost the most and why.
Lula’s surprise re-election sent the Ibovespa down 13.88% in a single session. From fleet rental to retail and banks, here are the companies that lost the most and why.
Whether to show up became a move in the game. How Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro turned debate attendance into a game of chicken, from the canceled Globo debate to the Band showdown.
Flávio Bolsonaro says he would keep Bolsa Família but turn it into the start of a path toward jobs, lower taxes and stronger entrepreneurs. Here is the case his supporters make, and what critics say in response.
Indonesia’s state oil company is circling the Guyana-Suriname basin, one of the world’s hottest offshore frontiers. It is not yet a player like Exxon or TotalEnergies, but it wants to become one.
Is the “Country of the Future” Finally Arriving? eyesonbrasil On Monday, October 5, Brazilian assets did something they rarely do all at once: they soared together. The dollar closed at R$ 5.0022, down 4.12%, while the Ibovespa climbed 7.85% to 207,190 points, one of the strongest sessions of the year. It was the dollar’s biggest…
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The U.S. suspended consular services and Australia closed its embassy in Brasília just before Brazil’s election, while American warships remain in the Caribbean. What is Washington preparing for? The public evidence points to several readings, and none settles the question.
Days before the first round of voting, the ban on sports betting has opened a rift between the Planalto Palace and Brazilian football.
eyesonbrasil While world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly last week, Paraguay quietly ran a masterclass in economic diplomacy. President Santiago Peña didn’t just attend the General Assembly — he used the sidelines to stage the Paraguay Investment Forum, opening it in front of 50 local business leaders and 150 investors…
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Paraguay brought its investment pitch to New York, landing a $200 million J.P. Morgan forestry deal — while Brazil keeps absorbing the cost of Trump’s tariffs.
From AI-powered leak detection in São Paulo to Arcadis’s fifteen-year infrastructure partnership with SABESP, Dutch water technology and entrepreneurship are quietly reshaping how Brazil’s cities manage drought and flood.
