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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Can Flávio Save the Very System His Father’s Government Built? eyesonbrasil There’s an irony sitting at the center of Brazil’s trade fight with Washington that almost nobody on either side wants to say out loud: Pix — the instant payment system the Trump administration says is hurting American companies — was launched by the Banco…
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Inside Flávio Bolsonaro’s Mission to Washington — and Lula’s Bet That It Backfires eyesonbrasil There’s a particular kind of political theater that only works when both sides need the audience to believe something different about the same scene. That’s roughly what’s been playing out between Brasília and Washington for the past month, as Senator Flávio…
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