Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday that high interest rates are poised to have a much stronger effect on inflation than many expect, dismissing fears that fiscal challenges could undermine the effectiveness of monetary policy.

Brazil's wind power sector lost steam in 2024, local association ABEEolica said on Friday, noting that it expects continued downward pressure before growth resumes in 2027.

Brazil moved swiftly to rule Bolsonaro ineligible for office until 2030, a penalty that could be extended by ongoing criminal investigations. In Washington, however, Republicans in the Senate helped acquit Trump in an impeachment trial that would have prevented him from seeking the presidency again.

The final version of the Brazilian tax reform sanctioned on Thursday by Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is slightly higher than the one approved by the lower house before it went to the senate,

Billionaire Rubens Ometto’s conglomerate Cosan SA is giving up its stake in mining giant Vale SA, ending its bet on a mining investment in order to pay down debt.

“I’m Still Here,” a Sony Pictures Classics release in limited release Friday (expanding on Jan. 24), is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for “smoking, drug use, brief nudity, some strong language, thematic content.” Running time: 135 minutes. Three stars out of four.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday signed a bill restricting the use of smartphones at school, following a global trend for such limitations.

Brazil’s government will give Meta until Monday to explain the changes to its fact-checking program, Solicitor General Jorge Messias said on Friday.

Despite questions about the effectiveness of such bans, Brazil is the latest to prohibit the devices amid concerns over impacts on learning and well-being.

The introduction of Bybit Card QR Pay aligns with Bybit’s commitment to providing user-centric financial solutions. By leveraging Brazil’s popular Pix payment system, Bybit Ca

Fernanda Torres stars in Walter Salles’s drama about the disappearance of a dissident under the nation’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.