The interest on inflation-linked public bonds exceeded 6.5% in 2023, in the accumulated rate for 12 months. One year ago, they were 5.65%. The data are from Tesouro Direto and can be accessed on this panel. In practice, it is more expensive for the public sector to finance itself and more attractive to investors who […]
By Thorben Austen The Guatemalan Electoral Tribunal TSE has informed the leftist party Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos (Movement for the Liberation of Peoples, MLP) that it will not allow its candidacy for the presidential election. The police certificate of good conduct presented by the candidate for vice president, former human rights ombudsman […]
The Pentagon said a second Chinese “surveillance balloon” was flying over Latin America on Friday (Feb. 3). The information comes after the first balloon was detected in the United States. “We observed reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess that it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Defense Department spokesman Pat Ryder said […]
The dollar and interest rates rose in the Brazilian market on Friday (Feb. 3), after criticism made by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist) regarding the independence of the Central Bank and the spending cap. The dollar closed at R$5.04 on Thursday, the lowest level since August 2022 but then jumped to R$5.15. […]
Each step is taken carefully in the São Francisco de Paula, Serra Gaucha pine forest. Armed with wicker baskets, the tourists keep an eye on the ground, covered with dry leaves, searching for mushrooms. Small elevations in the leaf litter can be an indication of the existence of a mushroom. And looking at the edges […]
PoderData survey conducted from Jan. 29 to 31, 2023, shows that 46% are opposed to same-sex marriage in Brazil. ]The percentage rose 7 percentage points in 7 months. In two years, the increase was 13 percentage points. This is the highest level of opposition recorded by the polling company since the question was first asked […]
Americanas' key shareholders - Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles, and Beto Sicupira - have decided to land in Brazil and personally negotiate a solution for the Americanas affair. Since Jan. 11, the company has faced a widespread credibility crisis after Sergio Rial, former CEO of the retailer, resigned and revealed that the company has a […]
Former president Jair Bolsonaro showed concern about the directions Brazil may take based on the economic decisions adopted by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government. The statement was made during the "Power of The People" event in the United States, where the president has been since December 30 last year. "I don't see with good […]
The Chilean government released a new balance sheet, reporting that the death toll in the forest fires rose to 22 on Saturday, Feb. 4. In addition, another 16 people are injured in critical condition. “At this moment, we have a tough, very painful balance sheet of 22 people who have died,” said Carolina Tohá, interior […]