The Ibovespa, the main index of the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3), closed the week's last trading session with an appreciation of 0.58%, at 110 thousand points. Accumulated, there was a little more than 2% appreciation. The domestic scenario had a favorable week, mainly due to the expectation of the processing of the fiscal framework. During […]
The Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, defended again this Friday (19) the reduction of the introductory interest rate, Selic. The minister said the country is ready to start a cycle of interest rate cuts. "We think there is room to start a cycle [of rate cuts], but ultimately there is a technical team there [at […]
The prime minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, announced on Friday (19) that he is considering removing the visa requirement for Brazilians to enter the country. Kishida met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Hiroshima, where they attended the G7 summit. Japan is considering "procedures for the introduction of short-stay visa waivers for ordinary […]
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated in the early hours of this Saturday (20) - afternoon in Japan - in his first debate as a guest at this edition of the G7. He also asked again for the UN (United Nations) Security Council reform, including new permanent members. According to Lula's PT party, […]
Brazilian economic activity registered a growth of 2.41 percent in the first quarter of the year in relation to the last three months of 2022, the Central Bank of Brazil preliminarily estimated yesterday, Friday. According to the Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br), considered as a prior on the behavior of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it […]
The Brazilian government will reinforce the presence of security forces in the Amazon to avoid environmental crimes such as deforestation and illegal extraction of minerals, official sources informed. The Brazilian government will use resources from the Amazon Fund and the state-owned National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) to increase surveillance in the world's […]
The Argentine government announced yesterday that it is preparing to send Congress a bill to promote green hydrogen. This initiative will seek to balance the care of natural resources with the development necessary to generate employment and exports. The Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, Santiago Cafiero, made the announcement this Friday at the closing of […]
Argentina’s Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, questioned and rejected yesterday, Friday, the proposal of dollarization of the country by sectors of the local opposition given the upcoming presidential elections. “How much market will they be able to sustain with salaries of 100 dollars and with dollars of 1,900 pesos for their production? That is dollarization”, […]
Brazil is designing a new tool to identify the origin of gold mined in the country, which will help buyers find the source of origin of the mineral, allowing them to differentiate legal gold from illegal gold, which is one of the causes of deforestation in the Amazon. The Brazilian Mining Institute (Ibram) and the […]