Brazil
Welfare spending looks set to pass Brazil Congress
The Senate yesterday approved an increase in the spending cap for 2023 and 2024, which now goes to the Lower House
BrazilBrazil growth will slow from third-quarter results
GDP expanded by 0.4% quarter-on-quarter and 3.6% year-on-year in the third quarter, according to the statistics agency
BrazilUruguay isolated in trade talks plans outside Mercosur
Three Mercosur members have warned the fourth, Uruguay, over its plans for bilateral trade talks outside the bloc
MercosurBrazil Congress backs crypto bill as Centrao cemented
The Lower House yesterday adopted a bill regulating "virtual assets" as its speaker looks set for re-election
BrazilBrazil's Bolsonaro reappears but remains silent
The president appeared in public for the first time in nearly a month, at a ceremony at a military academy
BrazilProspects for Brazil in 2023
President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes office on January 1 with a sprawling coalition and strong opposition
BrazilBolsonaro party seeks to overturn Brazil run-off
After a long silence, the president's party has called for the votes cast in 280,000 voting machines to be discounted
BrazilGoldfajn will opt for continuity as IDB president
Brazilian candidate Ilan Goldfajn was elected the new president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday
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