Brazil

  • Dec 3, 2019
  • 2 min read

Third-quarter Brazil uptick exceeds expectations

GDP expanded by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter and 1.2% year-on-year in the third quarter

Brazil
  • Dec 2, 2019
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Bolsonaro's Brazil forest fire bluster will backfire

The president has claimed that an NGO and a Hollywood actor are culpable of deliberately setting forest fires

Brazil
  • Nov 26, 2019
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Brazil political polarisation is set to rise further

The opposition Workers' Party (PT) looks set to shift to the left to combat the government's social policies

Brazil
  • Nov 25, 2019
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Protest fears may delay Brazil public sector reforms

The government has reportedly decided to delay new reform bills until 2020 as worries over protests increase

Brazil
  • Nov 22, 2019
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New Brazil presidential party may divide not multiply

President Jair Bolsonaro has launched a new political party after leaving his previous one

Brazil
  • Nov 20, 2019
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Brazil Cartes warrant will increase Paraguay pressures

A Brazilian judge has issued an international arrest warrant for former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes

Paraguay
  • Nov 20, 2019
  • 2 min read

Brazil raises new pitfalls for Mercosur-EU trade deal

The possible opening of Amazonia to sugarcane planting raises a new risk for the Mercosur-EU trade deal

Brazil
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Brazil in 2020

The coming year will see mounting political polarisation and muted growth

Brazil