Brazil

  • Feb 11, 2019
  • 7 min read

Brazil's Bolsonaro has momentum, but faces pitfalls

Pending pension and anti-crime reforms could complicate government negotiations with Congress

Brazil
  • Feb 8, 2019
  • 7 min read

Vale disaster may prompt tighter Brazil mining laws

The Brumadinho tailings dam disaster has prompted an outcry over the dozens of deaths and environmental damage

Brazil
  • Feb 7, 2019
  • 7 min read

Brazil’s tailings tragedy may hasten regulatory reform

Brazil’s second major tailings failure within four years shines the spotlight on waste management in the mining sector

International
  • Feb 7, 2019
  • 2 min read

New Lula corruption conviction will polarise in Brazil

The former president has been sentenced to prison in a second corruption case

Brazil
  • Feb 5, 2019
  • 7 min read

Social conservatism finds limited echo in Brazil

A recent survey suggests that social conservatism is far more limited than suggested by the 2018 presidential election

Brazil
  • Feb 5, 2019
  • 2 min read

Crime proposals may face rough passage in Brazil

Justice Minister Sergio Moro is to present 14 anti-crime reforms to Congress in coming days

Brazil
  • Feb 4, 2019
  • 2 min read

Congressional events will have mixed impact in Brazil

President Jair Bolsonaro's allies will lead both houses of Congress, but a probe involving his senator son will proceed

Brazil
  • Feb 1, 2019
  • 7 min read

Brazil agricultural output will rise again this year

Soya will continue to lead production and exports of primary commodities in 2019

Brazil