Economy

Updates on Brazilian economics, business, and politics, as well as international issues that may influence them. Federal government projects, macroeconomic and microeconomic plans, and other news that may benefit the sustainable and employment-generating sectors.

Economy

Telemedicine in Brazil: how doctors from the countryside are serving the entire country and earning as if they were in the capital

Bruno Teles 13/05/2026 at 12:57

Economy

The future of online shopping and the new era of digital consumption

Bruno Teles 13/05/2026 at 12:53

Economy

The government will put 138 prisons in “airplane mode” to silence the communication of factions. The Brazil Against Organized Crime program, announced this Wednesday (13) by Minister Wellington Lima, aims to target 80% of the organized crime leaders in the country.

Bruno Teles 13/05/2026 at 12:08

Agribusiness

While wine loses strength worldwide, Brazil fills the glass, breaks a historic record, and expands vineyards in a move that surprises experts.

Viviane Alves 13/05/2026 at 12:01

Agribusiness

Beef shortage in the US leads Trump administration to consider imports and incentives to reduce food prices

Keila Andrade 13/05/2026 at 09:52

Economy

New credit for Uber, 99, and taxi drivers can pave the way for car ownership, reduce the burden of car rental costs in their budget, and change the math for those who make a living from traffic every day.

Caio Aviz 12/05/2026 at 23:37

Economy

Canadians are disappearing from the United States: The US feels the absence of Canada financially, while hotels, casinos, and tourist destinations try to attract visitors back with promotions.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 12/05/2026 at 22:29

Economy

WEG from Jaraguá do Sul was awarded in New York for strengthening relations between Brazil and the United States, employs over 2,250 people in American territory, operates 10 factories and 9 distribution centers in the country, and boosts the energy infrastructure of the U.S. with locally manufactured products and solutions.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 12/05/2026 at 21:35

Economy

Unclaimed funds will enter a new phase this Tuesday: banks must send funds to the government, while R$ 10.5 billion in idle funds could help finance Desenrola 2.0 and ensure debt renegotiation within the financial system.

Carla Teles 12/05/2026 at 21:00

Economy

Lula scraps the blouse tax, and international purchases up to US$50 are exempt from federal tax, but ICMS is still on the radar.

Caio Aviz 12/05/2026 at 20:11

Economy

Who is the billionaire who donated R$ 140 billion and gave up almost half of her fortune?

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 12/05/2026 at 19:59

Economy

Supermarket employees get Sundays off in Espírito Santo, and a chain reports a 10% drop in turnover, while the sector evaluates whether the new model can improve hiring without pressuring consumer prices.

Carla Teles 12/05/2026 at 19:48

Economy

Telemedicine in Brazil: how doctors from the countryside are serving the entire country and earning as if they were in the capital

The future of online shopping and the new era of digital consumption

The government will put 138 prisons in “airplane mode” to silence the communication of factions. The Brazil Against Organized Crime program, announced this Wednesday (13) by Minister Wellington Lima, aims to target 80% of the organized crime leaders in the country.

While wine loses strength worldwide, Brazil fills the glass, breaks a historic record, and expands vineyards in a move that surprises experts.

Beef shortage in the US leads Trump administration to consider imports and incentives to reduce food prices

New credit for Uber, 99, and taxi drivers can pave the way for car ownership, reduce the burden of car rental costs in their budget, and change the math for those who make a living from traffic every day.

Canadians are disappearing from the United States: The US feels the absence of Canada financially, while hotels, casinos, and tourist destinations try to attract visitors back with promotions.

Unclaimed funds will enter a new phase this Tuesday: banks must send funds to the government, while R$ 10.5 billion in idle funds could help finance Desenrola 2.0 and ensure debt renegotiation within the financial system.

Lula scraps the blouse tax, and international purchases up to US$50 are exempt from federal tax, but ICMS is still on the radar.

Who is the billionaire who donated R$ 140 billion and gave up almost half of her fortune?

Supermarket employees get Sundays off in Espírito Santo, and a chain reports a 10% drop in turnover, while the sector evaluates whether the new model can improve hiring without pressuring consumer prices.

Seven world powers including the US, China, and Russia are spending €22 billion on a reactor in the south of France that aims to confine plasma at 150 million degrees Celsius, ten times the temperature of the Sun’s core, using a magnetic field capable of lifting an entire aircraft carrier.

Elon Musk’s internet comes to mobile: Starlink technology connects smartphones without an antenna via satellite, works even without carrier signal, already costs just US$10 extra in the US, and could arrive in Brazil as an included benefit.

A Chinese factory in Guangdong is assembling a humanoid robot every 30 minutes while Tesla, Figure, and Boston Dynamics still struggle to deliver 10 thousand per year.

While Brazil has been discussing bullet trains for 16 years, China delivers 5 new high-speed lines in 2026, surpasses 50,000 km of HSR, and moves 1 billion passengers in a single year.

With a wingspan of 152 meters, 76 tires, and a capacity to carry 1,270 tons, the Boeing Pelican was the giant “flying ship” that promised to cross oceans close to the water on an invisible air cushion beneath its wings.

In Niger, mud buildings have stood for ten generations while the world spends billions on concrete and steel, now African architects are proving at the Venice Biennale and in real projects that red earth can be the smartest and most sustainable building material of the 21st century.

While countries spend billions to draw water from the sea, a Nobel-winning scientist creates a container-sized machine that extracts up to 1,000 liters per day from dry air and uses ultrasound to release water in minutes, even in the middle of the desert.