Speaking before a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Chief of Staff Rui Costa admitted that Brazil and Paraguay have reached a “deadlock” over tariffs for electricity produced by the Itaipu Dam — the massive hydroelectric complex shared by both countries.

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The country's unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent in March due to seasonal reasons: more people looking for work at the beginning of the year. At the same time, the formal market recorded its second-best first quarter since 2020.

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The ebbs and flows of domestic work in Brazil somewhat reflect the overall state of the country's economy. The government is trying to know more about them in order to propose more effective labor protection regulations.
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What you need to know in #Brazil today:

🦟 Dengue emergency reaches worst-case scenario

💰 Vale makes settlement proposal

🗣️ An app to learn the 'general language' of Brazil's indigenous peoples

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Four years after the start of the pandemic, Brazil is adopting yet another immunizer against the coronavirus. But the move comes too late, experts tell Cedê Silva.

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Public works made possible by a budgetary earmark proposed by Juscelino Filho, the communications minister, are under scrutiny.

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Brazil's Justice Ministry reiterated its support for a decision to recreate the Special Commission on Political Deaths and Disappearances, which was shut down at the end of the Jair Bolsonaro administration in late 2022.

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In the last episode of our special series about the Brazilian military dictatorship, we tell the story of how the country dealt with its authoritarian past and recently returned to the brink of a coup d'état.

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QI Tech raised a new funding round led by General Atlantic last week, surpassing the USD 1 billion valuation and becoming Brazil's newest unicorn.

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What you need to know in #Brazil today:

🚜 Getting in the good books of farmers

🚢 Regulatory uncertainty hinders decarbonization of Brazilian shipping

💸 A new pension reform in order?

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Eve Air Mobility, a startup spun off Embraer's innovation arm Embraer-X years ago, hopes to have the first full-size prototype of its aircraft ready by the end of this year and flying by the end of 2026.

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Chinese firm State Grid will build transmission lines in Brazil’s Northeast to boost renewable energy, but analysts say the project also risks promoting fossil fuels.

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The Brazilian Federal Police are investigating an intrusion on the government’s payment system Siafi.

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Frozen university budgets took hundreds of thousands to the streets, in the largest political rally of the last decade. But will the anti-Milei opposition take advantage of the current political momentum?
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With Brazil in the center, a new official map raised debates about didacticism, foreign policy, and even patriotism.

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A music production hub born from a Brazilian AI-powered app, Music.AI has just launched a tool that records artists' voices and makes them available for commercial creations through AI, respecting copyright.

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Financial instability is on the cards for Bolivia, as gas exports (the engine behind its recent strides) are no longer what they once were.

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Credited with turning JBS into the world's largest meat-packing company, brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista are now seeking a return to the firm's board of directors after years of legal troubles.

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Despite the probable resumption of the stock market in this year's final quarter, M&As are still the best exit strategy for tech-based companies.

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President Lula issued a decree laying the foundations of the program, which was first announced in February, during a G20 meeting of finance ministers in São Paulo.

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