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Iolanda Fonseca

Iolanda Fonseca is a polyglot linguist of Portuguese nationality with a degree in Economics and a post-graduate degree in Languages and Literature.

Brazil’s Blackout Exposes a Grid Caught Between Renewables Boom and Data-Center Ambitions

A sudden power outage on October 14 left millions in Brazil without electricity and briefly darkened critical sites from airports to hospitals. Authorities said...

Brazil’s Rental Market Outpaces Inflation For Ninth Straight Month

Brazil’s rental market kept rising in September, with asking rents up 0.55% for the month and 7.42% so far in 2025. Over the past...

Brazil’s Record Harvest, And The Bottlenecks That Could Blunt It

Brazil is heading for a landmark harvest in 2025. The national statistics agency now pegs output at 341.9 million tonnes—up 16.8% from last year...

COP30 In Peril: Brazil Is In A Race Against Time

With one month to go before the UN climate summit opens in Belém (November 10–21), Brazil has taken the unusual step of temporarily designating...

Brazil Fast-Tracks R$1.6 Billion in Export Loans After U.S. Tariff Shock

When Washington abruptly lifted duties on most Brazilian imports to an overall 50 percent starting August 6, Brasília moved just as quickly. Brazil’s state development...

São Paulo Fashion Week At 30: From Cotton To Checkout, A Citywide Runway

São Paulo Fashion Week turns 30 with an eight-day edition, October 13–20, that moves well beyond a single tent. Thirty-eight designers will show across civic...

Brazil Survey Finds Microplastics on 69% of Beaches

Brazil has taken a microscope to its beaches—and the picture is sobering. A nationwide survey of 1,024 beaches found microplastics on 69.3% of them,...

Tariffs And Tight Supply: Brazil’s Coffee Exports Stumble, Prices Hold Firm

Brazil’s coffee shipments took a sharp step down in September, a reminder that a global habit depends on fragile trade currents. Exporters loaded 3.75 million...

Brazil’s Mortgage Reset Aims To Reopen Middle-Class Lending

Brazil will unveil a new housing-credit framework on Friday, October 10, in São Paulo, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva present. The plan’s core...

From São Luís to Salvador: The Railway That Could Redefine Brazil’s Northeast

Brazil’s Northeast—home to more than 57 million people, fast-growing ports, and a mix of farms and industry—still moves most goods and almost all intercity...

Brazil’s Industrial Revenue Slides in August as High Rates and Imports Weigh

Brazil’s manufacturing sector suffered its fourth decline in six months in August, with factory revenue down 5.3% from July on a seasonally adjusted basis...

Brazil’s U.S. Exports Drop 20% in September 2025

Brazil’s exports to the United States fell 20.3% in September to $2.58 billion, the sharpest monthly slide this year, after Washington’s tariff on many...

Brazil’s Reverse Power Crunch: Too Much Solar at Noon, Not Enough Control at Dusk

On Sunday, August 10, 2025, Brazil’s grid hit an odd kind of danger. Father’s Day kept many people at home, temperatures were low, and...

Why Theft Is Surging In São Paulo’s Nightlife Core Bela Vista

On a recent weeknight in Bela Vista, the heart of central São Paulo’s nightlife, traffic slowed near a viaduct. In seconds, two figures slipped...

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