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Banco Patagonia is buying Banco Industrial’s Argentine retail operations for about US$60 million. Citi reads it as a growth signal, not a capital
A 218-page police report from Vorcaro’s phone describes a lunch, a R$131 million contract and requests to intervene. The prosecutor-general wants it
Taxes in Brazil for expats changed on 1 January 2026. Lei 15.270 raised the entry point...
Brazil keeps the retirement visa path tied to a monthly pension transfer, shaping where foreigners can...
Open bank account Brazil foreigners guide for 2026: the CPF tax number, banks and fintechs that...
A Federal Police report describes about R$17 billion in fictitious Master–BRB operations built on mass production of false...
Datafolha finds 76% of Brazilians say Supreme Court justices hold excessive power, while 85% and 86% say the...
Federal Police actions over Banco Master have reached seven public pension institutes in six states. Rioprevidência is the...
Two Supreme Court processes against Jair and Eduardo Bolsonaro have passed from Moraes to Fachin, centralised by connexity...
Four petitions sought to move the Dark Horse earmarks case from Dino to Mendonça, alleging artificial prevention. The...
Dino’s unsealed decision places deputy Mário Frias in the supposed criminal architecture of the Dark Horse scheme, as...
Justice Flávio Dino lifted secrecy on the Dark Horse investigation on Sunday, releasing about 5,000 pages and ordering...
The retirement route needs US$2,000 a month transferred into Brazil. Citizenship takes four years, but the clock does...