Tag: Brazilian Congress
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Congress is willing to vote on 25% of the income tax reform draft submitted by the government. The other 75% is yet another of the Federal Treasury's constant attempts to increase its control over...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The presidents of seven center parties have signed an agreement for their benches in Congress to act against a possible increase in taxes during the analysis of the tax reform proposal sent to the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After years in dispute, the G-7 group of seven largest economies signed a landmark agreement to tax multinational companies at a minimum rate of 15%, which may bring about a change in the tax...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, approved on Tuesday, May 4th, a bill to repeal a security law in force since the military dictatorship (1964-1985) and used by the government of Jair Bolsonaro to investigate critics...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Public health physician Gonzalo Vecina, ex-president of the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) today classified Congress's position as "criminal" and "disastrous", referring to the approval of a Provisional Measure (MP) ordering the agency to...
RIO DE JANEJRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s new bankruptcy law could lower recovery prospects for the debt of speculative-grade Latin American corporates and incentivize distressed issuers to negotiate pre-packaged arrangements in lieu of in-court restructurings, says Fitch Ratings.
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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – When Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro took office in January, he promised a conservative shift in customs while adopting a more liberal stance in the economy. To do so, the president has been signing an excessive...
