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Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad unveiled on Thursday tax adjustments to limit benefits across various sectors and ensure fiscal compensation, which are expected to face opposition in Congress. The package aims to completely replace the text of an approved bill that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vetoed, just to have it overturned by Congress two weeks ago. Speaking at a press conference, Haddad said that all measures would constitute an executive order to be released this year.

Over the last year an unprecedented wave of Venezuelan immigrants flooded the US-Mexico border prompting talk of a new migrant crisis. The Venezuelan migration to the US is part of the largest such exodus in the history of the Americas. The scale and scope of the Venezuelan migration crisis raises important questions. Why have so many Venezuelans opted to leave their country in recent years? How have Venezuelan migrants fared in other countries and how in turn have they affected those countries that receive them? What dangers and opposition do they face on their journeys? What is the future of...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house passed on Friday bills to tax online betting and establish a carbon market in the country, both part of a broader economic plan to increase government revenue and advance environment-friendly initiatives. ...

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said it will analyze a proposal from Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala on creating a strategic refining and biorefining partnership in the northeastern...

Brazil's central bank stressed on Thursday that despite recent downward surprises in current inflation, expectations for the coming years remain above the official target, reaffirming its... -December 21, 2023 at 07:43 am EST - MarketScreener