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In August, Portugal’s Fábrica de Startups (literally “Startup Factory”) will begin operating in Rio de Janeiro. It chose the city’s port area as the company’s Brazilian office. Beautified for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, the neighborhood has been hyped up to attract new companies. But since the end of the sporting events,… Read More »
2018 Election
Brazil’s Senate is composed of 81 members (three for each state), who are elected to eight-year terms. In 2018, voters will renew two-thirds of the higher chamber of Congress. And while there are some interesting disputes, none will be as exciting as that of Minas Gerais. Dilma Rousseff, who was impeached from the presidency two… Read More »
During this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, former Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles poked at former President Dilma Rousseff by stating that Brazil has been trying to open up its economy – “after years of isolation.” Meirelles’ statement, unsurprisingly, was exaggerated. During her five-year administration, Rousseff promoted over 35 bilateral agreements with China. She… Read More »
