Today, Brazil’s tax reform hopes go up in smoke. Former Health Minister evades inquiry deposition, fearing arrest. Nelson Teich next up in the Senate hearings committee.
Speaker makes U-turn on tax reform

In our Q1 Report (available here), we said Brazil’s long-awaited tax reform was “unlikely to make any short-term progress during the pandemic.” Events on Tuesday proved us right and showed the massive challenges which face any consequential and effective reform, in a Congress marred by a lack of government guidance and during a political crisis.
- Just days after saying he would make tax reform a priority...