A new phase in the 2026 presidential race and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 21 Jul 2025 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

Meetings continue between the government and business leaders to discuss the tariffs imposed by the United States on Brazilian imports. Compensation payments to INSS retirees and pensioners who were victims of fraud are set to begin next week. The economic team will also release its bimonthly revenue and expenditure report.

This week's Talking Points:

 - The Brazil-US crisis is likely to worsen before it improves.

 - Executive and legislative branches enter a new period of tension.

 - The first half of the year ends better for the government than for the opposition.

 - What was left for the second half of the year.

 - Environmental licensing poses new challenges ahead.

 - A new phase in the 2026 presidential race.

 - Tarcísio de Freitas: where does he stand for 2026?

 - The precatórios amendment offers temporary relief for federal finances.

Now read on...

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