BRAZIL POLITICS
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Cristiano Noronha
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The government postponed the decree ending the 6x1 work schedule, Justice Edson Fachin closed the fake news investigation yesterday, and Kassab said PSD support for the government depends on fiscal adjustment
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 10 Nov 2026
The government has postponed until next week the decree regulating the end of the six-days-on, one-day-off (6x1) work schedule. The text was expected to be issued yesterday (Nov. 9), but President Lula, who traveled to Turkey for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), wants to sign it at a cer...
Commitment to the social agenda and other weekly topics
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 09 Nov 2026
President Lula travels to Turkey, where he will attend COP31. He will also visit the Philippines. The Supreme Federal Court will hold a conciliation hearing on ending the six-day-on, one-day-off work schedule. A Joint Committee may be established to review the Provisional Measure on betting. In t...
Lula delivered a national address to reaffirm his commitment to fiscal responsibility, he will travel to Turkey today for COP31, and discussions continue on congressional succession
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 09 Nov 2026
President Lula delivered his first nationally televised address since his reelection yesterday (Nov. 8), prioritizing his commitment to the social agenda. He pledged to eliminate taxes on basic food staples and implement fare-free public transportation. He also defended fiscal responsibility and ...
Justice Dino scheduled a conciliation hearing on the 6x1 work schedule, Lula will deliver a national address to reaffirm his commitment to fiscal responsibility, and the CAE will discuss the CBS rate set by the TCU
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 06 Nov 2026
Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Flávio Dino scheduled a conciliation hearing for next Tuesday (Nov. 10) to discuss the implementation of the new workweek following the end of the 6x1 schedule. Dino is the reporting justice in the cases filed this week by the national commerce and industry con...
The PL launched Senator Rogério Marinho’s candidacy for president of the Senate, the Copom unanimously maintained the Selic rate at 13.75%, and the government published the provisional measure on the Selective Tax
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 05 Nov 2026
Yesterday, the PL caucus launched Senate opposition leader Rogério Marinho’s candidacy for president of the Senate. The PL will have the largest caucus in the chamber in the next legislature, with 29 of the 81 seats, and Marinho can also count on the three senators elected by Novo. Winning the Se...
The Senate approved the Public Security PEC, the rate of the CBS has been a source of friction between the Senate and Finance Ministry, and Durigan will meet with Lula today to discuss the Selective Tax
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 04 Nov 2026
Yesterday (Nov. 3), the Senate approved the Public Security Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) in two rounds of voting. The measure passed by 73 votes to zero in the first round and 75 to zero in the second. Because the text was unchanged from the version approved by the Lower House, it will...
Tug-of-war over fiscal consolidation and other weekly topics
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 03 Nov 2026
The government may send Congress a Provisional Measure addressing the Selective Tax. A constitutional amendment may also be introduced to adjust the end of the 6-on/1-off work schedule for sectors subject to different working-hour arrangements. A meeting of Camex is expected to review the 12% exp...
The Senate may vote on the Public Security PEC, the Copom will meet today to discuss the benchmark interest rate, and the government may send to Congress the provisional measure on the Selective Tax this week
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 03 Nov 2026
After the All Souls’ Day holiday, Brasília returns to a packed week. Today’s main focus is the Senate floor, which may vote on the Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) on Public Security, the Lula administration’s flagship proposal on the issue. Senate President Davi Alcolumbre approved a spec...
PL Party President said “no one approved” Flávio Bolsonaro‘s letter, Lula will deliver a national address next week, and Monday is a national holiday
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 30 Oct 2026
The week that began with President Lula’s reelection ends with the opposition searching for direction. Yesterday (Oct. 29), PL President Valdemar Costa Neto said that “no one approved” the letter in which Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), already in the United States, declared himself the “true p...