climate-environmentA historic drought has plunged major Amazon tributaries to unprecedented low levels, stranding remote riverside communities and forcing emergency dredging to keep supply convoys moving.
businessPetrobras has contracted high-specification ultra-deepwater drilling rigs worth $1.8 billion to pioneer pre-salt exploration beneath mature offshore fields in Brazil's Campos Basin.
climate-environmentPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened the UN General Assembly with a stirring speech confronting the Amazon wildfires and demanding wealthy nations fulfill overdue climate finance obligations.
businessThe Central Bank of Brazil raised its benchmark Selic rate by 25 basis points to 10.75%, citing strong domestic demand, tight labor markets, and currency volatility.
