Brazil

MercadoLibre Stock Slides Amid Fintech Boom – Analysts Predict Big 2025 Comeback

MercadoLibre Stock Dips After Q3 Earnings Miss – Can Brazil Deal Ignite a Rally?

Key Facts: – Share Price: MELI trades around $2,290 (Oct. 28 close), about 20% up year-to-date ts2.tech; market cap ≈$115–116B nasdaq.com. – Q3 Results: Revenue ~$7.41B (+39% YoY) beat estimates investing.com, but net income $421M (+6% YoY) fell short of forecasts reuters.com (EPS ~$8.32 vs. est ~$9.37 investing.com). – New Deals: In late Oct., MercadoLibre struck a partnership to sell Brazilian retailer Casas Bahia’s appliances on its platform from Nov. 2025 ts2.tech (“huge synergy,” said CEO Fernando Yunes ts2.tech). The company also entered Brazil’s online pharmacy market via a drugstore acquisition reuters.com. – Analyst Views: Wall Street is largely bullish

29 October 2025

Brazil’s Producer Prices Plunge for 7th Month – Are We Heading for a Broader Slowdown?

Industrial Prices and Output According to the IBGE agency, factory‐gate prices in Brazil’s industry continued to decline in August. Prices of manufactured and extractive goods fell 0.20% from July, led by lower prices for food products, chemicals and raw materials. Of 24 industrial sub-sectors, half saw price declines (some commodities like steel and minerals fell on global markets) while only machinery/electronics prices rose modestly. IBGE notes that sugar, soy and rice (harvest-driven) and chemicals pulled overall inflation down agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br. The drop was smaller than earlier in 2025 (April was –0.12%, May –0.26%), suggesting the disinflation trend may be easing. Nevertheless,

10 October 2025

Brazil · Economics · Global Economy · Inflation · Market Trends · NYSE:PBR · NYSE:VALE

Brazil’s Space Industry Is Taking Off: New Players, Big Plans, and a Sky-High 2040 Outlook

Key Facts Historical Development of Brazil’s Space & Satellite Industry Brazil’s space journey began in the early 1960s amid the space race era. In 1961, the government formed its first space research group (GOCNAE) and by 1964 started launching home-grown Sonda sounding rockets for high-atmosphere research en.wikipedia.org. Over the next two decades, Brazil methodically built up expertise in rocketry and satellite technology, albeit under military oversight during the Cold War. A milestone plan, the Missão Espacial Completa Brasileira (MECB) launched in 1980, aimed to make Brazil self-sufficient in space tech – including developing launch vehicles, a launch site, and a

16 September 2025

Aerospace · Brazil · Future Trends · Space · Space Industry · Technology

Brazil’s Drone Laws 2025: Ultimate Guide to Regulations, Rules & Penalties

ANAC is Brazil’s primary regulator for drones, issuing RBAC-E No. 94 and overseeing registrations, pilot licensing, and airworthiness certification. DECEA manages airspace and flight permissions through the SARPAS system, including required distances from airports of 5.4 km at low altitude and about 9 km when flying up to 120 m. ANATEL regulates drone radio equipment and requires ANATEL certification labels on controllers and transmitters, with non-certified gear subject to fines or seizure. Drones in Brazil are classified by weight into Class 3 up to 25 kg, Class 2 from 25 kg to 150 kg, and Class 1 above 150 kg.

16 August 2025

Brazil · Drones · Law · Regulations · Technology

Drone Laws in Brazil

Brazil regulates drones through ANAC, DECEA, and ANATEL, distinguishing recreational model aircraft from non-recreational RPAs while applying many core rules to both. Drones must maintain a 30-meter horizontal distance from uninvolved people, and a single pilot may operate only one drone at a time. Recreational users can fly model aircraft with no minimum age, and drones below 250 grams require no license or registration. Flying above 400 feet (120 meters) triggers licensing and rating requirements, so hobbyists typically stay under 120 meters and within visual line of sight. All RPA pilots must be at least 18 years old; lightweight RPA

29 June 2025

Brazil · Drones · Law · Regulation · Technology

Brazil’s Digital Divide: The Real Story Behind Internet Access and the Race to Connect Everyone

As of 2023, about 88% of Brazilians aged 10 or older used the internet, equal to roughly 164 million people. In 2023, about 92.5% of Brazilian households had internet access. Regional disparities exist, with the Central-West around 91% online in 2023 while the North and Northeast hovered around 85%. Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) has surged, and by late 2024 fiber accounted for about 77% of fixed broadband subscriptions, with about 41.3 million fiber connections out of roughly 53 million fixed lines. 4G coverage is virtually universal, with 4G available in all 5,570 municipalities and over 98% of the population covered. The November

29 May 2025

Access · Brazil · Connectivity · Digital Divide · Internet