#Congresso Nacional

The Joint Budget Committee hearing with Planning and Budget Minister Bruno Moretti, in Brasília, on 11 November 2026.

Fiscal adjustment

Brazil details a R$ 50 billion to R$ 60 billion fiscal adjustment for 2027 as the bill reaches the Senate

The floor of Brazil's Federal Senate, in Brasília, in October 2024.

Public security

Brazil's Senate approves public-security amendment by 73 and 75 votes and strips the age of criminal responsibility from the text

A portrait of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva taken in February 2022, when he was a pre-candidate for the presidency. File photo.

Lula wins a fourth term with 51.79% of valid votes, and Flávio Bolsonaro says he will ask the courts to annul the run-off

The joint session of the Congresso Nacional that enacted the end of the 6x1 shift pattern, in Brasília, on 16 October 2026, with Davi Alcolumbre, Hugo Motta, President Lula and lawmakers Paulo Paim and Carlos Veras at the table.

Video: Brazil's Congress enacts the end of the six-day work week, with a 40-hour cap arriving in 14 months