Brazil edition

Official portrait of Tarcísio de Freitas, Governor of São Paulo, in a blue suit and blue tie, in front of the flags of Brazil and the State of São Paulo; AI-recomposed version.

The team includes one brand-new name, whom the Palace describes as "the oxygen quota" and who has already asked to be called the ex-future.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, smiling, in a dark blue suit, light blue shirt and striped blue tie, during his address to the nation at the Alvorada Palace on 8 November 2026; AI-recomposed version.

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Government announces fiscal adjustment in which spending rises to balance revenue, which also rises

The Planalto insists the books balance as long as nobody opens them. For the patch-up, the Treasury (Fazenda) has asked for one more tax and a study on the hole.

12 November

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Iran and Argentina Swap Terrorist Lists as Milei Proposes Cutting the Armed Forces to Meet Fiscal Target

Argentine government says the designation is offensive, but admits the Navy had, until now, no other internationally recognised title.

12 November

More news that never happened

AI-generated illustration, with the label burned into the image: a desk with stacks of documents, a calculator, a pen and a small Brazilian flag, in front of a window overlooking the National Congress in Brasília. It is not a photograph.

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Government sends Senate fiscal adjustment that cuts all benefits, except those of whoever wrote it

12 November

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Government announces R$ 60 billion fiscal adjustment and proposes that taxpayers keep the R$ 6 billion difference

12 November

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Chamber invites Itamaraty to explain embassy that helps people in need; ministry says the practice is unprecedented

11 November

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Tarcísio announces three or five secretaries and creates the Secretariat for Checking How Many Secretaries Were Announced

11 November

AI-generated illustration, with the label burned into the image: a wooden table on the porch of a farmhouse in Brazil, with account sheets, a calculator, a pen and a notebook, and behind it a maize field, a red dirt road, a tractor and a shed with sacks of fertiliser, among green hills. It is not a photograph.

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Senate approves renegotiation of rural debts and sets a 40-year deadline for agribusiness to forgive the Treasury itself

11 November

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Government gives Congress 120 days to debate super-salaries and promises nobody will earn less during the discussion

11 November

AI-generated illustration, with the label burned into the image: a diesel pump nozzle in a truck's tank at a roadside filling station, with other trucks and the Brazilian flag in the background. It is not a photograph.

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Government takes R$ 10.5 bn of diesel out of the fiscal target and insists the money keeps leaving, just off the books

11 November

World · satire

Government takes R$ 10.5bn of diesel out of the fiscal target and proposes taking the target out of the target

11 November

Brazil edition

Tarcísio announces six secretaries for 2027 and guarantees total renewal with five from the previous government

Government announces fiscal adjustment in which spending rises to balance revenue, which also rises

Iran and Argentina Swap Terrorist Lists as Milei Proposes Cutting the Armed Forces to Meet Fiscal Target

More news that never happened

Government sends Senate fiscal adjustment that cuts all benefits, except those of whoever wrote it

Government announces R$ 60 billion fiscal adjustment and proposes that taxpayers keep the R$ 6 billion difference

Chamber invites Itamaraty to explain embassy that helps people in need; ministry says the practice is unprecedented

Tarcísio announces three or five secretaries and creates the Secretariat for Checking How Many Secretaries Were Announced

Senate approves renegotiation of rural debts and sets a 40-year deadline for agribusiness to forgive the Treasury itself

Government gives Congress 120 days to debate super-salaries and promises nobody will earn less during the discussion

Government takes R$ 10.5 bn of diesel out of the fiscal target and insists the money keeps leaving, just off the books

Government takes R$ 10.5bn of diesel out of the fiscal target and proposes taking the target out of the target