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Tag: Paulo Guedes
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Saturday, October 20th 2018 - 07:15 UTC
Bolsonaro, not the best choice for Brazil, say 350 economists in open declaration
More than 350 economists, among them a Nobel Prize winner, have signed a declaration saying Brazil's frontrunner to be president, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro, is not the best choice for his country.
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Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:38 UTC
Paulo Guedes the ultra-liberal economic advisor of an ultra-populist nationalist
After getting out of its most severe recession in history in 2017, Brazil remains in a state of economic malaise, notching up a mere 1% of growth last year, with public debt forecast to snowball from 77% of GDP to 140% by 2030, according to the World Bank.
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Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:30 UTC
Bolsonaro's chief economic advisor under investigation over fraud accusations
The chief economic advisor to Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right presidential front-runner, is being investigated over accusations of fraud tied to the pension funds of state-run companies, federal prosecutors revealed on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:58 UTC
The possible economic options behind Bolsonaro and Haddad
Behind Brazil's polarized presidential election, and unpredictable result, the business class in Latin America's largest economy looking for clear signals of what can be expected as of 2019 either from the former army captain Jair Bolsonaro or from economist Fernando Haddad, handpicked by Lula da Silva as his successor. Hopefully not a choice between “awful” and “extremely awful”
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Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 08:24 UTC
Bolsonaro reprimands his chief economic advisor over new taxes controversy
The key economic adviser to Brazil's leading presidential candidate cancelled two campaign events on Friday amid a disagreement with his boss. Market-friendly Paulo Guedes, the main adviser of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, canceled events at the American Chamber of Commerce and broker XP Investimentos in Sao Paulo.
