Sanitation, transport, logistics and long-term infrastructure projects across Brazil.
Brazil’s 1997 auction of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, now Vale, transferred voting control of the mining company to a domestic consortium for R$3.338 billion. The deal became a defining moment in the country’s broader privatization program.
Brazil’s 2024 agreement over the 2015 Fundão dam collapse replaces the Renova framework with public-authority-led programs. Its R$170 billion valuation combines spending already made with payments and obligations extending over years.
Vale’s dam collapse in Brumadinho killed 272 people under Minas Gerais’s official count and released about 12 million cubic metres of tailings. A 2021 reparation agreement remains under implementation, while related criminal proceedings have yet to reach a final judgment.
Brazil’s 2020 sanitation-law reform set contractual goals for 99% of the population to receive potable water service and 90% to receive sewage collection and treatment by December 31, 2033. The deadline remains in the future, and a 2024 ANA rule defines how municipalities are assessed.
Pix began full nationwide operation in Brazil on November 16, 2020. Its rapid early use and central-bank-led design later made it a notable example in Bank for International Settlements research on fast-payment infrastructure.
Between 1993 and 1999, Brazil privatized or concessioned major state-linked assets including CSN, Embraer, Vale, the Telebrás system and regional rail freight networks. The period remains central to debates over regulation, foreign investment and the role of the state.
Date shown is the publication date because no separate historical event date is stored.Brazilian federal agencies have carried out separate operations against unauthorized gold mining in Rondônia and Pará, disabling dredges and land-based equipment while investigations seek to identify the financial and logistical networks involved.
Brazil’s Federal Police and Paraguay’s SENAD have begun the 59th phase of Operation Nova Aliança, a bilateral campaign targeting illicit cannabis crops and drug-production infrastructure. Early operations in Paraguay’s Canindeyú department reportedly removed more than 48 tonnes of marijuana.