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Santiago Rodriguez

Santiago Rodriguez covers Altcoins, Sport News and Competitions.

Articles by Santiago Rodriguez

Brazil

Brazil's inflation falls to 3.81 percent, back inside the band

February's IPCA dropped sharply from 4.44 percent in January — the disinflation that justified the central bank's first rate cut, with a mid-month reminder that the path is bumpy.

Santiago RodriguezMarch 24, 2026

Brazil

Brazil grew 2.3 percent in 2025, IBGE reports — deceleration with an explanation

The statistics institute's March 3 release shows growth slowing from 3.4 percent in 2024, with credit at cycle-high rates doing the braking. What the number says about 2026.

Santiago RodriguezMarch 6, 2026

Brazil

Inside the samba school: Rio's Carnival is a year-round industry

Twelve schools, thousands of members each, and budgets in the tens of millions of reais — the party on the Sapucaí is manufactured over twelve months by a workforce the world never sees.

Santiago RodriguezMarch 1, 2026

Brazil

The purple card at 100 million customers: Nubank and Brazil's fintech decade

A startup founded to fight bank fees became Latin America's largest digital bank and dragged the whole system — including the central bank — into real-time finance.

Santiago RodriguezFebruary 24, 2026