February 18, 2026 – Brazil Headlines

1Júlio Wiziack: Impressão de documentos por servidor indica intenção de vazar sigilo fiscal

Story gist: Júlio Wiziack stated a public servant’s printing of documents indicates intent to leak tax secrecy. A USP professor criticized Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ inquiry into a Receita Federal data leak as ‘absurd.’
Left
Júlio Wiziack: Impressão de documentos por servidor indica intenção de vazar sigilo fiscal
— UOL Economia
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Center
Moraes usa ‘inquérito absurdo’ para agir contra vazamento de dados da Receita, critica professor da USP
— BBC
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Right
No major right-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Bias summary: Left-leaning UOL reports Wiziack’s claim straightforwardly, emphasizing evidence of leak intent. Center BBC focuses on USP professor’s criticism of Moraes’ inquiry as ‘absurd,’ highlighting judicial overreach concerns. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential defenses of Moraes or stronger emphasis on leak risks.

2Congresso do Peru destitui presidente José Jerí

Story gist: Peru’s Congress removed President José Jerí from office.
Left
No Peru, governar deixou de ser exercício de mandato e passou a ser exercício de sobrevivência
— Folha de S.Paulo
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Center
Congresso do Peru destitui presidente José Jerí
— G1
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Right
Com nova destituição, Peru agora tem sete presidentes em oito anos
— VEJA
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Bias summary: Left-leaning Folha frames the ouster as governance becoming ‘survival,’ implying systemic peril and criticism of instability. Center outlet G1 uses a neutral, factual headline naming the event without context. Right-leaning VEJA emphasizes Peru’s seventh president in eight years via ‘new destituição,’ highlighting chronic political chaos and frequent leadership turnover.

3Carnaval de BH é destaque na mídia internacional

Story gist: Belo Horizonte’s Carnival garnered international media attention. G1 published aerial photos of crowds filling streets on Shrove Tuesday.
Left
No major left-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Center
BH vista do céu na terça-feira de carnaval: galeria de fotos mostra multidão nas ruas
— G1
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Right
No major right-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting Belo Horizonte’s Carnival from their reporting and leaving those perspectives absent. Center outlet G1 emphasized the event’s scale visually through an aerial photo gallery of dense street crowds on Shrove Tuesday, adopting a neutral tone focused on attendance without commentary or context.

4Redução da jornada para 36 horas pode derrubar PIB em 6,2%

Story gist: Brazilian Congress discusses reducing the workweek to 36 hours. A report indicates this change could decrease GDP by 6.2%.
Left
Reduzir jornada para 36 horas pode encolher PIB em 6,2%, mas centrais esperam compensação de perdas
— Folha de S.Paulo
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Center
Redução da jornada de trabalho volta ao centro do Congresso e reacende esperança de milhões de trabalhadores
— Estado de Minas
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Right
Redução da jornada para 36 horas pode derrubar PIB em 6,2%
— Revista Oeste
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Bias summary: Left-leaning Folha de S.Paulo notes the potential 6.2% GDP drop but emphasizes unions’ hopes for loss compensation, balancing economic and worker views. Center outlet Estado de Minas highlights the proposal’s return to Congress and renewed hope for millions of workers, focusing on labor benefits. Right-leaning Revista Oeste stresses only the GDP decline, omitting worker perspectives to underscore economic risks.