Saturday opens at 24°C in Rio de Janeiro with just 10% rain — the clearest day of the week and the outdoor window the city has been waiting for after five days of showers.

MAR is free today: No Martins’ Sortilégios de desvio at Praça Mauá 5, no ticket needed, the first institutional solo of the São Paulo painter in a Centro museum context. CCBB Rio is free every day as always.

The Libertadores last-16 draw confirmed all six Brazilian clubs through — the headline clash is Flamengo x Cruzeiro in the oitavas, a fixture that could not have been scripted.

Tonight: Brazil x Panama at 18h30 at the Maracanã, the national team’s last home match before the 2026 World Cup — tickets sold out, gates open at 15h30. The IRPF filing deadline passed yesterday.

The Ibovespa closed Friday at 173,787 points, its seventh consecutive weekly loss and worst month since February 2023.