Monday arrives cool and bright, then warms into a pleasant 25°C afternoon. It is a fine, mild start to the week, though by 2 pm the whole city’s attention turns to the football.
The wait is over. As Group C winners, Brazil face Japan in the round of 32 in Houston today, kicking off at 2 pm BRT, a tougher tie than the favourites’ billing suggests.
The new week opens on a confident note. The Bovespa closed last week flying, up near 3% as inflation worries eased, with the dollar holding around R$5.17 into Monday’s session.
A working Monday with a 2 pm centrepiece, then. Wrap the morning’s work, then find a screen — and in São Paulo, no neighbourhood fits the day quite like Liberdade.
São Paulo Daily Brief for Monday, June 29, 2026. Photo: The Rio Times archive.
