Brazil · BUSINESS

Key Facts

—The target Correios has opened a new voluntary redundancy programme. Press reports put the target at up to 7,000 departures; the company has published no formal figure.

—The deadline Applications close on 30 September.

—The last attempt The first round targeted 10,000 and drew about 3,100 — reported as 3,075 and as 3,181. Correios extended the deadline to 7 April, closed it on the 8th, and said it would not extend again.