Currency War of 2009–11 dollar, with Goldman Sachs saying the real is the most over valued currency in the world. In October 2010, Brazil began increasing her capital controls, doubling a tax on foreign purchases of fixed-income assets to 4 percent so as to curb the real's appreciation to a two-year. On 18 October, Brazil sought to curb the real's gains by raising taxed capital inflow on fixed-income assets by 2% to 6% and taxed inflows for margin deposits on futures to 6% from 0.38%. Chile said it would implement capital controls to curb gains in the Chilean peso, which had strengthened the most
National Union of Students (Brazil) Union of Students elected Carina Vitral, an economics student at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, as its new president. National Union of Students (Brazil) The National Union of Students ("União Nacional dos Estudantes" or UNE) is the most important student organization in Brazil. Founded on 22 December 1938, it represents more than 5 million students of higher education, and is headquartered in São Paulo, with branch offices in Rio de Janeiro and Goiás. Its main objective is to achieve education better conditions in the education sector. Although not officially linked to any political party, since 1980 it has