A Federal Judge in São Paulo ordered the US consulates to stop sending passports with visas through DHL, as sending of documents by any other means than using the Correios is illegal considering correios have a state monopoly.

Para o juiz federal Célio Braschi, da 8.ª Vara da Justiça Federal de São Paulo, "o passaporte se enquadra no conceito legal de carta. Trata-se de documento escrito de natureza administrativa que contém informação de interesse do seu destinatário". Diz ainda o magistrado que, se a terceirizada continuar com o serviço de entrega, "está presente o risco de dano irreparável".

http://espaco-vital.jusbrasil.com.br/noticias/100151275/decisao-da-justica-atrapalha-visto-dos-eua

In the US, the Brasilian consulates ONLY accept mail from the US Postal Service (NO courier services such as Fedex, UPS, or DHL).  Additionally, the consulates ONLY accept payment for visas by US Postal money orders.

In should also be noted, the US Postal Service is essentially bankrupt.  

Yeah, I think that Brazil is the only country in the world where a 1st instance judge would demand that a foreign country stop sending passports through DHL, pending the outcome of the case as it might "cause irreparable damage to Correios".

how does that add up? 90,00 de impostos? For a $10 item. I received another shipment from china today with a value of around $40USD and they wrote a declared value of $5. lol

"Farias, Brazil’s deputy consul general in Los Angeles, said the current problem is temporary and technical, with no connection to “reciprocity” issues or labor disputes."

The consulates have run out of money. They made their funding requests when the dollar was maybe 1.5 and then it went up to 2.0 and they are short until the end of the year. I read about this (and posted) some while back. The Washington consulate was the first to go down when they ran out of printer ink cartridges.