The Verdict: Not eligible
This route needs a pension in payment, so it is closed to you. Living on savings or investments points to the investment route instead.
Savings, investment income or having stopped work do not count, however comfortable: the rule asks for a pension being paid and transferred.
The investment route asks for R$500,000 into a Brazilian company (R$150,000 for innovation or research) or R$1,000,000 in property (R$700,000 in the North and Northeast). Remote work for foreign clients needs US$1,500 a month or US$18,000 in savings. Most South American nationals have a residence agreement needing neither.