Brazil Agro

Jan 26, 2026

•

9 min read

🍫 The cocoa ain’t that hot

As the global cocoa market struggles with high prices and lower output, Brazil wants to recover some of its past glory as a top producer. But 2025 was not a good year.

Latest

Jan 26, 2026

•

9 min read

🍫 The cocoa ain’t that hot

As the global cocoa market struggles with high prices and lower output, Brazil wants to recover some of its past glory as a top producer. But 2025 was not a good year.

Jan 26, 2026

•

15 min read

🙊 The I-word

The Supreme Court justice in the Banco Master spotlight. Why do clothes cost more in Brazil? Nikolas Ferreira marches to the capital

Jan 25, 2026

•

12 min read

🤖 Chatbots and the ballot box

Brazilian experts have been worried about the effects of AI on voters for some time now. In 2026, their fears could materialize.

Jan 24, 2026

•

12 min read

⚾ Brazil hits a home run

Long a niche practice confined mainly to Japanese immigrant communities, baseball in Brazil has matured into an all-inclusive sport, and is reaping the rewards.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTERS

The full picture. The sharpest takes. All in your inbox.

Trusted by professionals at

Brazil Daily

Concise, insightful briefings on Brazil’s top developments

Brazil Daily

Jan 26, 2026

•

15 min read

🙊 The I-word

The Supreme Court justice in the Banco Master spotlight. Why do clothes cost more in Brazil? Nikolas Ferreira marches to the capital

Gustavo Ribeiro

Jan 23, 2026

•

18 min read

🤯 A new end of the world?

Will the Banco Master case result in a plea deal? Tarcísio de Freitas’s plan of ambiguity comes apart. Charges in the Americanas fraud case.

Gustavo Ribeiro, Letícia Arcoverde

Jan 22, 2026

•

17 min read

🏔️ Davos no-show

Brazil’s president gives Davos a miss, again. Yet another delay to the EU-Mercosur deal. A bidding imbroglio at the Port of Santos.

Isabela Cruz, Gustavo Ribeiro

Jan 21, 2026

•

15 min read

🔮 Careful CEO optimism

The latest edition of PwC’s Global CEO Survey. Petrobras is getting a new wave of ships. Freitas flakes on meeting Bolsonaro in prison.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Mercosur-EU

A curated breakdown of the key developments, negotiations and perspectives shaping the Mercosur-EU relationship

Mercosur-EU

🎙️ Podcast: How the Mercosur-EU deal impacts Brazilian firms beyond exports

From lowering regulatory and corruption risks, to fostering foreign direct investment and production chain integration, key advances are at stake

Mercosur-EU

🏔️ Davos no-show

Brazil’s president gives Davos a miss, again. Yet another delay to the EU-Mercosur deal. A bidding imbroglio at the Port of Santos.

Mercosur-EU

🇪🇺 EU agreement is a big deal for Brazil

How the EU-Mercosur deal will affect economies on either side of the Atlantic. Lula savors his inflation victory. “The Secret Agent” makes Golden Globes history.

Mercosur-EU

🇪🇺 Failure loop

Thursday’s last-minute Italian reversal resulted in yet another delay to the trade deal between the two blocs, with January cited as the new deadline.

Podcast

LatAm Report

A twice-weekly look into Latin America’s evolving landscape

LatAm Report

Jan 23, 2026

•

11 min read

🐈 Tariff copycats and reform packages

Ecuador tries Donald Trump’s tariff recipe on Colombia. And subsidy cuts have been a struggle for Bolivia’s Rodrigo Paz.

Ignacio Portes

Jan 20, 2026

•

11 min read

🇨🇳🇺🇸 Pacific play

Will Peru’s Chancay port be followed by a bi-oceanic railway? And an in-depth look at former president Juan Orlando Hernández’s drug case.

Ignacio Portes, Jorge C. Carrasco

Jan 16, 2026

•

11 min read

🔪 Another presidential assassination attempt?

Two weeks before its election, Costa Rica said an activist hired a hitman to kill Rodrigo Chaves. And Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates a big drop in homicides in Mexico.

Ignacio Portes

Jan 13, 2026

•

11 min read

♟️ Is Cuba next?

The capture of Nicolás Maduro has set alarm bells ringing in Havana. And a look at Diosdado Cabello, the enforcer at odds with new Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez.

Ignacio Portes, Jorge C. Carrasco

Brazil Business

Your essential guide to the largest economy in Latin America.

Brazil Business

Jan 21, 2026

•

14 min read

🔎 Regulatory blindspots

Brazil is dealing with what is arguably its largest banking fraud case ever, prompting the government to propose changes to the country's oversight framework.

Letícia Arcoverde

Jan 14, 2026

•

13 min read

🔮 The 6 issues that will shape Brazil’s economy in 2026

General elections, tax reform, cabinet changes, interest rates — here is what will shape the Brazilian economy in 2026.

Letícia Arcoverde

Jan 7, 2026

•

11 min read

🚩 A region at risk?

The US military action in Venezuela heightens the need to monitor geopolitical risk as a key factor when doing business in Latin America and Brazil.

Letícia Arcoverde

Dec 31, 2025

•

7 min read

🛍️ Luxury squeeze

Brazilian streets known for luxury retail saw some of the strongest rental price rises in the world, but most of the boost came from real estate development and the corporate office market.

Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Climate

Updates on Brazil's environmental impact

Brazil Climate

⛈️ Revolutionizing Brazil’s weather forecasts

While the weather in parts of the country is naturally harder to predict, aging and obsolete technology led to subpar forecasting in Brazil. Thanks to a new supercomputer, that may be about to change.

Brazil Climate

⚖️ Belo Monte: a river divided

The massive Belo Monte hydroelectric plant is the site of a battle between national energy demands and local ways of life.

Brazil Climate

😦 Microplastics in the rainforest?

Microplastics appear to be everywhere these days, but a recent finding from Brazilian researchers found these tiny particles in a remote protected area of the Amazon forest.

Brazil Climate

🦜 Birdwatching takes flight in Brazil

Brazil is stereotypically labeled the land of beaches, samba and soccer — when in actual fact, it’s the land of birds.

Brazil Agro

For all things agriculture

Brazil Agro

Jan 26, 2026

•

9 min read

🍫 The cocoa ain’t that hot

As the global cocoa market struggles with high prices and lower output, Brazil wants to recover some of its past glory as a top producer. But 2025 was not a good year.

Letícia Arcoverde

Jan 19, 2026

•

8 min read

🌾 New grain on the block

Some farmers in Brazil are replacing corn with sorghum, as the grain is better suited to drier climates

Letícia Arcoverde

Jan 12, 2026

•

11 min read

🌾 Say it ain’t soy

After a year of intense pressure from agribusiness and several court disputes, a key Amazon conservation mechanism loses its largest trader member.

Letícia Arcoverde

Jan 5, 2026

•

11 min read

🛫 Will SAF take off?

Brazil has developed a steady ethanol market and solid biofuel credentials globally. Now it hopes it can do the same for Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

Letícia Arcoverde

🍫 The cocoa ain’t that hot

Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Agro

🙊 The I-word

Gustavo Ribeiro

Banco Master

🤖 Chatbots and the ballot box

Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

⚾ Brazil hits a home run

Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🐈 Tariff copycats and reform packages

Ignacio Portes

LatAm Report

🌉 Bridging the US-China divide

Um Brasil

Brazil Sports

More than scores.

Brazil Sports

⚾ Brazil hits a home run

Long a niche practice confined mainly to Japanese immigrant communities, baseball in Brazil has matured into an all-inclusive sport, and is reaping the rewards.

Brazil Sports

⚠️ A football giant on the edge

A recent cup win left fans smiling, but Corinthians are in a catastrophic financial position, with no obvious way out for the giant São Paulo club.

Brazil Sports

⚽ A turning point for women’s football

A new report highlights the consistent growth of the women’s game in Brazil, but there are structural bottlenecks that are still holding the sport back.

Brazil Sports

🔭 Brazilian sport in 2026

Join us as we look ahead to the major events in Brazilian sport this year, from the World Cup, to gymnastics, to tennis.

Guide to Brazil

Go beyond the surface and dive into Brazilian culture, news and societal trends.

Guide to Brazil

🤖 Chatbots and the ballot box

Brazilian experts have been worried about the effects of AI on voters for some time now. In 2026, their fears could materialize.

Guide to Brazil

🗳️ Mind the gap

The voter divide between men and women has also reached Brazil, with potential impacts on October's election. Analysts discuss what is driving this process.

Guide to Brazil

🫵 Big Stick energy

Trump’s so-called “Don-roe Doctrine” is not just a repetition of the past, with Venezuela marking the arrival of US big-stick diplomacy in South America.

Guide to Brazil

🗺️ Why Brazil has never broken apart

When Spanish America became independent, it fractured into many countries, while Portuguese America held together as one. We explain why.

Bolsonaro Trial

A curated breakdown of the key moments and must-see perspectives from the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro Trial

🪖 Untouchables no more

Bolsonaro and co-conspirators begin serving their prison sentences as the coup trial ends. The Lula government has fallen out with Congress, again. Projections for Black Friday leave retailers giddy.

Bolsonaro Trial

🦶 Bolsonaro arrested after violating ankle monitor

Jair Bolsonaro was arrested after trying to remove his ankle monitor. Brazil celebrates more US tariff cuts. Final COP30 decision viewed as a dud.

Bolsonaro Trial

⌛ Bolsonaro’s final countdown

Bolsonaro submits last appeal before coup conviction becomes final. More questions around a major data center project in Brazil’s Northeast. MBRF’s major halal meat deal.

Bolsonaro Trial

⚖️ Another coup trial

The next wave of coup trials. Brazil experiences a brief power outage. In Brasília, Lula’s next Supreme Court pick is the hot topic.