🐣 Bird flu is here

🔏 Soy & Silicon

When a major agro state moves faster than Congress on AI regulations, you know something’s up! Meanwhile, families are shrinking, divorces are soaring and the economy just won’t slow down

⚖️ Abortion and the courts in Brazil

In the struggle for abortion rights in Brazil, courts can be an avenue to further access – but also an obstacle

🏈 Brazil’s unflagging Olympic ambition

With the official entry of flag football into the schedule for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, we take a look at how the sport is progressing in Brazil

👋 Farewells in Uruguay and Bolivia

Progressive Uruguayan leader José Mujica dies after a battle against cancer. Bolivian president Luis Arce quits the electoral race to avoid defeat

What the Cinta Larga can teach us about the Amazon

The story of the Cinta Larga indigenous people serve as the backdrop for “When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder, and a Clash of Worlds in the Amazon,” a new book by Alex Cuadros

💸 Pension tension

Short-term, long-term concerns about Brazil’s pension system. Food giants announce meaty merger deal. How Brazil’s football crisis explains its politics, too

🌳 Deforestation drops Brazil-wide

A report from satellite monitoring platform MapBiomas shows that deforestation either fell sharply or remained stable in all of Brazil’s biomes. And the Cerrado remains the country’s hotspot for vegetation loss

🐉 A de facto Silk Road

What to make of Lula’s recent China trip. Is Brazil quietly joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative? Lawmaker gets convicted for cyberattack, validating one of our most emblematic scoops

🚗 Driving profits up

Brazilian startup GigU clashed with Uber in courts over its driver earnings optimization app. Now the company is aiming at gig workers in the US

🔔 Record breaker

Brazil’s main stock index reaches new highs, riding global markets' coattails. Congress is not equipped to deal with the complexities of online gambling regulations. The plan to improve Brazil’s internet cable infrastructure

🤝 Chinese links and lithium leaks

Colombia moves closer to China in Gustavo Petro's latest Asia trip. And lithium fever in Chile’s Atacama Desert has socio-environmental impacts