🙌 Poverty plummets

Brazil’s poverty rates drop to lowest on record. Markets have no love lost for Lula. Far-right influence in major House committee

🎂 Milei’s first year, Trump’s first threats

Why Javier Milei feels like he has reasons to celebrate in Argentina. And Claudia Sheinbaum’s two-faced approach to Donald Trump’s tariff threats

Brazil-France tensions rise as Mercosur-EU deal appears to reach home stretch

Explaining Brazil #318: Lula in a currency chokehold

🐶 Barking up the wrong tree?

The left’s new bet to win over workers. Slave labor allegations at BYD factory. Clean energy bill is actually a boost to coal

🌶️ Overheated economy?

Brazil’s latest GDP reading. Congressional budgetary earmarks cleared again. Lula encroaches on telecom regulatory agency

Tech Roundup: Brazilian regulators concerned about Starlink dominance

The waning reach of U.S. leadership in Latin America

🤬 Trump’s tariff threat

Trump threatens BRICS with tariffs. Mobility projects for the São Paulo metropolitan hub. The government v. the markets

Brazil’s rising obesity rates fuel major demand for weight-loss drugs

Market Roundup: Brazil’s medicinal cannabis market is smoking hot

How the expansion of U.S. anti-corruption law affects Brazil