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

👎 Confidence crisis

Government gets real-ity check after cuts announcement

Latin America lost 95 percent of biodiversity in 50 years, more than anywhere else