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Senate delays Central Bank autonomy bill amid political disputes

Crimes against women continue to grow in Brazil

🌀 Hurricanes can affect the Amazon

Hurricanes in the Atlantic raise further alarms about this year’s Amazon drought. Lula’s party hopes to block major sanitation privatization. Minas Gerais state wants more time to repay its debts

🤯 Bukele fights inflation; Colombia fights Chile

The governments of Chile and Colombia trade barbs. Bukele declares war on prices. And Mercosur implements more liberal trade rules.

Explaining Brazil #301: Can Lula fix his relationship with Congress?

30 years on, Brazil couldn’t be further from its 1994 World Cup glory

✒️ Regulatory shortcomings

How agencies regulating healthcare and data protection have been perceived as too lax. And why Lula continues to rattle markets.

Food delivery giant iFood to enter the payments market war

🏜 Bracing for the worst

Energy regulators are bracing for a brutal drought season. Brazil’s transparency issues. And a new charge by Big Agro on indigenous lands.

Milei antics lead Brazil to recall its ambassador to Argentina

Tech Roundup: Brazilian startup tackles food waste