Explaining Brazil #302: Venezuela’s vexed vote

⚠️ Caution needed

Investors’ growing perception that Brazil could see interest hikes this year. The Workers’ Party’s (and Lula’s) unforced error. And another decline in Brazilian scientific output.

The hurdles for Brazil to test its digital currency, DREX

Researchers cross their fingers, hoping to avoid a repeat of Amazon dolphin disaster

🤐 Lula’s Maduro problem

How the crisis in Venezuela can spill over to Lula, as Nicolás Maduro continues to hold onto power. More controversies around a massive soybean railway. And the latest gross public debt figures.

Tech Roundup: Starlink is the top satellite internet provider in Brazil

👺 A fiscal Jekyll and Hyde

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s pledge to fiscal responsibility. What to expect from Congress on its return from vacation. And the rise in sterilization procedures in Brazil.

Venezuelan opposition claims Maduro stole the election

Rio police stage mega operations as the right rushes to woo voters

Market Roundup: Americanas recovery boosted

Is Nicolás Maduro ready to give up power in Venezuela?

A fintech is taking Brazil’s PIX to European markets