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🇦🇷 Love Thy Neighbor

Milei makes an unorthodox trip to Brazil. A bad year in sight for the country’s auto industry. And Brazil’s country risk grows higher and higher.

Climate change putting Brazil’s highways at risk

Heavy storms spread chaos across Latin America

Brazil’s tax reform is taking a clearer shape

🤷 Thou shalt not steal

The latest charges brought forward against former President Jair Bolsonaro. A new step in the tax reform. And judges are allowed to use AI to write legal opinions.

Government gets a win as environmental workers are ordered to limit strike

Happy 30th birthday, real! Uh, wait... do you take PIX?

The national currency, the Brazilian real, turned 30 years old this week.

Sin tax could help lower Brazil’s future VAT rate

Brazil’s proposal to tax the super-rich

🇺🇸 U.S.-bound

Asylum seekers are using Brazil as a stepping stone to enter the U.S. Lula unveils Brazil’s new Harvest Plan. A tough start to the year for stocks. And a regional intelligence alliance.

🪖 Failed coups, crypto bans, and a new leader

Evo Morales backs “self coup” conspiracy theories in Bolivia. Uruguay’s left has a new presidential candidate. And Paraguay goes hard against illegal crypto miners.