Market Roundup: Brazilian rent prices still climbing far above inflation

Police brutality skyrockets in São Paulo

🧀 Brazilian heritage

Mercosur-EU deal on the verge of completion. Unesco recognizes Minas cheese. Mariana effects still felt in Espírito Santo

Mercosur, EU reaches home stretch, says Uruguay’s foreign minister

Tariffs, tariffs everywhere

Tariffs against Mexico. Against China. Against Canada. Against products flowing through a new Peruvian port. Are you a member of BRICS? Tariffs for you, too!

A race against the clock to approve Brazil’s tax reform

🙌 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