While less common, Brazil’s maid’s rooms remain a symbol of inequality

🇫🇷 France’s beef with Brazilian beef

Carrefour vetoes Mercosur beef. Brazil and China ink 37 deals during Xi visit. Congress doubles down on opaque rules for budgetary grants

⚓ China’s mega port and Rubio’s revenge

Chancay Port inauguration challenges U.S. regional dominance. And the Cuban-American son managing Trump’s foreign policy

The bottlenecks for Brazilian development

Explaining Brazil #316: Taking stock of the G20 Summit in Rio

🎯 Bolsonaro and the coup plot

Bolsonaro and the coup plot. Lula and Xi meet again. Congress passes carbon market regulations

Lula assassination plot places coup scheming inside Bolsonaro’s office

Tech Roundup: Brazil’s financial influencers and the online gambling debate

🪖 A plot to kill Lula

A plot to kill the president. The final G20 declaration. Argentina’s paper tiger. Brazil’s first lady v. Elon Musk

As G20 Summit begins, Brazil is unsure about fulfilling its goals

🌍 The world meets in Rio

G20 Summit: What to keep an eye on. Mercosur-EU deal talks

Milei bets on mining revival for Argentina’s downtrodden economy