Market Roundup: School payment fintech uses corporate bonds to raise money

Brazil welcomes arrival of air pollution tracking tech ahead of G20

Brasília bomb attack gives January 8 investigations new momentum

Democracy, quite literally, under attack

Less than a day after a man died in a failed bombing attack outside the Supreme Court headquarters in the capital Brasília on Wednesday evening, Brazil is still in shock.

G20 Social Summit aims to give civil society a seat at the table

💣 Failed terrorist plot

A terrorist plot in Brasília. Rubio nomination rattles Brazil. The security plans for G20 in Rio

☯️ The two sides of Hispaniola

Haiti’s power vacuum grows with the firing of Prime Minister Garry Conille. Luis Abinader bans indefinite re-elections in the Dominican Republic

The Amazon at war

In this To Be Read episode, journalist @Marcos Colón talks to @Isabela Cruz about the existential crisis that criminals, multinationals and the state have imposed on the Amazon and its people, and what can be done in this fight for life.

Indigenous leader demands Lula keep his word on demarcations

😓 Approval slip

New poll creates another political hurdle for budget cuts. Drought reduces Brazil’s open water. Brazil’s alarming homicide clearance rates

Brazil’s complicated and unequal tax system favors millionaires

👛 Holding the purse strings

A light on Congress’s control of the federal budget. Favela population soars in Brazil. Crypto regulations advance