Tech Roundup: Facial recognition systems lack transparency in Brazil

🎯 Lula’s new tax plan

Lula’s plan to tax richer citizens. São Paulo in the dark — again

Brazil should be a tourism Mecca. Here’s why it isn’t

Market Roundup: Brazilian crypto traders announce new stablecoin

Rio revs up stock exchange plans to rival São Paulo

Colombia’s gas reserves were dwindling. Then Petrobras made a huge discovery

🕵️ Could the DoJ investigate Lula?

DoJ to investigate Brazil’s purchase of Swedish fighter jets. Beef with Israel may have interfered with defense contracts. Has Brazil ever had more violent elections?

Elon Musk taps out in X fight

After a long — and often tiresome — political, judicial, and philosophical feud over the use of X (formerly Twitter) in Brazil, the proxy battle between Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and tycoon Elon Musk has seemingly reached its conclusion, with Mr. Moraes on top.

Energy sector fuels Brazil’s surge in work visas

The plan to dredge the Amazon River amid Brazil’s generational drought

🧑‍⚖️ Who holds the gavel?

A new round in the Congress v. Supreme Court feud. Investors concerned about price trends. Government issues alert for Brazilians in Florida

🤫 Moldy cash and cartel snitching

Milei wants old dollar bills deposited in Argentina’s financial system. El Salvador and Ecuador on opposite ends of public safety perceptions. And a war for succession in Mexico’s top drug cartel