🔎 All the former president’s men

Feds call for Bolsonaro indictment. Banks get less risk-averse, but credit conditions continue to be daunting. Brazil still relies too much on trucks for cargo

Lula in the crosshairs?

Feds recommend coup-plotting charges against Bolsonaro

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