🛣️ Highway to deforestation hell

The BR-319 highway, connecting the Amazonian cities of Manaus and Porto Velho, is in a state of severe disrepair. Rebuilding and paving it, however, might be a bad idea

🌊 Dirty water

After biologists found an exotic Asian plant species in nearby mangroves, the Port of Santos tried to up its inspection demands to curb ballast water risks. But the country’s regulatory agency suspended the initiative

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

🐶 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

🍌 Markets go bananas on Brazil

Haddad’s plan for budget cuts. Brazil’s push to integrate South America. The gun-control struggle in Brazil

🌍 The world meets in Rio

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

The state of vegetarianism in Brazil

🇮🇱 Longshot defense deal

Israel defense deal farther from fruition. Carbon emissions rose in 2023. Financing Brazilian industries

🌿 A fund to save tropical forests

Brazil’s billion-dollar plan to protect tropical forests. The real suffers amid lack of spending cuts. Ibama again says no to drilling at the mouth of the Amazon, for now

🏠 Real estate credit crunch?

Restrictions to real estate credit. Brazil’s goals in the upcoming UN Climate Conference. Hunger and malnutrition in Brazil’s food-producing hubs

🧩 BRICS in play

Lula gets ready for BRICS Summit in Russia. The government’s opportunity to go after regulatory agencies. Office parties on trial in tax courts

How the private sector can lead Brazil’s climate transformation