Keeping consensus will be a major challenge for Brazil’s next central banker

🤖 AI, blackouts, and bad company

Controversial use of AI in Uruguay’s presidential election. A nationwide blackout leaves Cubans in the dark. And the Venezuelan scandal tarnishing Spain’s progressives

Explaining Brazil #313: The Pantanal’s jaguars

🇻🇪 BRICS blocks

Brazil says no to Venezuela BRICS membership. What will Brazil bring to COP16? Brazilian coffee exports to China soar

Women’s Ministry rattled by harassment, racism accusations

São Paulo power crisis sparks calls for energy regulation overhaul

💊 Blockbuster pharma deal

A hostile takeover in the pharma industry. A push to reshape electoral courts. French investment in Brazil. BRICS Summit kicks off

Tech Roundup: Lawmakers eye cap on Uber fees

🧠 Lula suffers head injury

Lula told to avoid long-haul flights after head injury. Going after anti-deforestation instruments

Almost a decade later, Mariana dam disaster goes on trial ... in the UK

200 years of German immigration to Brazil

Market Roundup: Warburg Pincus buys stake in tech accounting startup