⬆️ Higher and higher

Borrowing costs go up again. Instant payments system PIX to grow even bigger. Brazil slashes deforestation rates

🗳️ U.S. Latino vote is turning Republican

How the Latino vote underwhelmed Democratic expectations. Is Costa Rica at risk of reversing its demilitarization agenda? Dina Boluarte is blaming Venezuelans for Peru’s crime wave

🇮🇱 Longshot defense deal

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

Explaining Brazil #315: How the U.S. election influences Latin America

🗳️ Kamala, Trump: What changes for Brazil?

U.S. election: what changes for Brazil. Congress to create (some) guardrails for budgetary grants

🇺🇸 In Kamala, Lula trusts

Lula endorses Kamala Harris. Mapping Brazil’s criminal organizations

🚓 Safety network is a political tightrope

Lula’s plan for public security. FDI to Brazil remains steady. Brazilian poultry giant lands in Saudi Arabia

Brazil’s Copa Libertadores?

All editions of the Copa Libertadores since 2019 have been won by a Brazilian club, while 2020, 2021, and 2022 were all-Brazilian affairs in the final.

🤴🏼 Heir apparent

Race for House speaker all but settled. House clears another tax reform hurdle. Brazil’s labor market remains hot. Nubank ventures into telecom market

🇺🇸 Ballots and bullets

The impact of the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump race for Latin America. Evo Morales says Bolivia’s government tried to assassinate him. And what to make of the recent elections in Uruguay and Chile

Explaining Brazil #314: A Brazilian MAGA?

🌿 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