Market Roundup: Peruvian cotton exports to Brazil on the rise

Getting away with murder?

Nubank ends its crypto token. What happened?

🛤️ Railway facelift

The government tries to get a major railway project over the hump. A ruling that epitomizes the craziness of Brazil’s tax rules. And a SWOT analysis of the Brazilian economy.

Order, Progress, and Flames

As González exiles in Spain, Maduro all but buries ‘spirit of change’ in Venezuela

Still soft on Venezuela, Brazil raises tone on Nicaragua

🚢 Sailing into controversy

A controversial loan for a shipbuilder. Gambling enters the election scene. And the Amazon shifts from carbon sink to emitter.

🔥 Fires in Bolivia, Blinken in Haiti, and music everywhere

Bolivia on alert over devastating wildfires. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Haiti. Brazilian music gaining ground in Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Explaining Brazil #307: A new blueprint for far-right demagogues?

⌛ Time’s up

The payroll tax imbroglio. The Supreme Court will rule on uncovered medication. And the bill to grant amnesty to January 8 rioters.

Corporate lobbies still try to chip away at Brazil’s tax reform