🇸🇦 Saudi scouts and a Ukraine swap

Saudi Arabia scouts the region for mining resources and expertise. The impact of Maduro’s fraud as the dust settles in Venezuela. And a macabre finding in a military base in Uruguay.

Explaining Brazil #306: Cutting the Central Bank cord?

🔬 AI deals under scrutiny

Antitrust watchdogs’ investigation of AI deals by tech giants, Congress’s delay in confronting the Supreme Court, and climate issues on all sides.

Brazil’s biomethane program: a risk to decarbonization?

How the 2019 protests changed the worldview of young Chileans

💸 Burning money

The costs of the fire spree. A push for permanently expanding cash transfers. And Vale’s next CEO.

Brazil starts to feel side effects of sports betting boom

Tech Roundup: Going beyond clicks to measure ad success

🔥 Fire Day in São Paulo?

Brazil witnessed a second “Fire Day.” The three branches of government pause their fight and announce a climate change pact. And comparing Brazil’s energy matrix to other G20 countries.

Milei’s push for football privatization faces resistance from clubs

Market Roundup: Crypto exchanges under the microscope

Government fault leaves Itaipu Dam in debt to Brazilian consumers