Launched at COP30, the Amazon Atlantic Trail is the largest continuously signaled trail in Latin America — and could serve as a conservation blueprint for other threatened regions.
Another front in Brasília’s war. Rio scandal is the latest in a wave linking politics to organized crime. JBS’s poultry division to be placed on modern slavery list.
The continued growth of e-commerce in Brazil is fueling a race for warehouses, pitting Latin America’s Mercado Livre against Asia’s Shopee.
A “very productive” phone call between Lula and Trump. A Supreme Court confirmation hearing is postponed, and Lula is relieved. The latest in Bolsonaro family infighting.
A chaotic Honduran election is yet to have a clear winner. Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum sees her first signs of trouble after a year-long honeymoon.
The issues plaguing Brazil’s mining operations. On the run, a former spymaster has his salary frozen. The economic implications of a lower minimum wage hike.
Once a staple of simple rural life, Brazilian donkeys are being slaughtered to feed an international market.
The president sets out his stall to fight for re-election in 2026. We look at the latest five-year plan from Petrobras. Hiring slows, but unemployment is still dropping.
Ashamed after the military dictatorship, Brazil’s self-proclaimed right wing came out into the open just over a decade ago. Now, its most popular leader is behind bars.
Tonight’s Copa Libertadores final between Palmeiras and Flamengo has been billed as the biggest match between two Brazilian clubs in history, at least in the post-Pelé era.
The region’s last presidential election of the year could be the most conflictual. And Rodrigo Paz’s first moves to handle Bolivia’s economic crisis.
A police operation goes after chronic tax debtor Refit. Congress strikes down Lula’s environmental licensing vetoes, just days after COP30. Brazil’s hamstrung securities regulator is about to lose another member.
Carlos Nobre, head of the Planetary Science Pavilion at COP30 in the Amazon, talks to us about the conference’s results, the climate emergency we are living through, and what Brazil can still do.
Rounding off our COP30 coverage, this week’s Brazil Climate newsletter invited more guest contributors to give their first-hand takes on the UN conference in Belém.
Brazil’s Central Bank wants to rid itself of all political pressure. The government has a plan to bring back railways. Brazil approves a one-shot dengue fever vaccine.
The US has exempted various products since first imposing steep tariffs on Brazilian goods in August, but the impact on trade could be as much as USD 3 billion a year.
