🗳️ The Venezuela vote and the Kamala hope

Opposition to Maduro hopes to change Venezuela. Kamala Harris’s nomination puts her Northern Triangle migration work in the spotlight. And Haiti struggles to pay for its trip to the Olympics.

Is Brazilian democracy stronger than we thought?

Bolsonaro attacked institutions several times, but the republic is still standing. Carlos Pereira tells Isabela Cruz why it didn't break, as he and Marcus Melo analyze in their new book.

Nubank fighting NGO in court over black talent program

🚗 Made in China

The astonishing growth of Chinese electric cars in Brazil, spurred by BYD imports. The country has one eye on Venezuelan elections this week. And the long-term effects of a worrying Pantanal fire season.

The state of key municipal races in Brazil

Artificial intelligence could boost Open Finance in Brazil

😮‍💨 On the brink

The government’s latest (and doubled) deficit estimates. What a colder July brings to retailers. And a rise in tuberculosis cases in the country.

Tech Roundup: Violent cell phone robberies fall, but thefts rise

Women’s caregiving burden becomes State problem in Brazil

🚁 Flying taxi, unveiled

A look at the flying taxi being developed by Eve Air Mobility. The suspension of an auction for the control of Brazil’s fourth-busiest airport. Expectations for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

A species surprise in Brazil’s Caatinga, as one bird becomes two

Arévalo promised massive change in Guatemala, his indigenous supporters want it now