Bolsonaro spied on speaker, politicians, journalists

Corruption charges against the “incorruptible” Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Federal Police recommended charges of embezzling, money laundering, and conspiracy against the former president, as part of a corruption scheme concerning expensive official gifts received from foreign countries during Mr. Bolsonaro’s presidency.

The tax reform will reshape Brazil’s consumption tax system. But revenue distribution could be a pickle

A heavy blow to the Panama Papers probe, eight years on

💪 Lobbies win

Meat and guns favored in tax reform regulation process. Senate still stalling on AI regulations. Private sanitation is on the rise, but coverage is far from universal.

Brazil worried about Amazon energy supply collapse amid drought risks

Experts claim victory over leptospirosis after South Brazil floods

🥸 Protected witnesses, threatened archeologists

The opposition leader in Ecuador gets blamed for the murder of a presidential candidate. Peru’s Congress limits penalties for crimes against humanity. And cartels in Mexico put tourism and archaeology at risk.

📝 Tax reform sprint

The next step for the tax reform. June inflation numbers — the good and the bad. And Lula’s latest popularity numbers.

Fracking debate makes for surprise bedfellows in Brazil

🌱 Not-so-green hydrogen

Why Brazil’s green hydrogen may be dirtier than it seems. More money to the Amazon Fund. And the meteorological causes of the Rio Grande do Sul floods.

Brasília’s status as a world heritage site may be in jeopardy