🐎 Closing the stable door *before* the horse has bolted

Declaring climate emergencies before they happen? Is the Amazon the worst place to live in Brazil? Gaming controversy

🧑‍⚖️ Better Call Luis

The scandal startling elites in Chile. An effort to ban Pablo Escobar souvenirs in Colombia. The Dominican Republic starts deporting Haitians en masse

Explaining Brazil #312: Brazil has a gambling problem

🎣 Austerity tease

Government tries to reassure markets with austerity talk. Pandemic stimulus program could become permanent. Major airline merger on the table again

🧩 BRICS in play

Lula gets ready for BRICS Summit in Russia. The government’s opportunity to go after regulatory agencies. Office parties on trial in tax courts

🎯 Lula’s new tax plan

Lula’s plan to tax richer citizens. São Paulo in the dark — again

🕵️ Could the DoJ investigate Lula?

DoJ to investigate Brazil’s purchase of Swedish fighter jets. Beef with Israel may have interfered with defense contracts. Has Brazil ever had more violent elections?

Elon Musk taps out in X fight

After a long — and often tiresome — political, judicial, and philosophical feud over the use of X (formerly Twitter) in Brazil, the proxy battle between Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and tycoon Elon Musk has seemingly reached its conclusion, with Mr. Moraes on top.

🧑‍⚖️ Who holds the gavel?

A new round in the Congress v. Supreme Court feud. Investors concerned about price trends. Government issues alert for Brazilians in Florida

🤫 Moldy cash and cartel snitching

Milei wants old dollar bills deposited in Argentina’s financial system. El Salvador and Ecuador on opposite ends of public safety perceptions. And a war for succession in Mexico’s top drug cartel

Explaining Brazil #311: What to make of Brazil’s municipal elections?

⚡ Price jolt

Fresh inflation data. Lula signs Future Fuel Bill into law. Brazil’s IVF boom. The return of X