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A 2006 agreement became a cornerstone private sector initiative to curb deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Now soybean producers and politicians want to dismantle it
Exclusive: State Grid’s next move in Brazil. Bolsonaro’s ex-defense minister arrested for meddling in coup probe. The Brazilian town trying to hold on to asbestos
Rio’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue is at the center of a battle for control between Church and State
After heartbreak in 2023, Botafogo roared back this year to win the league and Libertadores double — thanks to a new-look (and expensive) squad.
The fall of Syria’s Assad is a bad omen for Maduro in Venezuela. And Bukele wants to end a historic gold mining ban in El Salvador
How crime is taking over the rainforest. At the end of his tenure as House speaker, Arthur Lira steamrollers opponents
After biologists found an exotic Asian plant species in nearby mangroves, the Port of Santos tried to up its inspection demands to curb ballast water risks. But the country’s regulatory agency suspended the initiative
Investors get excited as Lula goes back under the knife. The Central Bank’s aggressive rate hike. And a conservative presidential hopeful is convicted of electoral transgressions
The Central Bank’s last policy decision of the year. New popularity poll. Senate passes energy transition bill
The EU had approved a law demanding that products exported to the bloc would have to prove they are deforestation-free. After much adaptation and preparation, the implementation of that law has been delayed for an extra year, benefiting Brazilian commodity exporters
Lula rushed to the hospital. Fresh inflation data. The new tax reform draft. A new currency “normal”
Brazilian chipmaker gets some funding. Itaú faces trouble with its former executives
