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Brazil to shut down hundreds of betting sites as regulation tightens

🗳️ Election home stretch

The final days before the first round of municipal elections. Feds try to prevent Hezbollah from infiltrating Lebanon repatriation flights. Braskem tries to bury Maceió destruction lawsuits

IBGE employees clash with head over new foundation

All in and all gone

Outlawed for so long, betting is fast becoming part of daily life for many Brazilians — but where is this trend leading?

Milei pushes to privatize Argentina’s state airline

🤷‍♂️ Port strike shrug

U.S. port strike unlikely to be that damaging to Brazil. Evidence of Brazil’s job market boom. A program to tackle Brazil’s C-section epidemic

🇲🇽 Sheinbaum starts, rate hikes end

Mexico inaugurates its first-ever female president. Regional central bankers follow the Fed’s cue. And fears about minority protections in Argentina

Why Brazilian mayoral polls are so different from one another

Explaining Brazil #310: Has Lula’s star dimmed?

🐂 Golden opportunity

Moody’s improves Brazil’s rating. Revenue Services announce a litigation-reduction program. The government tries to tame electricity prices

Could daylight saving time be Brazil’s solution to drought energy crisis?

Brazil sets sight on Big Tech tax still in 2024

🇱🇧 Lebanon repatriation mission

As Israel strikes, Brazil will bring nationals home from Lebanon. Brazilian fintechs move away from the growth-at-all-costs model. And new regulations for investment funds in agricultural production chains.

Tech Roundup: Brazil’s golden data center opportunity

Fires and climate issues ignored in key Amazon and agro elections

😵‍💫 Paying for the climate emergency

How the climate emergency is becoming the new normal — and how that affects the federal budget. A Supreme Court ruling on anti-democratic manifestations. And a look at trends on emissions of air polluting gases.