🔥 Desperate times

The Supreme Court calls for extraordinary measures to fight Brazilian wildfires. The surge for VPN demand in Brazil. And Brazil’s reduction in fossil fuel subsidies.

🛤️ Railway facelift

The government tries to get a major railway project over the hump. A ruling that epitomizes the craziness of Brazil’s tax rules. And a SWOT analysis of the Brazilian economy.

Order, Progress, and Flames

🚢 Sailing into controversy

A controversial loan for a shipbuilder. Gambling enters the election scene. And the Amazon shifts from carbon sink to emitter.

🔥 Fires in Bolivia, Blinken in Haiti, and music everywhere

Bolivia on alert over devastating wildfires. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Haiti. Brazilian music gaining ground in Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Explaining Brazil #307: A new blueprint for far-right demagogues?

⌛ Time’s up

The payroll tax imbroglio. The Supreme Court will rule on uncovered medication. And the bill to grant amnesty to January 8 rioters.

🔮 Inflation mirage?

Fresh inflation data. A new impeachment request against Justice Alexandre de Moraes. And a major fine against a major retailer.

🐘 Green and yellow elephant

The pro-Bolsonaro Independence Day celebrations. Can Panama become a Mercosur associate member? And iPhone sales in Brazil.

💸 Not so simple

Fiscal challenges may lead to new rules for Simples Nacional, a tax regime for small businesses, the government outlines its expectations for Vale's next CEO, and the government creates three indigenous reservations.

🏜 “We could lose the Pantanal”

Brazil’s worst drought in decades. The battle for the House speakership. And how Catholics are seeking to regain political power.

💥 Bad blood, hidden crimes, and student strikes

The spat between President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador and his VP ahead of the 2025 elections, underreported crimes in Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador, and the historic role of student strikes in Latin America.