Letícia Arcoverde

Letícia Arcoverde

Letícia Arcoverde is a journalist based in São Paulo. She has worked as a reporter at Valor Econômico and as an editor at Nexo Jornal.

Brazil DailyBrazil Daily
🐉 A de facto Silk Road

🐉 A de facto Silk Road

What to make of Lula’s recent China trip. Is Brazil quietly joining China’s Belt and Road Initiative? Lawmaker gets convicted for cyberattack, validating one of our most emblematic scoops

Gustavo Ribeiro
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Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Brazil BusinessBrazil Business
🚗 Driving profits up

🚗 Driving profits up

Brazilian startup GigU clashed with Uber in courts over its driver earnings optimization app. Now the company is aiming at gig workers in the US

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Brazil AgroBrazil Agro
🧑‍💻 Sowing innovation
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🧑‍💻 Sowing innovation

The number of active agricultural technology startups in Brazil grew 25% since 2020, but remained stagnant last year as more mature firms gobbled up most of the capital

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Brazil DailyBrazil Daily
📈 Further from the target

📈 Further from the target

The latest on Brazilian inflation. Privacy advocates score a win against Meta. Inequality goes down — but can it last?

Gustavo Ribeiro
Letícia Arcoverde
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Brazil DailyBrazil Daily
🧨 Incoming crisis

🧨 Incoming crisis

Congress and the Supreme Court are on a collision course. Brazil’s interest rates are at a 19-year high. The social security scandal is only getting worse

Gustavo Ribeiro
Letícia Arcoverde
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Brazil BusinessBrazil Business
🏦 Insurance vs innovation

🏦 Insurance vs innovation

A crisis in a mid-sized bank is prompting calls for changes to Brazil's deposit insurance system, pitting large financial corporations against fintech upstarts

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Brazil AgroBrazil Agro
🦠 Hot crops, sick crops

🦠 Hot crops, sick crops

Nearly half of plant diseases affecting Brazilian crops could become more dangerous with climate change, according to a new study

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Brazil DailyBrazil Daily
🌾 Suing for soy

🌾 Suing for soy

Grain traders are being taken to court over the Brazilian Amazon’s Soy Moratorium. A House committee is considering whether to suspend coup-plotting charges against Bolsonaro ally Ramagem. Venture capital and AI up for debate at Web Summit

Gustavo Ribeiro
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Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro, +2
Brazil BusinessBrazil Business
💡 Are Rio’s AI ambitions realistic?

💡 Are Rio’s AI ambitions realistic?

Mayor Eduardo Paes announces plans to turn Rio into Latin America’s biggest data center hub. The early stage pitch will face some hurdles

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Brazil AgroBrazil Agro
🐂 Beefed-up market

🐂 Beefed-up market

Brazilian beef sector was bolstered and transformed by Chinese demand in the past decade, with effects both to the country’s domestic market and the environment. What impacts could a new trade war bring?

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde