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Brazil Daily

Jun 10, 2026

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8 min read

🪨 Brazil has reserves, not regulators

Budget cuts for regulators raise concerns amid rare-earth push. The latest polls are going in Lula’s favor. The Banco Master investigations reach the Bahamas.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jun 9, 2026

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8 min read

📊 Poll yourself together

Electoral courts suspend a poll showing bad news for Bolsonaro.An energy emergency plan kicked in over the holiday. Brazil’s dengue vaccine recalled over side effects.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jun 8, 2026

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8 min read

🤔 Controversial market sheriff

Eyebrows raised at the Securities Commission’s new head. Brazil's March for Jesus has become an important campaign stop. Another edition of Web Summit gets underway in Rio.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jun 5, 2026

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9 min read

🪄 Can Lula be a Trump whisperer?

Lula hopes to bump into Trump at the G7. Eduardo Bolsonaro set to face the music at the Supreme Court. The government releases the rules for Brazil’s first battery auction.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jun 3, 2026

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9 min read

😵‍💫 US tariffs keep piling on

The USTR’s tariff one-two raises the stakes for Brazil-US relations. Budget cuts spark worries about regulatory agencies. Senate obstacles to workweek proposal.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jun 2, 2026

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9 min read

🇺🇸 25% tariffs on the way?

The USTR proposes a 25% tariff on Brazilian exports. Petrobras talks up mining amid Brazil’s rare earth frenzy. Police raid “Dark Horse” producer over suspicious contract.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jun 1, 2026

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10 min read

⚠️ Pix at risk?

The US’s sword of Damocles over Brazil's economy. Vorcaro’s plea deal negotiations continue. Our interview with the Dutch ambassador to Brazil.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

May 29, 2026

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7 min read

🏷️ Terrorist label, economic landmine

The US will label Brazil’s two biggest criminal organizations as terrorist groups. But what does that really mean for the country? And we analyze the latest GDP figures.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

May 28, 2026

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8 min read

🇸🇷 Host thy neighbor

Lula welcomes his counterpart from Suriname. A new layer of investigations into PCC money laundering. The decline in Brazil’s print newspapers.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

May 27, 2026

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8 min read

🪪 Foreign-born growth

Brazil’s foreign-born population is on the rise. Behind Brazil’s falling murder rate. Flávio Bolsonaro’s encounter with Donald Trump.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

May 26, 2026

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8 min read

🕞 Clocking out

The agreement to scrap the six-day workweek. Brazilian oil amid the Middle East crisis. Police search Rio ex-governor’s home for the second time in two weeks.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

May 25, 2026

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8 min read

😎 Impunity drive

The latest self-preservation measures from Brazil’s Congress. The Vorcaro leaks have affected Flávio’s polling, but he’s not out of contention. Outside capital on the cards for flailing Correios?

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

May 22, 2026

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8 min read

🚆 Grain railway advances

A court win for the Ferrogrão rail project. Governments will have fewer spending restrictions ahead of this year’s elections. A new milestone for Brazil’s ‘flying car’ maker.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

May 21, 2026

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8 min read

✍️ Big Tech rules, by decree

Two new decrees increase controls on social media. Budgetary independence will have to wait for the Central Bank. Claims of corporate espionage plague Brazil’s food delivery market.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily