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Brazil Daily

Feb 3, 2026

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16 min read

🫴 What Lula wants

Lula’s to-do list for his meeting with Trump. Are markets right to complain about the government’s likely Central Bank pick? Brazil is still vastly unequal, despite advances.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 30, 2026

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14 min read

🕸️ Six Degrees of Banco Master

Since the Banco Master case first broke, we warned that it wouldn’t be long before it reached high-profile politicians. It has now.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Jan 29, 2026

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17 min read

🗓️ Save the rate cut date

No rate cuts yet, but soon? A Brazilian business delegation embarks on an Africa roadshow. Haddad is accused of not being a team player.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Jan 28, 2026

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15 min read

🌎 Regional realpolitik

How Lula plans to see eye to eye with ideologically opposed leaders in South America. A presidential hopeful changes parties. A data adequacy deal increases cooperation between Brazil and the EU.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 27, 2026

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17 min read

✈️ Coming to America

What Lula and Trump discussed on Monday. Alleged conflict of interest in Brazil’s top courts. The Banco Master web extends to former Lula cabinet ministers.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 26, 2026

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15 min read

🙊 The I-word

The Supreme Court justice in the Banco Master spotlight. Why do clothes cost more in Brazil? Nikolas Ferreira marches to the capital

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 23, 2026

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18 min read

🤯 A new end of the world?

Will the Banco Master case result in a plea deal? Tarcísio de Freitas’s plan of ambiguity comes apart. Charges in the Americanas fraud case.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Jan 22, 2026

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17 min read

🏔️ Davos no-show

Brazil’s president gives Davos a miss, again. Yet another delay to the EU-Mercosur deal. A bidding imbroglio at the Port of Santos.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Jan 21, 2026

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15 min read

🔮 Careful CEO optimism

The latest edition of PwC’s Global CEO Survey. Petrobras is getting a new wave of ships. Freitas flakes on meeting Bolsonaro in prison.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 20, 2026

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12 min read

📜 Loosening the reins

Proposed electoral rules signal a hands-off approach to policing campaigns. Brazilian automakers are fighting against a tax break for EV assembly.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 19, 2026

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15 min read

🪖 Si Vis Pacem, pay up

Why Brazil’s armed forces believe they need more money. Will Lula take a seat on Trump’s controversial “Board of Peace”? It isn’t raining enough in Brazil.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 16, 2026

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14 min read

🪜 Brazil’s complicated income ladder

The “middle class” in Brazil has never been bigger. How celebrity gossip accounts could have an influence on the election. Bolsonaro’s new prison cell.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Jan 15, 2026

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19 min read

🤯 Master minds

More twists in the Banco Master tale. A new Quaest poll gives Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro food for thought. Questions surround the brief visit of a Chinese hospital ship.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 14, 2026

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16 min read

👨‍👦 Nepo daddy

The House speaker wants a back scratch from the president. A mining cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia. Brazil donates military equipment to neighbors.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 13, 2026

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15 min read

🤨 Family ties

The questions around a Supreme Court justice in the Banco Master case. The contradictions of Brazil’s silence on Iran. Feds carry out more raids in budgetary grant investigations.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

🇪🇺 EU agreement is a big deal for Brazil

Jan 12, 2026

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16 min read

🇪🇺 EU agreement is a big deal for Brazil

How the EU-Mercosur deal will affect economies on either side of the Atlantic. Lula savors his inflation victory. “The Secret Agent” makes Golden Globes history.

Gustavo Ribeiro

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