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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

Brazil Daily

Jan 9, 2026

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15 min read

☎️ Phonebook diplomacy

Lula’s phone calls with regional leaders over the Venezuela situation. Amid US interest, Paraguay threatens to renege on a 2024 dam agreement. The first move of Lula’s massive impending cabinet reshuffle.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 8, 2026

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15 min read

🧨 Jan. 8 is still not over

The 3rd anniversary of the January 8 riots. The corruption tag comes back to haunt the PT. Lula’s securities regulator pick raises market eyebrows.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 7, 2026

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16 min read

🪣 Lula’s bucket list for 2026

The bills the Lula administration wants to pass before the election. A leak grinds Petrobras oil drilling to a halt off the Amazon coast. How Brazil’s trade figures measured up in 2025.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 6, 2026

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20 min read

⚠️ Master concerns

The far-reaching tentacles of the Banco Master case. Unemployment has never been lower, but hiring is slowing. Brazil is walking on eggshells in Venezuela.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Jan 5, 2026

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15 min read

🇻🇪 Crisis next door

What the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro means for Brazil, domestically and abroad. Plus, stories you might have missed over the holidays.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 19, 2025

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17 min read

🚨 Back-to-back raids

Raids in Congress over embezzlement cases. Another delay for the EU-Mercosur deal. Calls for a code of conduct for Supreme Court justices.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Dec 18, 2025

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13 min read

🤯 EU-ltimatum

Lula makes a final push for the EU-Mercosur deal. Bolsonaro sentence-reduction bill makes its way through the Senate. Ozempic’s Brazil patent is running out.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 17, 2025

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18 min read

🙄 It’s not me, it’s EU

Yet another bump in the road for the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Lula and Bolsonaro are both happy with the latest polling. One more step toward tax reform.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 16, 2025

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14 min read

🔮 What lawmakers think

Is Congress warming up to the idea of a Lula re-election win? Braskem could be in for an ownership change. Natural gas producers want their energy to be considered green.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 15, 2025

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19 min read

🤑 Follow the pork

Budget earmarks probe closes in on former speaker Lira. The Bolsonaros lose their Trump card. We speak to the French ambassador in Brazil.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 11, 2025

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16 min read

📖 Between the Central Bank’s lines

The Central Bank’s latest interest rate decision came as no surprise. As talk of reducing Bolsonaro’s sentence gains steam, Congress tests the government. Millions lose power in São Paulo.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 10, 2025

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18 min read

👊 Political hooliganism works

The House speaker used security officers against journalists and a lawmaker, while the Senate passed legislation that directly contradicts Supreme Court precedent.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Dec 9, 2025

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17 min read

👵 Pensions tension

Brazilians are living longer. But what does that mean for pensions? One Supreme Court justice’s crusade against opaque earmarks Brazil celebrates historic HIV-AIDS results.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

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