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Brazil Daily

Apr 10, 2026

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14 min read

🍯 Honey pot capitalism

The latest Banco Master revelations verge on the salacious. Electoral court leadership will change hands earlier than expected. The Iran war’s effect on inflation.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Apr 9, 2026

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16 min read

🚂 Keeping it rail

The latest on the Ferrogrão railway dispute. Markets dream of a Lula-less election. Foreign airlines could get a look-in in Brazil’s Amazon.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Apr 8, 2026

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14 min read

🍿 Keeping up with the Bolsonaros

Right-wing fault lines lead to Bolsonaro-on-Bolsonaro tensions. Brazil’s latest trade figures. The launch of a new elections observatory.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Apr 7, 2026

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14 min read

🥴 Energy shock treatment

With the war in Iran ongoing and elections nearing, the Lula government is trying to keep fuel prices down. Brazil’s relationship with Cuba amid the island’s current crises.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

🔀 Main takes from Brazil's party-swapping season

Apr 6, 2026

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17 min read

🔀 Main takes from Brazil's party-swapping season

An X-ray of Brazil’s political party transfer window. Ins and outs of the Lula cabinet. State governors and capital mayors get in on the act.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Apr 2, 2026

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18 min read

🌀 Blowin' in the offshore wind

A boost for Brazil’s offshore wind sector. China’s major rise in the Brazilian automobile market. Progress made on Lula’s Supreme Court pick.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Apr 1, 2026

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12 min read

🧩 Candidates move in key battleground

Important electoral shifts in Brazil’s biggest bellwether state. TikTok wants to offer financial services in Brazil.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 31, 2026

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17 min read

🌐 WT-woes for Brazil and US

A WTO impasse between Brazil and the US. Ronaldo Caiado gets the nod to be the PSD’s presidential candidate. The war in Iran worsens Brazil’s inflation expectations.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 30, 2026

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18 min read

🦅 Inviting foreign interference

Flávio Bolsonaro’s controversial CPAC speech. The end of the INSS inquiry in Congress. Rio de Janeiro’s governor debacle.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 27, 2026

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15 min read

🛢️ Brazil’s new oil discovery

Another Petrobras oil discovery. The Supreme Court says no to extending the INSS inquiry. Brazil’s money-laundering enforcement agency gets a makeover.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 26, 2026

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16 min read

🚧 Mercosur: 35 and unfinished

Mercosur turns 35. Brazilian beef exporters are racing through their China quota. A virus stolen from a university lab.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil Daily

Mar 25, 2026

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15 min read

🎖️ Brazilian jet-set

Brazil joins the select club of countries that can produce fighter jets domestically. A new plan for diesel subsidies. Finalizing measures to improve conditions for platform work.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 24, 2026

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15 min read

🤷🏻 Grand opening, grand closing

Ratinho Junior’s short-lived (or nonexistent) presidential bid. Bolsonaro’s chances of moving to house arrest improve. The social security saga is set to continue in Congress.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 23, 2026

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15 min read

🙋🏻‍♂️ The race gets crowded

Ratinho Júnior set to be 2026’s first “third-way” candidate. Debt is stifling any chance of economic improvements. Lula’s trip to the CELAC meeting in Colombia.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily