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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

Mar 20, 2026

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17 min read

👋 Haddad: the good and the bad

The good and the bad of Haddad’s term as finance minister. As Vorcaro edges closer to entering plea negotiations, the Supreme Court closes ranks.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 19, 2026

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16 min read

🦅 Out-hawking the hawks

Even with Middle East concerns, Brazil cuts interest rates. A massive new energy auction. Brazil’s new rules for children and teenagers online.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +2

Brazil Daily

Mar 18, 2026

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18 min read

🏗🚢 Safe harbor?

Eyes from around the world are fixed on a Santos port terminal auction. Brazil overtakes the US on an annual democracy monitor. Previewing the Central Bank’s upcoming rate decision.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 17, 2026

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14 min read

🇧🇴 Brazil wants Bolivian gas

Three new deals between Brazil and Bolivia. Dino rules to end mandatory retirement farce for judges. Banco Master rapporteur wants leaks to stop.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 16, 2026

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18 min read

🛂 Visa versa

The motivations (and ramifications) of Lula revoking the visa of a Trump envoy. Jair Bolsonaro is in the ICU. Vorcaro moves closer to a plea deal after his detention is upheld.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 13, 2026

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13 min read

🚩 Economic risks from Iran, China

Lula moves to temporarily cut taxes on diesel. A change in soybean inspections causes panic during Brazil’s peak export season.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

Mar 12, 2026

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18 min read

💸 Ethanol hangover

Sugar and ethanol producer Raízen reaches a debt reorganization deal. A new payment system for BRICS? The opposition wants to force a congressional inquiry into the Master scandal.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +2

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