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🕸️ Six Degrees of Banco Master
Banco Master

🕸️ 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
Letícia Arcoverde
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Jan 30, 2026
🗓️ Save the rate cut date
Brazil's 2026 Elections

🗓️ 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.

Letícia Arcoverde
Gustavo Ribeiro
Letícia Arcoverde, +1
Jan 29, 2026
🌎 Regional realpolitik
Brazil's 2026 Elections

🌎 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 28, 2026
✈️ Coming to America
Banco Master

✈️ 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 27, 2026
🙊 The I-word
Banco Master

🙊 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 26, 2026
🤯 A new end of the world?
Banco Master

🤯 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
Letícia Arcoverde
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Jan 23, 2026
🏔️ Davos no-show
Mercosur-EU

🏔️ 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.

Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro
Isabela Cruz, +1
Jan 22, 2026
🔮 Careful CEO optimism
Brazil's 2026 Elections

🔮 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 21, 2026
📜 Loosening the reins
Brazil's 2026 Elections

📜 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 20, 2026
🪖 Si Vis Pacem, pay up
Brazil Daily

🪖 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 19, 2026
🪜 Brazil’s complicated income ladder
Brazil Daily

🪜 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
Letícia Arcoverde
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Jan 16, 2026
🤯 Master minds
Banco Master

🤯 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 15, 2026
👨‍👦 Nepo daddy
Brazil Daily

👨‍👦 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 14, 2026
🤨 Family ties
Banco Master

🤨 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
Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Jan 13, 2026
🇪🇺 EU agreement is a big deal for Brazil
Mercosur-EU

🇪🇺 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 12, 2026
☎️ Phonebook diplomacy
Brazil Daily

☎️ 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 9, 2026
🧨 Jan. 8 is still not over
Brazil Daily

🧨 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 8, 2026
🪣 Lula’s bucket list for 2026
Brazil Daily

🪣 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 7, 2026
⚠️ Master concerns
Banco Master

⚠️ 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 6, 2026
🇻🇪 Crisis next door
Venezuela Crisis

🇻🇪 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Jan 5, 2026
🚨 Back-to-back raids
Banco Master

🚨 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
Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
Dec 19, 2025
🤯 EU-ltimatum
Mercosur-EU

🤯 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Dec 18, 2025
🙄 It’s not me, it’s EU
Mercosur-EU

🙄 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Dec 17, 2025
🔮 What lawmakers think
Brazil Daily

🔮 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Dec 16, 2025
🤑 Follow the pork
Mercosur-EU

🤑 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
Gustavo Ribeiro
Dec 15, 2025
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