Brazil
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The Americas
Jair Bolsonaro still shapes Brazil’s political right
Would-be successors are pandering to his fans
The Americas
How Brazilian lawmakers won extra powers to waste money
Congress’s capture of the budget is making Brazil less governable
The Americas
Can the voluntary carbon market save the Amazon?
Entrepreneurs in Brazil are betting big on planting trees
Finance & economics
Why orange juice has never been more expensive
Pity those who rely on the breakfast staple
Obituary
Sérgio Mendes sent Brazil’s party spirit out into the world
The pianist, arranger and bandleader died on September 5th, aged 83
Leaders
As Brazil bans Elon Musk’s X, who will speak up for free speech?
Free expression has become a culture war, and those who should defend it are staying quiet
The Americas
The all-powerful judge taking on Elon Musk
Is the legal cure of banning X worse than the disease?
The Americas
The plight of Brazil’s indigenous groups worsens
Blame illegal miners, ranchers, loggers, traffickers and an unsympathetic Congress
Leaders
To halt Brazil’s decline, Lula needs to cut runaway public spending
Investors have started to worry
The Americas
Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side
Investors have started to worry about deficits and debt
Finance & economics
Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
The Americas
Huge floods in Brazil’s south are a harbinger of disasters to come
Climate change is making weather events more extreme in the region
Leaders
How to pacify the world’s most violent region
The iron-fist approach will not solve Latin America’s gang-violence problem
The Americas
Elon Musk is feuding with Brazil’s powerful Supreme Court
The court has become the de facto regulator of social media in the country
The Americas
Chinese green technologies are pouring into Latin America
That is prompting anxiety in the United States about security, coercion and competition
The Americas
Brazil and Colombia are curbing destruction of Amazon rainforest
Tree loss in South America fell by almost a quarter in 2023, compared with the year before