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  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Special ReportThe Future of Banking
    Brazil counts success with Pix payments tool

    State-backed instant transfer service is credited with helping to widen financial inclusion

    A man at a stall in São Paolo, Brazil, pays with a credit card
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Marcelo Claure
    Marcelo Claure’s Latin America fund makes first investment

    Former SoftBank executive’s Bicycle Capital places $25mn bet on Brazilian motorbike rental start-up

    Marcelo Claure
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Brazil’s second-quarter growth beats estimates in boost for Lula

    Higher output welcomed by leftwing leader, who criticises high interest rates as a drag on economy

    People walking in Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s congress approves looser spending rules in boost for Lula

    New fiscal framework under leftwing administration means budgets must rise by more than rate of inflation

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Friday, 18 August, 2023
    News in-depthBraskem SA
    Fight for Brazil chemicals group Braskem draws in foreign bidders — and Lula government

    Latin America’s largest petrochemicals producer has attracted bids from Apollo and Abu Dhabi state-run oil company

    A driver sits in a truck parked in front of the Braskem petrochemical plant in Duque de Caxias, Brazil
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Brazil unveils $76bn public spending spree

    Leftwing leader Lula wants state to play a greater role in economic development

    resident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the construction site of the new building of the Brazilian Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
    Central banks
    Latin America’s central banks declare victory in war on inflation

    Hard-fought battles with price pressures in the 1980s and 1990s meant rate-setters acted fast when costs soared

    Members of the Unified Workers’ Central trade union protest against rising interest rates outside the headquarters of the central bank in Brasília in June
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    Climate change
    Brazil to launch ‘most ambitious’ green transition package

    Investors welcome bold environmentalist programme from leftwing president

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with indigenous women on a stage
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    Global InsightBryan Harris
    Lula brings retro playbook to a modern Brazil

    Subsidies for manufacturers and a non-aligned foreign policy are rooted in the former trade union leader’s formative years

  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    EU trade
    EU seeks to seal Mercosur trade pact as summit highlights rift over Ukraine war

    Brussels aims to boost Latin America ties but struggles to resolve environmental spat with Brazil and Argentina

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Ursula von der Leyen
  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    The Big Read
    The discreet US campaign to defend Brazil’s election

    Amid widespread speculation about a coup attempt, the Biden administration pressured politicians and generals to respect the result

  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    InterviewPetrobras
    Petrobras CEO says not keeping oil reserves up would be ‘fatal error’

    Brazilian oil major is trying to overcome opposition to plans for drilling off the mouth of the Amazon river

    Jean Paul Prates,
  • Monday, 12 June, 2023
    Europe Express
    Why Ukraine is tightening anti-graft rules before aid billions start flowing Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter: How Europe lost its prime trade relationship with Brazil

    Ukrainian soldiers stand in front of a building with a Ukrainian flag on it
  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil divided over oil drilling proposal off Amazon delta

    ‘A big fight’: potential new fossil fuel source causes rift in Lula government after green pledges

    The mouth of the Amazon River on the coast of Amapa state in Brazil
  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s Speaker vows to stop Lula going ‘backward’ on reform

    Powerful leader of Brazil’s lower house tells FT he will defend market-friendly laws

    Arthur Lira
  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Brazil
    Lula ally picked for Brazil central bank post

    Former bank executive Gabriel Galípolo will serve as monetary policy director

    The central bank of Brazil in Brasilia
  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula’s move to scrap spending cap sparks fears of debt build-up

    Government says push to expand the role of the state will be accompanied by commitments for balanced budgets

    Fernando Haddad greets President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Monday, 17 April, 2023
    Global InsightBryan Harris
    ‘Anxious and frustrated’ Lula takes swerve to the left in Brazil

    President has in effect abandoned his ‘big tent’ coalition only a few months into his third term

    Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s Lula calls for end to dollar trade dominance

    Leftist president lends his voice to Beijing’s efforts to boost renminbi’s role in global commerce

    Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Brazil fourth-quarter GDP declines as economic challenges mount for Lula

    Weak investment and slowdown in industry and services end five consecutive quarters of growth

    Residents at the Roque Um favela in Recife, Pernambuco, in the north-east of Brazil
  • Saturday, 11 February, 2023
    Brazil
    Lula’s attacks on Brazil central bank alarm investors

    President questions independent monetary policy and bank’s continuing independence

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    News in-depthNatura Cosmeticos SA
    Cosmetics group Natura embarks on makeover

    Body Shop and Avon owner is concentrating on revamping its brands during consumer spending squeeze

    Natura
  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Brazil seeks to tackle deficit with ambitious economic programme

    Lula administration announces package of tax rises and spending cuts

    Brazil’s finance minister Fernando Haddad sits at table with president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Brazil
    Investors fret over Lula’s approach to Brazil’s state companies

    Petrobras and Banco de Brasil shares hit by volatility in new president’s first week

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Brazil’s Lula can only succeed through pragmatism

    The veteran leftist’s best chance of fulfilling campaign pledges is to harness the power of investment and trade

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with his dog, at his inauguration ceremony in Brasília
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