Brazil
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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
The Americas
Latin America’s new hard right: Bukele, Milei, Kast and Bolsonaro
Crime, abortion and socialism, not immigration, are the issues that rile them
The Americas
Mexico and Brazil dither as chip supply chains are reforged
American efforts to reduce reliance on Asia for semiconductors present an opportunity
The Americas
Lula’s gaffes are dulling Brazil’s G20 shine
Its relationships with the West are healing. But Brazil has not decided what kind of country it will be
The Americas
Can Lula fix Brazil’s fiscal mess?
Reform of the world’s most complicated tax system will cut businesses’ costs—if lobbies permit it
The Americas
Why is Brazil a hotspot for financial crime?
Its success as a fintech hub is mostly to blame
The World Ahead
Will the BRICS challenge America in 2024?
The economic bloc wants to compete with America for dominance
Leaders
The Economist’s country of the year for 2023
It is possible to enact painful economic reforms and still get re-elected