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Anxious about their country’s environmental record, Brazilian companies are rushing to attract ESG investment. Can they deliver on their promises? Plus: military might in the Amazon; thirsty São Paulo; trains versus trucks; plant-burgers sizzle
Companies are scrambling to bolster the country’s environmental credentials
How green is it to replace trucks with trains? The question is proving to be a divisive one
The economist is optimistic about the prospects for sustainability in Brazil
Silent scourge of hunger and poverty runs parallel to coronavirus pandemic
Incumbents have enjoyed huge profits but low interest rates and fintech challengers are forcing change
Central bank decision comes against a backdrop of rising prices and a new deadly wave of Covid-19
In a country that has barely grown for a decade, Brazil’s most famous city is mired in heavy debt and violent crime
Bolsonaro ousted head of state-controlled oil major after he refused to cap price of fuel
Latin America’s largest economy was one of its most resilient amid the pandemic, data show
Oil producer’s shares fall and currency slides over fears of more state intervention
Head of institution will be protected from political interference over monetary policy
US group’s withdrawal after a century of manufacturing is ominous sign for sector
Initial stimulus to combat pandemic leaves Bolsonaro little room to spend this year
Looming fiscal crisis should be an opportunity to tackle structural problems
Challenge by central bank chief to economy minister underlines worries over fiscal plans
High-tech agribusinesses cut down on chemicals while unscrupulous ranchers cut down trees
Airbnb has disclosed it could raise as much as $2.5bn in its initial public offering
Economy contracted a record 9.7% as shutdowns took toll, but analysts believe worst is over
Coronavirus crisis raises fraught question of whether to abandon ‘ceiling’
Resignations threaten finance minister’s programme of liberal reform
Concerns raised after billion-dollar bets on the South American country’s bonds sour
Politicians consider competing proposals on simplifying complex system
Politicians and officials unite around need for action as pandemic suspends infighting
Firms say surging deforestation raises ‘widespread uncertainties’ about investments
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