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    Michael Pooler

    Brazil Correspondent

    Michael Pooler is a Brazil correspondent with the FT, based in São Paulo. He was previously a reporter on the industry team in London.
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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Sovereign bonds
      Brazil aims to raise $2bn from debut sustainable bond sale

      Green debt issuance will be a test of investor appetite for Lula’s environmental agenda

      A Brazililan federal agency officer taking part in an operation against deforestation in the Amazon in February 2023
    • 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
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      Brazil’s Lula seals pact with opposition parties in hopes of political boost

      President exchanges two cabinet posts for support from rightwing parties

      Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Brazilian economy
      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
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      News in-depthJair Bolsonaro
      Brazil’s jewels scandal adds to Bolsonaro’s legal woes

      Probe over expensive foreign gifts damages hard-right former president’s ability to build a political legacy

      Jair Bolsonaro
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      Lula nears pact with Brazilian rightwingers to boost passage of agenda

      Government in talks on ‘political front’ with parties once allied to hard-right former president Jair Bolsonaro

      Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Natura Cosmeticos SA
      Brazil’s Natura considers Body Shop sale

      Beauty conglomerate has struggled to turn around UK ethical skincare brand

      The Body Shop logo outside one of its stores
    • 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
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Geopolitics
      China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7

      Leaders from bloc of developing economies will gather this week to debate expansion

    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      Top police commanders arrested over Brazil capital riots

      High-ranking officers accused of involvement in riots by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro

      Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro storm the presidential palace in Brasília while clashing with security forces on January 8 2023
    • 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
      Brazilian economy
      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, 9 August, 2023
      Deforestation
      Amazon nations fail to agree deforestation target

      Brazilian president had aimed to persuade neighbours to agree to halt illegal destruction of forests by 2030

      Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
    • 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
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Vale SA
      Saudi Arabia makes mining bet with stake in Vale’s base metals division

      Brazilian miner sells 13% slice of business to aid ‘energy transition’ in $3.4bn cash deal

      An excavator loads raw nickel ore into a dump truck at a Vale nickel mining site in Indonesia
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      News in-depthBrazil
      Brazilian brokerage XP looks to life after the lockdown bull market

      Fintech’s chief says improving economic picture will boost recovery following group’s bumpy comedown from pandemic frenzy

      XP chief Thiago Maffra
    • 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, 19 June, 2023
      Accounting & Consulting services
      PwC and KPMG drawn deeper into Brazilian retailer’s accounting scandal

      Audit firms scrutinised over collapse of Americanas which has shocked corporate Brazil

    • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
      News in-depthAirlines
      Airlines consolidate and relaunch to reshape Latin America’s skies

      Spirit of enterprise helps to lift carriers out of the Covid clouds and seek growth again

    • 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
    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      Inside BusinessBrazil
      Betting scandal deals blow to Brazilian football’s development

      The growing influence of sports gambling has spurred calls for a better legal framework for the industry

      A man uses the gambling website Bet365 on a smartphone
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Football
      Spain’s football league seeks changes to law after racism backlash

      Chants directed at star player Vinícius Júnior draw anger from Brazilian government

      Real Madrid attacker Vinícius Júnior gestures towards a supporter during his team’s match against Valencia on Sunday
    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      São Paulo
      São Paulo’s levels of urban misery feel higher than ever

      One symptom of the city’s malaise is the takeover of streets and squares by addicts and drug dealers

      Drug addicts participating in the project are seen in ‘Crackland’, an area in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, in February
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