
AQ Top 5: Meet Latin America’s Most Exciting Young Entrepreneurs
Our annual list spotlights five enterprising businesspeople who are making an impact – and a profit.
Our annual list spotlights five enterprising businesspeople who are making an impact – and a profit.
The Brazilian attorney general who prosecuted the historic corruption case reflects on its lessons in this exclusive article for AQ.
This article is adapted from AQ’s print issue on transparency and the 2018 elections Leer en español | Ler em português Paraguay’s so-called Heist of the Century began just after midnight in April, when approximately 60 armed bandits poured out of the back of a cargo truck at the main offices of Prosegur, an armored … Read more
The startling find that revealed a grim and intentionally obscured aspect of the past.
Brazil’s Central Bank raised eyebrows in December when it lowered its target interest rate to 7 percent. That’s high by global standards, and about average for other major emerging markets, but it was a milestone for Latin America’s biggest economy: 7 percent is the lowest key interest rate in Brazil’s history. That Brazil’s all-time lowest … Read more
Brazil’s sky-high cost of credit hurts the economy; lowering it could be an important step in boosting growth and jobs.
Jailing a presidential frontrunner is “not the Brazilian tradition,” for better and for worse, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.
The opacity of Switzerland’s banking system served the corruption scheme well. Swiss authorities are looking at ways to change that.
As Brazilians fight against corruption and cronyism, one Supreme Court judge insists on doing things the old-fashioned way.
A look at the sugar and ethanol industry shows why trade barriers are not the best response to globalization’s pressures.
The government of Michel Temer has dealt Brazilian foreign policy a body blow. Not only has the president traveled abroad less than any of his predecessors since Itamar Franco in the 1990s, but, more importantly, Brazil nowadays contributes remarkably little to dealing with urgent regional challenges. These include the crisis in Venezuela, transnational crime, China’s … Read more
Este artigo foi adaptado da edição impresa de AQ sobre Colômbia | Leer en español | Read in English Todos acompanhamos as machetes. A Petrobras, a estatal de petróleo brasileira, tornou-se, nos últimos anos, uma síntese de disfunção e corrupção, o epicentro do escândalo conhecido como Operação Lava-Jato, que resultou em pelo menos US$ 5 bilhões … Read more
After years of financial uncertainty, the Brazilian oil giant is back from the brink – and beating regional competitors.
This article is adapted from AQ’s Top 5 list of Latin American art activists The first thing Angélica Dass saw upon entering the world was a camera. The daughter of an avid hobby photographer, the click of the shutter was a common theme in her childhood. So, too, were conversations about race. Her father is … Read more
This article is adapted from AQ’s print issue on peace and economic opportunity in Colombia Once upon a time, back in the long-ago mists of, say, 2012, Brazil was still seen as a benign force in the world. Other countries, from Namibia to Peru to Mozambique, were seduced by its lively democracy and admirable record … Read more