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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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  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    News in-depthBrazilian society
    Floods leave Brazilians with a grim choice: rebuild or leave?

    Towns weigh up their future after climate-fuelled disaster strikes agricultural powerhouse of Rio Grande do Sul

    Arroio do Meio after homes were destroyed following torrential rain in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Brazilian politics
    The judge behind the drive to bury Latin America’s biggest corruption probe

    Dias Toffoli infuriates campaigners by helping dismantle legacy of ‘Car Wash’ investigation in Brazil

    Dias Toffoli
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    China’s plan to sell cheap EVs to the rest of the world

    Shut out of the US by tariffs and facing a backlash in Europe, Chinese carmakers could end up dominating many emerging markets

    Montage image of a car, a Chinese flag and a mine
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Energy Source
    What’s next for Petrobras after latest turmoil? Premium content

    A CEO’s departure stirred memories of damaging political interference at the Brazilian state-controlled oil major

    Jean Paul Prates
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    News in-depthAutomobiles
    Carmakers electrify Brazil’s unique sugarcane vehicles

    Manufacturers are betting on ‘flex-fuel hybrid’ as South American nation charts alternative path to decarbonisation

    Cars on an assembly line
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s supreme court overturns ‘Car Wash’ corruption convictions

    Reversal of high-profile rulings comes as country backtracks on graft probe

    José Dirceu, a leftwing politician and longtime ally of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silv
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Special ReportInvesting in Minas Gerais
    Brazil’s lithium makes its presence known with silvery-white promise

    Minas Gerais deposits of the mineral are turning a once forlorn region of the state into a prospecting hotspot

    A conveyor belt loaded with gravel running through a large industrial mining site with various machinery and structures in the background, all secured by bright yellow safety barriers
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Special ReportInvesting in Minas Gerais
    Brazilian niobium carves out an energy niche

    US research highlights Chinese involvement in metal’s production

    A historic photograph of an astronaut in a white space suit standing on the moon’s surface, with the lunar lander reflected in the visor of the helmet
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Special ReportInvesting in Minas Gerais
    Minas plays focal role in effort to ease Brazil’s fertiliser problem

    State drive is under way to address vulnerability of nation’s agriculture to international events

    Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (leftmost) stands among workers of an industrial facility
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Petrobras
    Brazilian government ousts Petrobras chief after dispute over dividends

    Jean Paul Prates is fifth CEO of state-controlled oil major to leave in 3 years

    Jean Paul Prates
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    European banks
    Safra private bank assembles new dealmaking team for ultra-rich clients

    J Safra Sarasin taps BoA and Goldman Sachs as it looks to expand into advising on M&A and equity capital raises

  • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
    Environment
    Strike at Brazil’s environmental agencies starts to hit key parts of economy

    Labour stoppages by 4,000 public servants disrupt wide range of industries and infrastructure

  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Brazil
    Record Brazil floods kill 95 and cause $1bn damage

    Extreme rainfall displaces 200,000 as scientists link disaster with climate change

    A resident walks through a flooded street in Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Mubadala Investment Company PJSC
    Mubadala Capital plans $13.5bn biofuels investment in Brazil

    Arm of Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund also backs launch of new stock exchange in South American nation

    Oscar Fahlgren
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    Embraer SA
    Embraer explores options for aircraft to rival Airbus and Boeing

    Brazilian aerospace group studies plans for narrow-body passenger plane or long-range business jet

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visits Embraer headquarters
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil seeks to weaken fiscal targets it set only a year ago

    Leftist administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants greater flexibility on budget surplus goals

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaking to Fernando Haddad
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2024
    Gympass, Inc.
    Corporate wellness start-up Gympass prepares for IPO with rebrand

    Group valued at $2.4bn, whose backers include SoftBank, says it has begun work for an eventual float

    Cesar Carvalho
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    OutlookBrazilian politics
    Brazil’s 1964 coup casts a long shadow over Lula

    The leader has come under fierce criticism for his failure to commemorate the dark period

    Demonstrators shout as they hold placards with pictures of the victims of the military dictatorship
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    Brazilian politics
    Lula steps up interventions in Brazil’s largest companies

    Government involvement in Petrobras and Vale alarms investors as president calls market ‘voracious dinosaur’

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at Planalto Palace in Brasília, Brazil on March 18 2024
  • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
    Americas economy
    Mexico becomes the latest major Latin American economy to cut rates

    Region has already begun unwinding its response to soaring inflation that has affected monetary policy around the world

    Preparations to celebrate the anniversary of Mexico’s independence
  • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
    Vale SA
    Vale faces £3bn legal action over 2015 Mariana dam disaster

    New class action pursues mining group and project partner BHP over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters

    A building destroyed after the Fundão waste dam collapsed in November 2015
  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    Climate change
    Companies take step back from making climate target promises

    Hundreds failed to lay out goals aligned with Paris agreement to limit warming to 1.5C

    Cattle in a field
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    Vale SA
    Vale board member resigns in protest over alleged political meddling in succession process

    José Luciano Duarte Penido claims wrangling over CEO selection did not serve the best interests of the company

    The Iron Ore Terminal of Guaiba Island owned by Vale
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    Stellantis
    Stellantis joins global carmakers in Brazil push with $6bn investment

    Carmaker will focus on electrifying flexible fuel models as rivals pour money into Latin America’s largest economy

    Stellantis workers on an assembly line in Brazil
  • Monday, 4 March, 2024
    News in-depthJBS SA
    JBS faces ‘greenwashing’ lawsuit as opposition mounts to NY listing

    Environmentalists accuse Brazilian meatpacker of fuelling Amazon destruction

    A worker spreads salt over meat to be dried and the packed at a JBS plant in Santana de Parnaiba, Brazil
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