Michael Stott
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Latin America Editor at the Financial Times
London, England
Joined November 2010
Why marijuana is yesterday's news: excellent piece from @jude_webber Mexican drug cartels see big profits in fentanyl via @financialtimes.
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Gangs use long-established networks to export synthetic narcotics to the US
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Colombian guerrillas now operate in more than half of Venezuela’s territory. Startling report via @nytimes
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With Venezuela in shambles, criminals and insurgents run large stretches of the nation’s territory. We traveled through one of the regions under their control.
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Central America needs trade more than aid from the US via @financialtimes.
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Tackling soaring migration means helping to alleviate its root causes
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Why is Latin America's left in denial on the environment? Excellent piece from @OliverStuenkel.via @amerquarterly.
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As center-left leaders in Europe and the U.S. prioritize the fight against climate change, the same cannot be said of their Latin American peers.
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Alarm bells ringing in Bolivia: .Luis Arce’s Broken Promise in Bolivia via @amerquarterly.
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The arrest of his predecessor on terrorism charges is the latest step by Arce’s government to set off alarms.
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RT @OliverStuenkel: The militarization of Brazil's government continues. After Bolsonaro announced that a general would lead Petrobras, tod….
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Mexico’s #COVID death toll is far worse than the government is admitting. Great piece from @jude_webber via @financialtimes.
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Covid-19 tsar says his conscience is clear despite one of the world’s highest excess death rates
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Cocaine: Colombia weighs a new aerial war on drugs via @financialtimes.
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With drug production soaring, Bogotá wants to revive its controversial crop spraying programme
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#Petrobras president suddenly pushed out: a clear signal from Bolsonaro that his re-election campaign takes precedence over economic policy via @financialtimes.
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Rightwing populist president intends to replace head of oil producer with army general
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Mexico's AMLO wanted to boost investment. Instead he scared it away. "Mexico doesn’t seem to have a clear model for economic growth," says one economist in this revealing piece by @jude_webber : via @financialtimes.
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Electricity sector rule change is latest in series of investor-unfriendly decisions
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Excellent piece by the redoubtable Max Hastings on the future of the UK. He sees a N Irish departure
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A breakup of Britain would be a boon for Northern Ireland, bad for Scotland and Wales, and devastating for England’s place in the world.
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A wealthy ex-banker is campaigning as a ‘change candidate’ in Ecuador's pivotal election on Sunday: will it work? via @financialtimes.
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Guillermo Lasso favoured by investors but may struggle to win over voters amid crisis
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Important and thoughtful proposals on breaking the Venezuela stalemate from @ericfarns Venezuela Needs More Realism, Less Hubris from the US
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The Biden administration must refine the U.S.’s strategy towards the 20-year-old dictatorship.
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Under-reported and alarming: the cultural price of Brexit. Will Britain’s orchestras survive the Brexit exodus? via @spectator.
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In the first month of Brexit, two British orchestras were publicly beheaded. The London Symphony Orchestra was shocked to discover that its music director, Sir Simon Rattle, had taken a better job in...
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It's a bit late now. .
If the 2016 EU referendum were to happen again today, Britons would vote to Remain. but they are split on 'Re-join'. If 2016 EU referendum held again:.Remain - 49%.Leave - 37%. If referendum on re-joining EU:.Re-join EU - 42%.Not re-join EU - 40%.
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How will Bolsonaro react as US pressure on Brazil over the Amazon increases this year?
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Former environmental officials from both parties are pressing President Biden to counter deforestation in the Amazon, especially in Brazil.
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Bolsonaro gets close to a Brazilian ex-president best known for having been impeached. Is he looking for advice?.
Bolsonaro se une a Collor, que pode ganhar espaço no governo via @YahooBr.
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Latin America's entrepreneurs are filling gaps left by the state. Here's how: via @financialtimes.
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Why some businesses are delivering social services in the world’s most unequal region
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RT @diazbriseno: JUST IN: Mexico’s AMLO says he will NOT take a position on the storming of the US Capitol. Unlike other world leaders, AML….
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