Financial Times reporter in Brazil @ft
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15 Jan 2023
What a week … Brasília was stormed and ransacked by right-wing rioters, United staged an unlikely comeback to win the derby and my son was born
I’m clocking off for some family time now 👶🏻
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Michael Pooler retweeted
May 7
While some in the west are pushing for a four-day working week in an age of AI, Brazil is only now looking to bring millions of its workers down from six days to five. ft.trib.al/gfmr2Kb
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Michael Pooler retweeted
Apr 10
Excelente matéria do @FT , com a qual tive a oportunidade de contribuir após uma conversa com @Michael_Pooler . Vale a leitura.
The Bolsonaro dynasty plots its comeback ft.com/content/7d8bf6d3-d0e2…
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Michael Pooler retweeted
Apr 1
Seems that Washington locked up access to rare earths in Brazil from the *only* company presently operating in that sector? (Did Lula know?) Wild story from @FT
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Michael Pooler retweeted
Mar 27
CEO of FC Augsburg: “I would advise everyone to buy a season ticket.”
Mar 23
JENSEN HUANG: “I would advise that every college student, every teacher should encourage their students to go use AI. Every college student should graduate and be an expert in AI.”
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Michael Pooler retweeted
Mar 15
Delighted to receive this review in the Financial Times. Lula! How Brazil made him — and he remade Brazil ft.com/content/9f7bc913-f64f… via @ft
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Brazil cuts reliance on Russian diesel amid new US oil sanctions on.ft.com/4p8CzUm
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9 Nov 2025
Exxon to ‘pace’ its planned $30bn spending on low-carbon projects blaming weak customer demand and bad government policies @Michael_Pooler @FT ft.com/content/f61fe8b7-5412… via @ft
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8 Jul 2025
Trump accused the Brics of "anti-American" policies and threatened extra trade tariffs.
Brazil's president Lula called the remarks "very mistaken and irresponsible".
“The world has changed. We don’t want an emperor. We are sovereign countries”.
Story: on.ft.com/45Y9ZP9
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1 Jul 2025
Mexico and Brazil have held preliminary talks about deepening their existing trade agreement.
An expanded deal for Latin America's two largest economies would help them diversify beyond the US and China, their main trading partners
Full story in the FT: on.ft.com/46kuyFu
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Michael Pooler retweeted
24 Jun 2025
Por que a América Latina exporta minério de ferro mas importa carros?
Porque produzimos o que o mundo já sabe fazer
e consumimos o que não conseguimos criar.
Aqui está a explicação completa, em 1min: 🧵
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18 Jun 2025
Brazil's billionaire beef barons are back.
A US share listing for JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, signalled the return from disgrace of the Batista brothers.
But they face sharp scrutiny over its environmental impact to their political dealings.
on.ft.com/4jUKZLW
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5 May 2025
The Goldman of the Tropics wants Brazil to help feed the world.
Latin America's top investment banker Andre Esteves told us about his plan for BTG Pactual, the lender he runs, to take on the globe's biggest commodity trading houses.
Read it in the FT: on.ft.com/4iTokiD
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1 Apr 2025
The upcoming trial of rightwing populist Jair Bolsonaro for an alleged coup plot has divided Brazil.
What is the prosecution's case - and what does it mean for Latin America's biggest democracy?
Today's big read in the Financial Times - free link: on.ft.com/42ew9ZZ
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25 Mar 2025
Brazil's ex president Jair #Bolsonaro, accused of plotting a coup, told us the country needs "support from abroad" to prevent a slide into dictatorship.
"American help is welcome," said the rightwinger, in an apparent appeal to the Trump administration
on.ft.com/4iYsPJ5
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Michael Pooler retweeted
17 Nov 2024
Good morning from Rio where G20 negotiators worked past 4am seeking a deal, but:
Trump’s win is already threatening G20 initiatives on tax, climate and gender equality into disarray, as his Argentine acolyte Milei does his bidding
ft.com/content/b7c1e6a9-6d0b… @ft w @Michael_Pooler
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Michael Pooler retweeted
20 Aug 2024
🇧🇷 Oí, se você cresceu em uma família que recebia Bolsa Família e hoje é um adulto que não recebe assistência social, gostaria falar com você (manda DM). Obrigada. Agradeço o RT
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Michael Pooler retweeted
17 Aug 2024
Me lembro como era viver no Brasil pouco promissor do começo dos anos 90, morando um bairro periférico, e ter no programa Silvio Santos uma das poucas diversões gratuitas. Entendo as críticas, muitas justas, mas perder essa perspectiva de quem teve pouco é perder o personagem.
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Michael Pooler retweeted
16 Aug 2024
The usual geniuses keep using this photo, to make their usual dumb/hateful anti-immigration arguments.
Quite ironic, to say the least.
A few facts about this photo, for anyone interested in who those women were - and what their stories might tell you about Ireland. /1
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