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    Michael Stott

    Latin America editor

    Michael Stott is the Latin America editor of the Financial Times based in London. He was previously in Tokyo as managing editor of the Nikkei Asian Review, a sister publication covering Asian business and politics. Prior to that he was the FT's UK news editor.

    Michael reported from Latin America between 1990-1998, living in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. Formerly Moscow bureau chief and Editor, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Reuters, he joined the FT in 2014.

    Michael graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in Modern Languages and speaks fluent Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Russian.

    Email Michael Stott @mj_stott  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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    • Monday, 2 October, 2023
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      McCarthy avoids US government shutdown

      Brazil walks a tightrope between conservation and oil and gas exploration

    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Brazilian economy
      Brazil minister says oil and green ambitions are not contradictory

      Alexandre Silveira touts clean energy credentials and aim to become top oil producer

    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Mercosur
      South American leaders issue ultimatum on EU trade pact

      Paraguay’s president says Mercosur will end talks with Brussels if deal is not finalised by December 6

      Paraguay’s president Santiago Peña at the UN General Assembly in New York this week
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Venezuela
      Venezuelan bonds rally as investors bet on detente with Washington

      Funds hope an easing of US sanctions will trigger big gains for bonds trading at fraction of face value

      Nicolás Maduro
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      India shines at G20 summit

      PwC is planning to give up millions of dollars of consulting work for its US audit clients

    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      InterviewInternational Monetary Fund
      Organised crime groups are hurting Latin America’s economy, says IMF

      Fund’s regional chief warns growing presence of gangs is deterring investment

      Rodrigo Valdés
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Inside BusinessForeign direct investment
      Latin America’s foreign investment boom defies political turmoil

      Redrawing of global supply chain map helps boost the region

      A Petrobras floating, production, storage and offloading vessel anchored in Angra dos Reis, Brazil
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      The rise of the middle powers
      China capitalises on US sanctions in fight to dethrone dollar

      Beijing uses developing world chagrin over Washington’s weaponisation of greenback to push global renminbi

      A montage of a globe, with its spherical object replaced by China’s national emblem, impressed on renminbi and dollar bills and a world map illustration
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Emerging markets
      Brics bank strives to reduce reliance on the dollar

      Shanghai-based lender’s president says it can become an institution ‘made by developing countries for themselves’

      Dilma Rousseff
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Person in the News
      Javier Milei, presidential hopeful biting at Argentina establishment’s heels

      The self-styled ‘anarcho-capitalist’ hopes to win election by exploiting frustration at the national economic disarray

      Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Javier Milei speaking on a microphone, his right hand raised in a fist.
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina’s Milei aims to balance budget within months, adviser says

      Radical libertarian wants to avoid mass public sector lay-offs because of economy’s dire state

      Javier Milei
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina struggles to avoid economic collapse after shock primary win

      Country under pressure to devalue currency again after radical rightwinger’s presidential primary victory knocks markets

      A bank of Banco Patagonia in Buenos Aires
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Latin American central banks’ head start

      Private equity firms are increasingly offering sweeteners to secure backing from investors

    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Saudi-hosted conference seeks to build support for Ukrainian peace plan

      Kyiv steps up efforts to engage key developing countries in isolating Moscow

      a residential building hit by a Russian missile in Dnipro, Ukraine
    • 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
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      The Big Read
      The militarisation of Mexico’s economy

      The influence of the armed forces has grown dramatically under Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But critics say there is no accountability or transparency

      Montage of images of Andrés Manuel López Obrador against a background of marching Mexican soldiers and the Mexican flag
    • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
      Brexit
      UK battles to reverse EU endorsement of ‘Islas Malvinas’ name

      Buenos Aires celebrates ‘diplomatic triumph’ after summit with European leaders uses Argentine term for Falkland Islands

      European Council president Charles Michel at the summit of EU, Latin American and Caribbean leaders on Tuesday
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      EU trade
      EU seeks to seal Mercosur trade pact as summit highlights rift over Ukraine war

      Brussels aims to boost Latin America ties but struggles to resolve environmental spat with Brazil and Argentina

      President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Ursula von der Leyen
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      OutlookMexican politics
      Guessing game heats up over Amlo’s successor

      Contenders are jostling for the all-important position as president’s favourite

      Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the outgoing Mexican president, has retained his popularity, making his chosen successor candidate a clear frontrunner in next year’s election
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      EU foreign policy
      EU struggles to reboot neglected Latin America relations

      Brussels hopes to recover ground lost to China at summit next week

    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
      Politics trumps trade in US and Mexico ahead of 2024 elections

      Business groups complain neither government is abiding by USMCA dispute procedures

    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      Mexican politics
      Outsider threatens to shake up Mexico’s presidential race

      Xóchitl Gálvez has come from poverty to challenge President López Obrador’s chosen successor

      Xóchitl Gálvez talks into a microphone
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      News in-depthAmericas companies
      Colombian tycoon and Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Tahnoon seek global reach for Nutresa

      New owners of Latin American food group spent $2.7bn over 18 months to gain control

      Jaime Gilinski and Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan
    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Guatemala
      Guatemala heads for centre-left run-off as anger grows over corruption

      Almost a quarter of voters spoil ballots or leave them blank after four candidates were barred from running

      UNE presidential candidate Sandra Torres in Guatemala City on Monday
    • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina’s Peronists unite behind economy minister in hopes of winning October election

      Sergio Massa announced as last-minute coalition unity candidate despite presiding over rampant inflation

      Sergio Massa
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