Bloomberg.com • 30th April 2025

Brazil Denies Plans for Red Soccer World Cup Jersey After Political Backlash

Brazil’s iconic yellow soccer jersey has become such a potent conservative political symbol that many leftists refuse to wear it. Now, rumors the team might don a different color with deep associations to the left at the 2026 World Cup are inflaming the right.

Bloomberg.com • 14th April 2025

Latin America Is Stuck in the Middle of Trump’s China Trade War

Donald Trump is pulling his nation’s closest neighbors into the center of his trade war with China as he seeks to elbow the Asian giant out of a region the US has long considered its own backyard.

Bloomberg.com • 6th March 2025

‘Ice Queen’ No More: Sheinbaum Charms Trump on Tariffs

Claudia Sheinbaum’s dispassionate style on the campaign trail was once seen as such a political weakness that her opponent in last year’s Mexican presidential election branded her “The Ice Queen.” But months into a trade dispute with Donald Trump, Sheinbaum’s calculated and technocratic approach to politics suddenly appears to be a crucial strength.

Bloomberg.com • 3rd June 2024

The End of AMLO’s Presidency Will Leave a Void in Mexico’s Morning

Bloomberg.com • 17th May 2024

Milei Picks Far-Right Rally Over Spanish PM During Madrid Visit

For most heads of state, it’d be unthinkable to visit another nation, skip meeting its leader and instead attend an opposition rally.But for Argentine President Javier Milei, it’s just another poke-in-the-eye trip. To a historic ally, no less.

Bloomberg.com • 28th March 2024

Lula-Milei Clash Embodies the World’s Competing Economic Views

There are few presidents in the world today with more radically different economic models than Argentina’s Javier Milei and Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.Milei is desperate to gut public spending, sell off state-run companies and slash regulations. Lula, meanwhile, hounds his aides to ramp up spending, revitalize state companies to drive industrial policy and strengthen regulations to protect workers and the environment.

Bloomberg.com • 11th February 2024

Argentina’s Power Duo Meets at the Vatican After Trading Insults

Javier Milei was in the middle of his first television interview as Argentina’s president-elect when an adviser abruptly handed him a mobile phone. The cameras stopped rolling. Pope Francis was on the line.

Bloomberg.com • 8th January 2024

Bolsonaro’s Shadow Looms Over a Revamp of the Brazilian Right

The fiery Brazilian right-wing movement ignited by Jair Bolsonaro’s 2018 ascent to the presidency is seeking a rebrand. A year after Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed the capital in a bid to overturn his election defeat, members of his inner circle are trying to chart a more moderate path toward municipal contests in October, as they attempt to broaden their appeal ahead of a 2026 presidential race in which their standard-bearer can’t take part.

HuffPost • 16th August 2019

WhatsApp Is Radicalizing The Right In Bolsonaro's Brazil

The app was used to spread misinformation that helped elect far-right authoritarian Jair Bolsonaro. It still serves as a platform for radicalization.

HuffPost UK • 6th July 2019

It's Time For Women's Soccer To Break Away From FIFA

The male-dominated organization has never properly prioritized the women's game. And it probably never will.

HuffPost • 28th June 2019

A Pivotal Women's World Cup Match For The United States Is An Even Bigger Deal For France

A win for France would establish it as a world power, and help bring even more attention to women's soccer at home.

HuffPost • 18th June 2019

Bob Marley's Daughter Rescued Jamaican Soccer. Now She Wants The Country's Help.

The Reggae Girlz made their first World Cup appearance despite their federation's neglect. They'll need its help to get back.

HuffPost UK • 8th June 2019

The Indomitable Lionesses And Other Women’s World Cup Underdogs

A handy guide to the longest shots in each group for this year’s tournament.