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Brazil after Rousseff

A bit of chat in my work hat about the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff:

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Antony Currie and Martin Langfield lay out how new President Michel Temer can help turn around the economy after his predecessor’s impeachment – and how lawmakers could be a big impediment.

The Central Park Obelisk, part trey

This was kind of fun:

Shot last summer, the segment on the Central Park obelisk gave me a chance to talk about one of the more Dan Brownian background elements of “The Malice Box” without sounding like an utter nutter, so thanks, Indigo Productions! That doomy silhouette standing and turning in front of the obelisk in the trailer is yours truly, putting to use years of doomy-silhouette training at last. It aired last week, I learned today. Watch out for re-runs!

Chile, Brazil, and Monty Python’s “Four Yorkshiremen” sketch.

Breakingviews TV: Chile’s “luxury” woes

Watch: http://reut.rs/2bGfarZ

Antony Currie and Martin Langfield explain why the country’s political-funding scandal, pension problems and an economic slowdown would feel like a vacation for Brazil’s leaders.

Gold medal for hubris

A column of mine from June 30: Once-touted Rio Olympics may leave sour hangover

The Brazilian city won the 2016 Games when ex-President Lula was in his pomp, trying to brand his country as a rising world power. That’s now history. A scramble will get venues ready and visitors will enjoy the hosts’ fabled warmth. But that won’t hide the grim national decline.

http://reut.rs/2atlGjt

Review: To have and have not, Brazil-style

In “Brazillionaires,” Alex Cuadros explores Latin America’s biggest economy through its wealthiest citizens, whose fortunes he tracked as a reporter. It’s a tale of boom, bust and back-scratching among moguls and politicos that sheds a telling light on the nation’s current woes.

http://reut.rs/298lGTU

My latest book review: To have and have not, Brazil-style

In “Brazillionaires,” Alex Cuadros explores Latin America’s biggest economy through its wealthiest citizens, whose fortunes he tracked as a reporter. It’s a tale of boom, bust and back-scratching among moguls and politicos that sheds a telling light on the nation’s current woes.

http://reut.rs/298lGTU

Brexit fallout

A bit of chat in my work hat – Brexit has shocked global financial markets and revealed a country divided by age, geography and class. We discuss: http://reut.rs/294Xoek

Peace dividend?

After Colombia’s ceasefire accord with FARC rebels comes into effect, who will pay for peace? Here are a couple of pieces I wrote last year:http://reut.rs/28T07eDandhttp://reut.rs/28PBIBR

Marks, set … govern!

Brazil tries a new Olympic event: the fiscal dash http://reut.rs/1rK6fKu

Interim President Michel Temer has grabbed the baton from hapless Dilma Rousseff less than 90 days before the Rio games begin. That’s also roughly how long he may have to get fiscal reforms moving in Latin America’s No. 1 economy before political discord or scandal slow him down.

Brazilian blame game

A bit of chat, in my work hat, about Brazil: http://reut.rs/1MDDRU0

Martin Langfield and Reynolds Holding discuss Sunday’s vote favoring impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff and why investor optimism about her possible ouster may be overblown.