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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.

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  • Sunday, 7 March, 2021
    UK trade
    UK faces uphill struggle to rebuild trade ties with Latin America

    Region vies with sub-Saharan Africa as the least significant for British exports globally

  • Friday, 5 March, 2021
    News in-depthCuba
    Dissident rappers trigger lyrical battle for Cuban hearts and minds

    Communist government fires back at criticism with salsa counter-offensive

  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
    Americas economy
    Poverty surge sets Latin America back over a decade, says UN

    Call for new welfare state to reduce ‘unsustainable’ inequality worsened by pandemic

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    Cuba
    Cuba starts final-stage trials of two homegrown Covid vaccines

    Soberana 2 and Abdala jabs reported to show ‘potent immunological response’ in earlier trials

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    El Salvador
    Election consolidates power of El Salvador’s authoritarian president

    Allies of rightwing populist Nayib Bukele win landslide victory and take control of parliament

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Brazil
    Bolsonaro’s ousting of Petrobras chief unnerves Brazil

    Investors worry that the president is abandoning his commitment to free-market reforms

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Global InsightLatin America
    Alberto Fernández, Latin America’s unlikely leader

    Undeterred by dire economy, Argentina’s president seeks bigger regional role

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    Argentina
    Argentina’s powerful vice-president pushes for delay to IMF debt deal

    Cristina Fernández and her allies want to wait until pandemic is over

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Working from home
    Remote workers tap scheme to see out pandemic in Caribbean

    ‘Digital nomads’ lured to economically hard-hit islands with visas and no income tax

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  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Global InsightLatin America
    Investor-friendly economics on trial in Andean elections

    Angry voters turn to populists as pandemic exposes failings of market-friendly model

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    InterviewEcuador
    Wealthy ex-banker campaigns as Ecuador’s ‘change candidate’

    Guillermo Lasso favoured by investors but may struggle to win over voters amid crisis

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Moral Money
    Larry Fink’s big day leaves climate groups unimpressed Premium

    Plus, accounting alphabet soup is still on the menu, world’s new biggest B-Corp, and China’s renewable energy capacity soars

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Special ReportBusiness and Society
    Latin American companies step up where governments fall down

    Why some businesses are delivering social services in the world’s most unequal region

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Biden-Harris: what you need to know
    Biden in the White House: which world leaders stand to lose out?

    Russia’s Putin, India’s Modi and the UK’s Johnson, will find relations with the US more challenging

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    News in-depthCuba
    Biden rapprochement with Cuba faces difficult hurdles

    Havana’s reluctance to make concessions and US electoral politics complicate detente

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    News in-depthAmericas economy
    Latin American economy faces painful road back from coronavirus slump

    Sclerotic growth and high debt weigh as rising political tensions hold back reforms

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Cuba
    US puts Cuba back on list of state sponsors of terror

    Trump administration move will complicate rapprochement between Biden and Havana

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Venezuela
    EU drops recognition of Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president

    Latin American nations also back away from opposition leader as Maduro consolidates power

  • Sunday, 3 January, 2021
    News in-depthAmericas politics & policy
    Populists sense opportunity as Latin Americans lose faith in leaders

    With elections due across region, political outsiders are capitalising on distrust of ruling class

  • Sunday, 3 January, 2021
    The Big Read
    Venezuela: Maduro strengthens his grip on power

    After failed efforts to dislodge the regime, the country will present Joe Biden with one of his biggest diplomatic challenges

  • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
    FT World videoWorld11 min
    How the world could change in 2021

    FT journalists make their predictions for the coming year

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Inside BusinessBanks
    LatAm banks’ rich pickings face challenges from fintechs

    Streak of profitability in region comes under pressure as rates fall and competition rises

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Ecuador
    Ecuador presidential contender hits at IMF deal and pledges reforms

    Andrés Arauz blames austerity for triggering a ‘self-induced’ recession in the country

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    How to Lead
    How to launch a coronavirus app in one week

    As Covid-19 cases started mounting in Uruguay, a software developer took on the challenge of his career

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    Joseph Safra
    World’s richest banker Joseph Safra dies aged 82

    Brazilian who migrated from Lebanon built an international business empire

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