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Americas
The latest from the US campaign trail, the wardrobe of Sista P. aka Jamaica's first female prime minister, and a look ahead at Rio+20 summit
Special guests
For Brazil, command of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti is a high-stakes play for regional leadership. As the drawdown begins, Monocle embeds with troops in Port-au-Prince to assess the mission’s legacy.
Diplomacy
MONOCLE catches up with the US's main in the UAE and takes a peek inside Brazil's Kenyan embassy.
Rivals for the crown
An oil boom is driving Santos’s remarkable transformation and, as the cash flows in, the port city’s coastal cache and ambitious regeneration means it’s giving drizzly São Paulo a run for its money.
Expo 47: Press forward
From its base in Brazil’s finance capital, ‘Folha de S.Paulo’ is a newspaper success story. With a nose for exclusives, its dedicated journalists continue to set the country's news agenda.
Americas
We examine Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's image makeover, report on Qatar's investment in the US property market and bring you the view from Bogotá.
Superpower player
Brazil is known for soccer and samba, but its superpower status is moving from hypothesis to reality. We investigate whether global politics will soon be moving to a Latin rhythm.
Business
Sydney's business district's new waterfront development, why Brazilian biofuels make a good investment, and how sustainable engineering is benefiting Africa.
Gone shooting
Inspired by a police killing, José Padilha’s ‘Elite Squad’ is Brazil’s most-viewed film. We met the Golden Bear-winning director as he was finishing the sequel, ‘Elite Squad II’.
Prime number
Nightclub mogul Marcos Campos wanted a more refined venue, asking architect Isay Weinfeld to help. With Numero, they have made an elegant lounge that is revolutionising nightlife for their fellow Paulistas.
