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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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  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Mexico
    Mexico is diverging from North America — Washington should be worried

    Claudia Sheinbaum’s commitment to the ‘Fourth Transformation’ puts at risk decades of reform

    Hands holding strands of string which make up the colours of the US and Mexican flags and join together in a loose knot
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    Venezuela
    Spain accused of helping Venezuela push opposition leader into exile

    Madrid’s role in departure of Edmundo González heavily criticised after he was pressured inside embassy

    Supporters of Edmundo González take part in a protest outside Spain’s parliament in Madrid earlier this month
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Chile
    Chile defends plan to cut revenues for green power providers

    Finance minister warns against overreaction as bill threatens smaller-scale renewable investment

    Solar panels in the Atacama desert
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Global InsightVenezuela
    The west is in a hopeless bind over Maduro

    Venezuela’s autocratic leader has jailed his opponents and left America and Europe facing an awkward dilemma

    Nicolás Maduro speaks during a demonstration in August to defend his claimed victory in the presidential election in Venezuela
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Venezuela
    Maduro’s rival in Venezuela presidential poll flees to Spain

    Edmundo González, recognised by US as winner of disputed election, seeks political asylum after government orders his arrest

    Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessMexican politics
    Business sounds alarm over Mexico’s constitutional shake-up

    Planned sweeping reforms by president risk undermining rule of law

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador stands at a podium with the Mexican coat of arms. He is raising his right hand, and two Mexican flags are visible in the background.
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    How Venezuela’s Maduro is clinging on to power

    Following his disputed re-election, the president has stepped up repression and shown he is determined to stay in office. Yet the international response so far has been muted

    Montage of images of smiling Nicolas Maduro with raise fist against a backdrop of protesters and the colours of the Venezuelan flag
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Rachman Review podcast28 min listen
    Maduro’s humiliating election

    The Venezuelan leader has lost popular support - can he retain the backing of the army?

  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Person in the News
    Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s contested president

    The strongman is reasserting his grip after an election marred by violence and suspected fraud

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Nicolás Maduro
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Venezuela
    US declares opposition candidate winner of Venezuela’s disputed election

    US secretary of state says there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ Edmundo González won the most votes

    Maria Corina Machado raising the hand of Edmundo González
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Venezuela
    Venezuela’s Maduro asks government-controlled court to review vote tally

    Ballots will be submitted to a body that is stacked with the president’s allies

    Nicolás Maduro
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Venezuela
    Maduro threatens Venezuela opposition leaders amid crackdown on dissent

    Protests triggered by disputed election met with repression

    Opposition leader María Corina Machado and opposition candidate Edmundo González at a demonstration in Caracas on July 30, 2024
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    The Big Read
    The Democrats’ uneasy bargain with Mexico’s López Obrador

    The Biden administration needed the Mexican president’s help to reduce migration ahead of the election. Did it give too much in return?

    Montage image of López Obrador, Harris and Biden
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Venezuela
    Protests break out in Venezuela after Maduro’s disputed election win

    People march in Caracas and to Miraflores presidential palace as US and other countries demand details of poll results

    A woman holds a Venezuelan flag in the air behind her shoulders. Crowds are in the background
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Instant InsightVenezuela
    Maduro’s flawed victory won’t solve his problems

    International sanctions on Venezuela remain, oil output has cratered and millions are fleeing the country

    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates after the presidential election in Caracas
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Venezuela
    Pressure mounts on Venezuela’s Maduro over contested presidential vote

    Opposition cries foul after state-controlled election body blames sabotage for delayed results

    President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro celebrates after being declared the winner at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela.
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Venezuela
    Maduro threatens Venezuela’s opposition ahead of crucial poll

    Authoritarian socialist leader ends campaign with fiery anti-US rhetoric and predicts big victory

    Nicolas Maduro, left, holds a Venezuelan flag next to his wife, Cilia Flores, at his campaign closing rally in Caracas on Thursday
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Venezuela
    Venezuela’s opposition bets Maduro has miscalculated this time

    On the road with the woman seeking to oust the authoritarian president

    Presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greet supporters from the back of a truck during a campaign rally in Maracaibo on Tuesday
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Global InsightVenezuela
    Is the game up for Venezuela’s ruling party after 25 years?

    With polls predicting defeat, fears mount that President Nicolás Maduro may resort to rigged election

    Nicolás Maduro delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Caracas
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    Global InsightLatin America
    Latin America was famed for coups, but Bolivia shows how it has changed

    The risks to the region’s institutions lie elsewhere

    Military police outside the presidential palace
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    Inside BusinessVenezuela
    Venezuela business hopes rest on shaky foundations

    Investors betting on a normalisation of relations between Maduro and the west may be disappointed

    María Corina Machado
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Venezuela
    Venezuela opposition leader says only huge fraud can stop victory

    Banned from standing for president, María Corina Machado is the opposition’s biggest asset ahead of July election

    María Corina Machado speaking into microphones at a press conference
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    News in-depthMexico
    Mexico’s elite struggles to comprehend left’s landslide election win

    Wealthy are out of touch with the majority of ordinary people, critics say

    Claudia Sheinbaum, former mayor of Mexico City and presidential candidate for the Morena party, shakes the hand of a supporter during the closing campaign rally at Zocalo Plaza in Mexico City
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Mexico
    Mexico’s finance minister tries to reassure jittery investors

    Hasty conference call fails to calm markets after election landslide

    Mexico’s finance minister Rogelio Ramírez de la O
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Mexico
    Five challenges facing Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum

    Big budget deficit and record number of murders top the president-elect’s worries

    A montage of Claudia Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and a graph
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