Is This Latin America’s Century?

Michael Stott is the Latin America editor based in Brazil and a member of the FT’s editorial board. He covers business, politics and social issues in the region and writes regular columns on Latin America and regional geopolitics.

During more than three decades as a foreign correspondent and editor, he has lived in Russia, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil and reported from more than 60 countries, first for Reuters and then for the FT. Previous FT roles include UK news editor, investigations editor and a secondment to Nikkei as managing editor of the Nikkei Asian Review.

He is a regular moderator and speaker at FT Live conferences and at events organised by the Inter-American Development Bank, the Latin American development bank CAF and regional business organisations such as the Council of the Americas.