Brazil & Southern Cone - April 2026

When Fernando Haddad took on the job of Brazil’s finance minister in January 2023, the former university professor and leftist intellectual was greeted with widespread scepticism. Over three years later, after stepping down to prepare his bid for the governorship of São Paulo, Haddad leaves a mixed legacy, one that reflects the complex political realities that he operated in. This April edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone begins with an analysis of Haddad’s major achievements and struggles during his time as the finance minister of Latin America’s largest economy, as well as the challenges that his successor Dario Durigan is expected to face this year.

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