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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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  • 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
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Mexico
    Mexico election winner Sheinbaum vows continuity as investors fret

    Peso tumbles as leftwing ruling party and allies eye constitutional changes

    Claudia Sheinbaum making a heart sign with her hands
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Instant InsightMexican politics
    Claudia Sheinbaum’s mandate is huge but so are her challenges

    Mexico’s president-elect will have less money to spend and a very hard political act to follow

    Claudia Sheinbaum smiles and waves as she address supporters after winning
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Person in the News
    Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman hoping to be Mexico’s first female president

    She was formed by the campus protests of the 1980s, but supporters insist she is not an ideologue

    Joe Cummings illustration of Person in the News Claudia Sheinbaum
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Inside BusinessMexico
    Reality checks await investors enjoying Mexico’s party

    Bankers and companies are optimistic but there are some critical areas of concern

    Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    Mexico’s drug cartels are thriving

    The outgoing president said he would tackle gangs with ‘hugs not bullets’. Five years on, violence is worse than ever

    Amlo, plus view of the land where the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office conducted an investigation in search of evidence of five missing young men in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco State, Mexico, on August 30, 2023; a relatives of missing persons holds a sign with photos of her loved ones during a march against the government’s ban on searches for the disappeared
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Ebrahim Raisi
    Condolences pour in as Iran mourns Raisi

    Reaction in west more muted as capitals consider impact of president’s death on Tehran’s leadership and geopolitical tensions

    Iran’s first vice-president Mohammad Mokhber sits beside a portrait of the late president Ebrahim Raisi and the deceased leader’s empty seat
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Mexico
    Mexico eyes tax squeeze on banks to raise revenue

    New government will need to plug hole in public finances

    People outside a BBVA branch
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    Mexico
    Mexico’s main opposition candidate vows to confront cartels

    Xóchitl Gálvez says ordinary people have taken too many bullets under Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency

    Xóchitl Gálvez poses for pictures with supporters during a rally in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico
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