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2 years ago • Natália Scalzaretto
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Pension reform means things will improve. The only question is when
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Power
Brazil’s Defense Minister and his “threats to democracy”
A major Brazilian newspaper published alleged threats made by Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto, saying that next year's election would be canceled unless Congress reintroduces paper ballots
5 days ago • Janaína Camelo
Power
Calls for a semi-presidential system in Brazil: profound change, or diversion tactics?
House Speaker Arthur Lira is under immense pressure to launch impeachment proceedings against his close ally, President Bolsonaro. In a bid to change the subject, he is now pushing for a radical change in Brazil's political system
1 week ago • Janaína Camelo
Power
Bolsonaro’s increasingly empty diary a sign of his political isolation
President Bolsonaro has met with lower house representatives just 60 times since the beginning of the year, signaling that his support in Congress is dwindling at the same pace as his public approval ratings
1 week ago • Janaína Camelo
Power
Understanding the complicated web of Brazil’s vaccine scandals
Senators in the Covid inquiry are currently investigating two separate — yet connected — scandals involving vaccine purchases by the federal government. We break down who's who in each case
2 weeks ago • Janaína Camelo
Power
Doctors “satisfied” with Bolsonaro’s health condition
It is still unclear when the president will be discharged from the hospital. With details scarce, observers fear his condition could be worse than reported
2 weeks ago • Janaína Camelo and Gustavo Ribeiro
Insider
Foreign direct investment in June lowest for Brazil since 1995
22 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Insider
Mariana disaster’s case reopens in UK courts
23 hours ago • Ana Ferraz
Insider
Bolsonaro meets with German far-right figurehead
2 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Insider
Bolsonaro shifts tone on campaign fund as Supreme Court weighs in
2 days ago • Janaína Camelo
Insider
Meeting postponed with Bolsonaro’s new Chief of Staff
2 days ago • Janaína Camelo
Business
High sea freight costs continue harming Brazilian exports
A double whammy of the pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage means freight rates have soared, with few alternative means of transport for Brazilian exporters
1 day ago • Ana Ferraz
Business
Brazilian women to take Bayer to court over Essure side effects
Over 300 women plan to launch a class action for damages from the pharmaceutical giant, complaining that they developed severe complications after implanting Bayer's permanent contraceptive Essure
2 days ago • Renato Alves
Business
Argentina a cautionary tale as Brazil moves to privatize postal service
Bolsonaro’s Economy Minister looks to complete his first privatization, but the matter remains controversial, and may only create a private monopoly instead
3 days ago • Lucas Berti
Business
Brazilian consumers struggle to engage in sustainable consumption
Brazilians have become keener about pursuing green concerns, but income restraints and economic hardship are getting in the way of widespread adoption
6 days ago • Charlotte Peet
Business
Hit by semiconductor crisis, Brazilian auto industry struggles to accelerate
Despite healthy demand, especially for heavy commercial vehicles, supply problems are holding the sector back
1 week ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: sugarcane ethanol less polluting than once thought
The most important news on tech and innovation in Brazil this week
5 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil’s supercomputer under threat
The main news about Brazilian tech and innovation this week
2 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: How AI helps Brazil’s health system
The main news on tech and innovation in Brazil during the week
2 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: Equity crowdfunding a potential boost for Brazilian startups
The week's most important news on technology, innovation, and investment in Brazil
4 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: Startups tapping into solar power business
The weekly tech roundup is a digest of the most important news on technology and innovation in Brazil
1 month ago • Ana Ferraz
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #162: Coup or No Coup
Struggling in the polls, President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to ignore next year's election results. But is the risk of democratic rupture real? Or is the far-right simply crying coup?
34 mins ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #161: Little transparency around presidents’ health
President Bolsonaro has recently been discharged from the hospital. While he was in, however, conflicting reports about his health made the Brazilian public suspicious
1 week ago • Euan Marshall
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #160: Bolsonaro’s Evangelical justice
Jair Bolsonaro is using a Supreme Court nomination to rally his base. We explain the effects of his appointment on Brazilian justice and politics.
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #159: Leite is no Milk
Governor Eduardo Leite of Rio Grande do Sul came out as gay. But don't expect him to be a Brazilian Harvey Milk. Instead, he might be closer to Pete Buttigieg
3 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #158: Never-ending vaccine scandals
The Bolsonaro administration purposely stalled vaccine deals with Pfizer. Now, members of the government are suspected of having asked for bribes before purchasing immunizers
4 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Coronavirus
Health Ministry plans vaccination of Brazilian teenagers
1 hour ago • Lucas Berti
Coronavirus
Chile has lowest number of Covid-19 cases since April 2020
13 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Coronavirus
Bogotá permits return of nightclubs and fans at football matches
17 hours ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Coronavirus
Brazilian regulators suspend Covaxin import authorization
17 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Coronavirus
For economic reasons, Mexico rejects new lockdown
17 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Society
German and Swiss guns fuel armed conflict and police violence in Brazil
More and more European-made guns are among the most lethal firearms seized by Brazilian police
7 days ago • Diogo Rodriguez
Society
How many Brazilians are moving to the U.S.?
The rate of migration to the U.S. usually follows economic conditions at home in Brazil. We crunched the numbers with a view to identifying trends
1 week ago • Francisco Ricci
Society
Brazilian public school kids go gaga for radio classes
Distance learning has been an extreme challenge for Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of students unable to access online teaching platforms. The solution? The tried and trusted radio
2 weeks ago • Renato Alves
Society
Covid spikes in Brazil’s North were even deadlier than believed
Gross coronavirus death figures do not account for age differences between populations. A recent study found that mortality in northern cities was even more pronounced than initially measured
2 weeks ago • Renato Alves
Society
The rise of ‘vaccine sommeliers’ in Brazil
Thanks to waves of misinformation and vaccine skepticism spread on Brazilian social media, many citizens are now reluctant to take AstraZeneca or Sinovac immunizers, potentially compromising the country's vaccination efforts
3 weeks ago • Renato Alves
Environment
Diseases in the Amazon and their links to deforestation
A recent study encountered a direct link between increased deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and a number of mosquito-borne diseases. Researchers also charted the spread of Covid-19 in the Amazon
4 days ago • Renato Alves
Environment
Brazil’s new soy railway a threat to the environment, say experts
The Ferrogrão project involves building a railway directly from Brazil's soy belt to its major ports in the north. But construction would take works right through major conservation areas, threatening the livelihood of indigenous peoples
7 days ago • Renato Alves
Environment
Flames return to the Pantanal, scientists fear disaster
Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, was devastated by fires last year. Blazes have returned and experts warn that droughts could make 2021 even worse for the region
2 weeks ago • Renato Alves
Environment
The underexplored risks of hydroelectric power
Brazil's energy matrix is overly reliant on hydroelectric power. While a comparatively clean energy source, it is not without its dangers — which Brazil is experiencing after its driest summer in 91 years
3 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Environment
The legacy of Ricardo Salles as Brazil’s Environment Minister
As a member of the cabinet, Ricardo Salles was very closely aligned with the president's vision of “development.” He may prove to have been one of Mr. Bolsonaro’s most consequential ministers
1 month ago • Renato Alves
Latin America
Bukele: closer to Beijing, distant from Washington
Nayib Bukele, the increasingly powerful president of El Salvador, is gambling on a risky strategy of rapprochement with Beijing
3 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Moïse assassination plunges Haiti further into uncertainty
Jovenel Moïse was deploying increasingly authoritarian measures against his opposition. But his death will not bring peace to Haiti
3 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Life expectancy another marker of urban inequality in Latin America
A recent study shows the vast life expectancy differences between Latin American cities, showing massive disparities between nations and even within the same countries
1 month ago • Renato Alves
Latin America
Castillo leads in Peru, but will he be able to govern?
Peru has been marred in a never-ending loop of political crises, with weak presidents and a trigger-happy Congress
2 months ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Ortega ramps up authoritarianism in Nicaragua
Charges against journalists and opposition leaders are part of the Ortega playbook to tip the scales ahead of November’s presidential election
2 months ago • Lucas Berti
Opinion
Speeding up the patent process in Brazil
A recent Supreme Court decision altered rules for patents in Brazil. While causing some consternation, the country's patent office has worked hard to reduce its backlog, making the process increasingly faster and more straightforward
36 mins ago • Gustavo Sartori
Opinion
São Paulo’s Borba Gato statue should be permanently removed. Here’s how to do it
Protesters set fire to a controversial São Paulo statue, commemorating a notorious slaver from Brazil's colonial period. But direct action can only go so far – the solution lies in legislation
2 days ago • Beatriz Rey
Opinion
Can political reform succeed where it has failed so many times before?
The House Speaker is advocating for a system of “semi-presidentialism”, which he believes will generate less resistance than failed proposals of the past
2 days ago • Fernando Bizzarro
Opinion
The devils of Brazil’s tax reform proposal
Deemed insufficient, unclear, and filled with political uncertainty, Brazil's tax reform proposal seems set to sink without a trace
6 days ago • Luciano Sobral
Opinion
Why a Bolsonaro power grab remains a long shot
The president's recent messaging suggests that he plans to ignore the 2022 election result if he loses. However, with popular support dwindling, a power grab seems to be a remote possibility
2 weeks ago • Andre Pagliarini
Tourism
Recife’s shark problem: too many questions and too few answers
The northeastern city of Recife is famous for its beaches, but locals and tourists are warned to stay away from the water, due to the risk of shark attacks
1 week ago • Renato Alves
Tourism
Meet the Arrudatitan: São Paulo’s very own dinosaur
First discovered in 1997, the specimen was originally believed to be a relative of the Aeolosaurus, but new research shows it came from a completely different genus, exclusive to São Paulo
3 months ago • Renato Alves
Tourism
When Hollywood royalty traded it all for a Brazilian farm
In the mid-20th century, a group of Hollywood movie stars gave up the glitz and glamor to become farmers in the Brazilian state of Goiás
4 months ago • Renato Alves
Tourism
The ancient stone city of Pireneus: Brazil’s best-kept secret
The city of Pirenópolis attracts tourists from all over for its lavish vegetation. But its most stunning attraction is remains unknown
4 months ago • Renato Alves
Tourism
Businesses in Brazilian tourist city organize their own voluntary lockdown
Small business-owners in Alto Paraíso de Goiás took matters into their own hands after the local mayor failed to do so
5 months ago • Renato Alves
Guide to Brazil
Paulo Mendes da Rocha leaves behind incomparable legacy in Brazilian architecture
Among the most influential modernists in Brazilian history, Paulo Mendes da Rocha designed many of São Paulo's most famous tourist attractions and left a legacy of devoted followers
2 months ago • Renato Alves
Guide to Brazil
The forced immigration of the slave trade in Brazil
Brazil took in more African slaves than any other country during the Atlantic slave trade, and the effects of this brutal period can still be felt today
2 months ago • Euan Marshall
Guide to Brazil
The real story behind Portugal’s “discovery” of Brazil
School books will tell you that Brazil was discovered by Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500. Records show the country had visited the new land years before
3 months ago • Renato Alves
Business
How to get a Brazilian investor visa
Brazil offers indefinite residence permits for foreigners who invest in Brazilian companies, or set up their own enterprise
4 months ago • Iure Pontes Vieira
Guide to Brazil
How to become a Brazilian citizen
Migratory processes in Brazil are notoriously cumbersome and time-consuming, but the country's requirements for naturalization are fairly liberal
6 months ago • Iure Pontes Vieira
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