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Lula-Alckmin: the most unlikely bedfellows could share a presidential slate
Despite being on opposite sides of the Brazilian political dichotomy pre-2018 and facing off in 2006, Lula and Geraldo Alckmin could be about to team up to topple President Bolsonaro
10 hours ago • Amanda Audi
Latin America
Peru’s Pedro Castillo enters 2022 with tough decisions to make
Elected on a platform of social change, Pedro Castillo is finding life as Peru's president a lot harder than he could ever have imagined
18 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The violent drug trafficking hotspot on the Paraguay-Brazil border
The small Paraguayan city of Pedro Juan Caballero was once known as a place for Brazilians to buy cheap electronics and domestic appliances — but it is now best known for being a crucial and violent drug crossing
2 days ago • Lucas Berti
Society
Health fears abound after Brazil clears 500 pesticides in 2021
A spike in kidney failure-related deaths shows that more data transparency and public policies on pesticide use are needed in Brazil
2 days ago • Renato Alves
Latin America
Russia is quietly making moves to enlarge its influence in Latin America
Growing investment has been matched more recently by vaccine diplomacy, while the U.S.’s attention has been drawn elsewhere
3 days ago • Lucas Berti
Number of the week
Markets expect Brazil’s forecast trade surplus to be down in 2022
Economists argue that the Brazilian government may be too optimistic in its trade surplus estimates, which should be down in 2022
4 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Power
Bolsonaro’s quest for a running mate is less than straightforward
Selecting a vice presidential nominee is much more complex than it seems. Jair Bolsonaro will have to cater to his congressional allies, but he will also be careful not to empower anyone that could usurp his position
4 days ago • André Spigariol
Tech
Tech Roundup: SpaceX launches first satellite by a Brazilian startup
The Brazilian Pion-BR1 satellite was sent into space this week, developed for less than USD 100,000 on the outskirts of São Paulo
5 days ago • Ana Ferraz
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Lula-Alckmin: the most unlikely bedfellows could share a presidential slate
Despite being on opposite sides of the Brazilian political dichotomy pre-2018 and facing off in 2006, Lula and Geraldo Alckmin could be about to team up to topple President Bolsonaro
10 hours ago • Amanda Audi
Power
Bolsonaro’s quest for a running mate is less than straightforward
Selecting a vice presidential nominee is much more complex than it seems. Jair Bolsonaro will have to cater to his congressional allies, but he will also be careful not to empower anyone that could usurp his position
4 days ago • André Spigariol
Power
Bolsonaro used health scare to garner sympathy. He failed
President Jair Bolsonaro had hoped he would see a much-needed boost in popularity during a short stay in the hospital to treat a bowel obstruction — but the population didn't want to know
1 week ago • André Spigariol
Power
The motivation behind Bolsonaro’s anti-vax messaging
The president has spent much of the pandemic minimizing the severity of Covid-19 and casting aspersions over vaccination, and this seems to have gained him credit among a key constituency: public security workers
1 week ago • Amanda Audi
Power
China “penetrated” the Bolsonaro government, ex-Foreign Minister tells Bannon
Speaking to Steve Bannon's War Room podcast, Ernesto Araújo complained of China's continued influence in Brazil, with unproven claims that the Asian giant engages in "narco-socialism"
2 weeks ago • Amanda Audi and Euan Marshall
Insider
Demanding raises, civil servants threaten strike
13 hours ago • André Spigariol
Insider
Brazilians’ trust in the press remains stable, but low
13 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Insider
Brazil’s Senate President promises to tackle rising fuel prices
17 hours ago • Ana Ferraz
Insider
Global CEOs less optimistic about Brazil ahead of World Economic Forum
2 days ago • TBR Newsroom
Insider
ILO: Brazil to have 14 million unemployed people in 2022
2 days ago • Ana Ferraz
2022 Race
Twitter enables misinformation reporting tool in Brazil
1 day ago • Lucas Berti
2022 Race
Electoral projections remain stable, with Lula in the lead
7 days ago • André Spigariol
2022 Race
Alckmin closer to Lula’s presidential slate
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
2022 Race
President Bolsonaro has intestinal obstruction, confirms hospital
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
2022 Race
Health concerns raised as Bolsonaro visits medical clinic
1 month ago • TBR Newsroom
Business
The risks for inertial inflation in Brazil
Coming in far higher than the government's targets, Brazil's double-digit 2021 inflation rate caused havoc throughout the country. We take a look ahead to this year to find out what we should expect from Brazil's consumer prices
6 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Business
Heineken, Brazil, and the history of the human race
Major brewer Heineken scrapped its grand plans to build a massive factory in southeastern Brazil, as the planned location was adjacent to one of the country's most important archeological sites
1 week ago • Renato Alves
Business
A tale of two airports in Rio de Janeiro
The centrally located Santos Dumont airport is set to be auctioned off to the private sector this year, but the Rio de Janeiro city government fears it will push Galeão International Airport into obscurity
1 week ago • JanaÃna Camelo
Business
Brazilian firms surfing corporate reorganization wave as IPOs dry up
Significant hikes to interest rates have throttled liquidity in the Brazilian stock market and dissuaded companies from going public. In the meantime, firms are eyeing reorganization as a means to expand abroad
2 weeks ago • Natália Scalzaretto
Business
Brazil’s fiscal prospects to remain bleak through 2023
The Bolsonaro government's decision to breach federal spending cap rules and uncertainty surrounding the 2022 election leaves Brazil's fiscal outlook less than rosy for the coming years
2 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: SpaceX launches first satellite by a Brazilian startup
The Brazilian Pion-BR1 satellite was sent into space this week, developed for less than USD 100,000 on the outskirts of São Paulo
5 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: E-commerce tax worries state governments
A mix-up concerning e-commerce tax regulations could see state administrations miss out on billions in revenue, unless a speedy solution is found
2 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Brazilians accuse Twitter of harboring fake news spreaders
Prosecutors have stepped in, demanding the platform explain why it has not set up tools to contain pandemic-related misinformation
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Tech
Buying a Brazilian’s private data costs less than two cups of coffee
Out in the open, illegal website sells personal data on millions of Brazilians — and courts have been unable to get it shut down
3 weeks ago • Amanda Audi
Tech
After pandemic boom, sextechs are breaking taboos in Brazil
Sales of vibrators doubled during the first five months of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil — but the country's erotic product sector goes far beyond sex toys
3 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #181: Bolsonaro picks a dangerous fight
Federal civil servants threaten to go on strike next week, which could cause a government shutdown just months from the presidential election
7 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #180: A new home for Bolsonaro
After much comings and goings, Bolsonaro has found a new party, in an arrangement that will help shape Brazil's political landscape for 2022 and beyond
2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #179: Brazil’s vaccination success
This time last year, Brazilian citizens were unsure if they would ever get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Now, the country has immunized 80 percent of its adult population
2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #178: Argentina’s far-right lion
Javier Milei: vaccine skeptic, climate change denier, libertarian economist … and now, one of the biggest political stars in Argentina
2 months ago • Euan Marshall
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #177: What Brazil did at COP26
Brazil showed up in the west of Scotland ready to listen and compromise with the international community. But were its commitments enough?
2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Society
Health fears abound after Brazil clears 500 pesticides in 2021
A spike in kidney failure-related deaths shows that more data transparency and public policies on pesticide use are needed in Brazil
2 days ago • Renato Alves
Society
Government slashes surgery reimbursements, leaving patients vulnerable
The Bolsonaro government has cut the reimbursement hospitals receive for performing surgical procedures on public health patients, causing backlogs for emergency treatment
6 days ago • Amanda Audi
Society
Why people in the Amazon die earlier than other Brazilians
Large distances and a lack of healthcare infrastructure meant the region’s residents already faced difficulties accessing services – and that was before the pandemic hit
2 weeks ago • Amanda Audi
Society
Brazil loses USD 2.5 billion a year from Covid-19 deaths
A study from think tank Fundação Getúlio Vargas attempted to measure the wealth of human and financial capital lost in Brazil during the pandemic, with over 600,000 deaths
3 weeks ago • Amanda Audi
Society
The Brazilian known as the “Angel of Hamburg”
Working as a diplomatic clerk in Nazi Germany, Aracy de Carvalho bent the rules to grant Brazilian visas to Jewish people seeking to flee persecution and death
4 weeks ago • Renato Alves
Environment
Extreme weather puts Brazil on alert in 2022
Intense floods in Bahia have caused deaths and displacements, while other parts of the country face severe droughts. Such extreme weather patterns are rapidly becoming the norm in Brazil
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Environment
Brazil has its own Green New Deal. But can the country afford it?
Proposed by the opposition's House whip, the Brazilian Green New Deal has plenty going for it, but its price tag could be too steep for a country mired in fiscal uncertainty
2 weeks ago • Anna Lygia Rego
Environment
Major Brazilian river basin under threat from farming, mining, and climate change
The Tocantins-Araguaia river basin is an integral part of its surrounding region, but the expansion of agriculture and extractive activities has left it vulnerable to profound environmental changes
2 months ago • Renato Alves
Environment
Brazil’s ESG commitments: ask corporations, not the government
On the whole, major Brazilian companies seem to be on board with a more sustainable approach to business. Customer engagement and social norms are also pushing the ESG agenda
2 months ago • Anna Lygia Rego
Environment
Courts become a new ally in fight against climate change
Climate change litigation is becoming more and more common around the world, and the trend is gaining ground in Brazil
2 months ago • Rebeca Stefanini and Isabela Ojima
Latin America
Peru’s Pedro Castillo enters 2022 with tough decisions to make
Elected on a platform of social change, Pedro Castillo is finding life as Peru's president a lot harder than he could ever have imagined
18 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The violent drug trafficking hotspot on the Paraguay-Brazil border
The small Paraguayan city of Pedro Juan Caballero was once known as a place for Brazilians to buy cheap electronics and domestic appliances — but it is now best known for being a crucial and violent drug crossing
2 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Russia is quietly making moves to enlarge its influence in Latin America
Growing investment has been matched more recently by vaccine diplomacy, while the U.S.’s attention has been drawn elsewhere
3 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
How the Omicron crisis unfolds in Latin America
Vaccines can't tame Omicron alone, and the new surge of Covid infections presents Latin America with many risks — for health and the economy
5 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Luck turns around for main informant in Mexico’s Odebrecht scandal
Emilio Lozoya, former head of state-owned oil giant Pemex, promised to point the finger at three former presidents, but now faces decades of jail time himself
1 week ago • Ignacio Portes
Opinion
Brazil stuck in a rut of creating low-quality and insecure jobs
Undesirable pre-pandemic trends have kicked back in. The country is producing poorly paid and precarious jobs with little improvement foreseen on the horizon
7 days ago • Luiz Guilherme Schymura
Opinion
Bolsonaro’s gamble on civil servants sparked a public service crisis
President Bolsonaro had pledged raises for all federal public servants, but had to go back on his promise and reserve wage bumps for police officers. Security workers may be pleased, but other federal employees threaten revolt
1 week ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
Will Bolsonaro’s new Supreme Court pick be as loyal as he hopes?
Jair Bolsonaro selected André Mendonça to sit on the country's highest court due to his religious credentials — but history shows that high-court appointments often do not go the way Brazilian presidents intend
2 weeks ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
The fight over the meaning of democracy
Attempts to re-signify democracy in China, the U.S., and Brazil demand the world's attention as we enter a potentially pivotal 2022
4 weeks ago • Beatriz Rey
Opinion
How the ‘secret budget’ in Congress harms the party system
A pair of curious votes in the Senate showed how Brazil's so-called "secret budget" is making political parties even weaker — with opposition lawmakers siding with the government to preserve pork-barreling tools
1 month ago • Beatriz Rey
Tourism
While Brazil dithers on vaccine requirements, flights keep arriving
The government has clashed against regulators over vaccine mandates. Meanwhile, dozens of flights arrived in Brazil from Omicron hotbeds
3 weeks ago • JanaÃna Camelo
Tourism
Once despised, jaguars become a symbol of ecotourism in Brazil’s Pantanal
As cattle ranching became widespread in the region surrounding the Pantanal wetland, jaguars were seen as pests. Now, some farmers are converting their properties into nature reserves and reaping the profits
3 months ago • Ryan Biller
Tourism
The never-ending taxiing of Brazil’s tourism sector
Tourism was one of the areas hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, even with vaccination coverage improving, a series of factors are standing in the way of any meaningful recovery
6 months ago • Ana Ferraz
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
6 months 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
8 months ago • Renato Alves
Guide to Brazil
October 12: a celebration of Brazil’s patron saint
According to legend, fishermen were inundated with fish to catch soon after finding an image of a black Virgin Mary. Since then, Our Lady of Aparecida has become Brazil's most popular and important saints
3 months ago • Euan Marshall
Guide to Brazil
The story of Christ the Redeemer, 90 years old
Brazil's most popular tourist attraction, the story of how Christ the Redeemer came about is a fascinating one. This week's Rio celebrates the statue's 90th anniversary
3 months ago • Renato Alves
Guide to Brazil
The lesser-known story of the Brazilian Inquisition
After terrorizing much of Spain and Portugal, the inquisition spread to many of these countries' colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Americas — including to Brazil
4 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
8 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
8 months ago • Euan Marshall
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