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In farewell broadcast, Bolsonaro tries to defend his legacy
The outgoing president admitted not having support to "do something" in the way of preventing a peaceful transition of power. He will leave Brazil for the U.S.
1 year ago • Amanda Audi
Society
The world pays homage to Pelé: the King of Football
Tributes have flooded in after the death of Pelé on Thursday, from inside and outside the world of football
1 year ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Some of Pelé’s most legendary goals were the ones he didn’t score
Football's biggest legend died on Thursday at 82. He scored almost 1,300 goals, but some of his near-misses were just as legendary
1 year ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Pelé, football’s greatest player, dies at 82
Brazil's eternal number 10 had been battling colon cancer since September 2021. He was admitted to the hospital on November 29
1 year ago • Euan Marshall and Gustavo Ribeiro
Politics
Lula unveils last cabinet nominees
The upcoming administration will have more women in top positions than any other — 11 of 37 cabinet members
1 year ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Proposed update to Brazil’s impeachment rules seems like a response to Bolsonaro
Legal scholars have called for significant changes to impeachment rules, introducing criteria uncannily similar to Jair Bolsonaro's behavior in office
1 year ago • Cedê Silva
Opinion
‘Secret budget’ imbroglio is a statement to the growing governing costs in Brazil
The Supreme Court has ruled the controversial pork-barreling tool illegal, but Congress is unwilling to give up so much budgetary control easily
1 year ago • Beatriz Rey
Economy
The complex fine-tuning of economic governance in Lula’s new term
A new ministry dedicated to management and innovation in public service will alternate with Finance and Planning in running the government's "back office," creating a complex triangle on the administrative front
1 year ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
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Macron-Lula bromance only goes so far
18 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Marielle Franco case shows how crime and politics mingle in Rio
3 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Supreme Court and Congress in tug-of-war over cannabis decriminalization
5 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Far-right Bolsonaro allies want to take anti-democratic fight abroad
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Police file charges against Bolsonaro in fake vaccine case
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Lula to drop visa requirements for U.S. citizens
1 day ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Macron and Lula pledge deeper cooperation between Brazil and France
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Popularity of Brazil’s Congress jumps amid penal populism push
2 days ago • TBR Newsroom
Insider
House punts on vote on congressman accused of murder
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Brazil takes (some) distance from Maduro’s Venezuela
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Brazil lays down anti-poverty agenda for the G20
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Advertising spending booms in Brazil
6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
End of Brazil’s rate cut streak on the horizon
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Market Roundup: Brazil’s cash-and-carry phenomenon thrives in 2023
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
School tuition fees, food prices stall Brazil’s inflation progress
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: AI to save animals
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Latin American funds raised USD 2.1 billion for startups in 2023
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Cases of violence put Rio delivery workers on edge
2 weeks ago • Leonardo Coelho
Tech
Tech Roundup: TikTok beaten by Brazilian government apps
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil gaming industry booms
4 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Urban militias show the “Mexicanization” of Rio de Janeiro
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil records Covid spike, and coronavirus still kills plenty
4 weeks ago • TBR Newsroom
Society
Brazil’s slow struggle for sewage coverage
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil’s prison system under scrutiny after high-profile escape
1 month ago • Euan Marshall
Society
São Paulo samba school faces backlash over “demonizing” police
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
1 week ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Environment
Brazil’s coal city resists energy transition
1 week ago • André Borges
Environment
Amazon climate crisis continues with Acre floods and Roraima fires
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
After 2023 highs, Cerrado deforestation drops in January
4 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Environment
Brazil-Bolivia dam reignites debates on power in the Amazon
1 month ago • Kevin Damasio
Latin America
The Broad Front’s dilemma in a divided Uruguay
3 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The Guatemalan genocide is still an open wound
1 week ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Visiting Argentina is no longer a bargain
1 week ago • David Feliba
Latin America
Outlaw or revolutionary? Meet Haiti’s Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
What has Javier Milei been up to?
3 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Opinion
The dangerous hubris of Paraguay’s Colorado Party
1 week ago • Gabriel Cohen
Opinion
Balancing Supreme Court critique amid political polarization in Brazil
2 weeks ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
The imminent future of digital regulation in Brazil
4 weeks ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo
Opinion
Lula makes a blunder as Bolsonaro goes all-in on Sunday rally
1 month ago • Mario Sergio Lima
Opinion
Budget earmarks challenge Brazil’s historic institutional balance
1 month ago • Leonardo Barreto