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Brazil’s Central Bank sends ambiguous message on interest rate hikes
The monetary authority raised benchmark rates by a half percentage point and said it is appropriate to continue tightening "significantly into even more restrictive territory." But many policy wonks believe it might not pull the trigger
2 years ago • Ana Ferraz
Economy
Retailers will benefit from recent stimulus measures. But it won’t last
The case of Brazilian retail behemoth Magazine Luiza illustrates the challenges facing the country’s retail sector. The government’s electorally-motivated stimulus measures will provide a boost for retailers after a post-pandemic slump, but only in the short term
2 years ago • Ana Ferraz
Opinion
Bolsonaro’s authoritarian pursuits put the West in a bind
Two months ahead of the presidential elections, Western diplomats face a dilemma as Jair Bolsonaro signals he will not recognize the result if he loses
2 years ago • Oliver Stuenkel
Society
House committee to vote on amnesty for Brazil’s worst prison massacre
The 1992 Carandiru massacre is the bloodiest episode of prison violence in Brazil’s recent history. A House committee could now vote to get the ball rolling on amnestying the perpetrators
2 years ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
J&F’s beef with Paper Excellence not over yet
A court decision that was supposed to end Brazil’s largest corporate dispute in years might still be challenged
2 years ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech roundup: Brazil’s video game problem
The flip side to the boom in Brazil’s video game industry is excessive usage, and high levels of associated problems, among young Brazilians
2 years ago • Ana Ferraz
Politics
Why economy-boosting measures won’t save Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro has been in full desperation mode, trying to increase benefits and win popular support — but it looks to be too little, too late
2 years ago • Amanda Audi
Opinion
Brazil goes Back to the Future for October’s election
Without the credibility as an outsider, Jair Bolsonaro is taking lessons from Trump's 2020 defeat: speaking to his base and bashing the electoral system
2 years ago • Mauricio Moura
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Politics
Marielle Franco case shows how crime and politics mingle in Rio
2 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Supreme Court and Congress in tug-of-war over cannabis decriminalization
4 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Far-right Bolsonaro allies want to take anti-democratic fight abroad
7 days ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Police file charges against Bolsonaro in fake vaccine case
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
He murdered an Amazon defender, then became a political leader
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Insider
Macron and Lula pledge deeper cooperation between Brazil and France
17 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Popularity of Brazil’s Congress jumps amid penal populism push
19 hours ago • TBR Newsroom
Insider
House punts on vote on congressman accused of murder
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Brazil takes (some) distance from Maduro’s Venezuela
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Amazon fires rage in Roraima, Brazil’s northernmost state
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Brazil lays down anti-poverty agenda for the G20
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Advertising spending booms in Brazil
5 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
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Latin American funds raised USD 2.1 billion for startups in 2023
1 week 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
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil gaming industry booms
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Urban militias show the “Mexicanization” of Rio de Janeiro
22 hours 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
4 weeks 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
6 days 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
1 week 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
4 weeks ago • Kevin Damasio
Latin America
The Broad Front’s dilemma in a divided Uruguay
2 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The Guatemalan genocide is still an open wound
6 days 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
7 days 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