Explaining Brazil #74: Brazil’s role on the global stage
Since President Jair Bolsonaro took office on January 1, Brazil has made its way back into global headlines, albeit (...) READ MORE
Articles August 25, 2019
How much can you trust Brazil?
Good morning! The changes with Brazil’s money laundering enforcement agency. New rules for housing loans demand a leap of (...) READ MORE
How Jair Bolsonaro has tampered with accountability institutions
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro presents himself as a family man. Indeed, in the past two months, he has used (...) READ MORE
Did Amazon blazes cause dark skies in São Paulo? Experts say not quite
Sitting just south of the Tropic of Capricorn, the winter sun in São Paulo tends to set shortly before (...) READ MORE
Did Bolsonaro turn day into night?
Good morning! Why did São Paulo skies turn dark in the middle of the afternoon? Brazilian soy in the (...) READ MORE
The challenges facing Embraer
In recent decades, planemaker Embraer has been synonymous with the best engineering Brazil could produce. Set up by the (...) READ MORE
Brazil-Paraguay border surveillance program nears completion
In approximately six months, a stretch of 650 kilometers of the Brazil-Paraguay border is set to have a sophisticated (...) READ MORE
How the Brazilian Storm came to be
Welcome back to the Brazil Sports newsletter. This week, we’re looking at Brazil’s first national team call-up after the (...) READ MORE
Embraer, Brazil’s iconic plane maker, turns 50
Good morning! The 50-year anniversary of Embraer, one of Brazil’s most-emblematic companies. New revelations suggest Operation Car Wash could (...) READ MORE
Spending New Year in Brazil? You should book now
Brazil’s New Year celebrations are world-famous. In coastal towns, beaches are covered with throngs of revelers and fireworks light (...) READ MORE
