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Brazil gets tax reform over the hump
The House approved a new version of the tax reform bill, in a victory for the Lula administration and, mostly, for the Brazilian taxpayer
4 months ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
Traceability is Brazil’s watchword against livestock deforestation
There are short- and long-term efforts to comply with European Union requirements that will come into force at the end of 2024, and also to create a national strategy by unifying databases that already exist but do not communicate with each other
4 months ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Latin America
Brazil’s new ambassadors non-committal on Venezuela-Guyana tensions
Tensions between Venezuela and Guyana have rattled South America but are not treated as a top priority by Brazilian diplomacy
4 months ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
Lula talks the talk, but hawks the oil blocks
The Brazilian government celebrated the COP28 pledge to move away from fossil fuels, but the very same day it held a massive auction of oil and gas fields
4 months ago • Amanda Audi
Economy
Brazil’s Central Bank lowers rates to 11.75 percent. And more cuts are on the way
In multiple parts of their statement, however, Central Bank officials stressed that the scenario requires caution and moderation
4 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Politics
Electoral use of AI rattles Brazil’s political world
Congress began discussing the threats and limits of AI in Brazilian elections. The 2024 mayoral races will be an important test
4 months ago • Cedê Silva
Society
São Paulo-based research institute has Zika vaccine in its sights
A major São Paulo research facility announced it is developing a Zika virus vaccine to prevent microcephaly in babies, seven years after an infamous Zika epidemic
4 months ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil tries to tackle its homelessness crisis
The Lula administration has launched a federal program to help the homeless population, as the street population has skyrocketed over the past decade
4 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
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Brazil’s firearms debate takes a U.S. twist
19 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Opinion polls show increasing power of right-wing governors
1 week ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Politics
How Elon Musk joins Brazil’s online far-right
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Musk probe increases the likelihood of an X ban in Brazil
2 weeks ago • Paulo Roberto Netto
Politics
Congress, Supreme Court battle on immunity rules
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Lula fails (again) to fulfill indigenous land promises
16 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Senators try to outmaneuver Supreme Court on drugs issue
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Lula is Colombia-bound for meeting with Petro
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Budgetary guidelines bill moves Brazil’s fiscal goalposts
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
The Brazilian Report named best news website in the Americas
1 week ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Economy
Brazil keen on moving fiscal goalposts
6 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Rules for betting platforms to be set in four stages
7 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
March inflation a good omen for Brazilian economy
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Market Roundup: Corporate financing via capital market breaks record
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Once a major exporter, Brazil seeks cocoa self-sufficiency
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
The startup helping producers comply with EU deforestation rules
17 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Rio wants to be the new LatAm innovation capital with Web Summit
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: What to expect from Web Summit Rio 2024
5 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: An inclusive fitness app lands in Brazil
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Solar power by subscription
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Drug traffickers retake Rio territories from militias, study finds
3 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Society
A hare-raising challenge in southern Brazil as invasive species multiplies like rabbits
1 week ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Healthy food hard to come by in Brazil’s favelas
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Urban militias show the “Mexicanization” of Rio de Janeiro
3 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil records Covid spike, and coronavirus still kills plenty
2 months ago • TBR Newsroom
Environment
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
4 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Environment
Brazil’s coal city resists energy transition
1 month ago • André Borges
Environment
Amazon climate crisis continues with Acre floods and Roraima fires
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
After 2023 highs, Cerrado deforestation drops in January
2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Environment
Brazil-Bolivia dam reignites debates on power in the Amazon
2 months ago • Kevin Damasio
Latin America
Could Ecuador’s referendum mark the birth of a new Bukele?
2 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
British bank Revolut granted license in Mexico
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Latin America
How Nicaragua developed its own sign language
1 week ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Trade tensions rise as U.S. accuses China of using Mexico as backdoor
2 weeks ago • David Feliba
Latin America
Violence casts a shadow over Mexico’s presidential cycle
3 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Opinion
The future of X in Brazil, under Elon Musk
4 days ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit
5 days ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo and Paula Pedigoni Ponce
Opinion
The future of nuclear power in Brazil’s diversified energy infrastructure
2 weeks ago • Jennifer Eaglin
Opinion
Is Brazil going too far to curb AI-generated disinformation?
3 weeks ago • Bruna Santos
Opinion
The dangerous hubris of Paraguay’s Colorado Party
4 weeks ago • Gabriel Cohen