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Lula can see his popularity numbers as a glass half-full
Recent foreign policy mistakes fueled culture wars in Brazil. And while the Brazilian president's popularity numbers have ticked down, it has not been by much
10 months ago • Andre Pagliarini
Economy
What lies behind Brazil’s record trade surplus in May
As a result of one-off effects, the positive trade balance posted in May says more about the resilience of the Brazilian export basket than anything else. Higher volumes are compensating for lower prices
10 months ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech roundup: Game developers frown on regulatory proposal
By directly mentioning fantasy games, the bill favors one genre in the sector and leaves out several other important issues
10 months ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Latin America
Behind Bukele’s bid to reduce municipalities in El Salvador
The reform could allow for significant cost savings, but also open the door for gerrymandering to strengthen the president’s grip on power
10 months ago • Ignacio Portes
Society
Most Brazilian children are not literate at the right age
A recent study shows that 56 percent of Brazil's elementary school students are illiterate, up from 39.7 percent before the Covid pandemic
10 months ago • Leonardo Montel
Economy
Market roundup: Brazil’s law of corporations about to change
Backed by the country's Securities and Exchange Commission, the Finance Ministry has just sent a reform bill to the lower house of Congress
10 months ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Politics
The semiconductor crisis could have cost Brazil its democracy
The Brazilian Report tells the story of how former diplomats from Brazil and the U.S. championed an effort to unclog semiconductor supplies to electronic voting machines — without which the 2022 election would have been in jeopardy
10 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Amanda Audi
Society
What happened to the Covid vaccines Brazil promised to develop?
Since 2021, Brazilian research institutes have been working to develop their own Covid vaccines. However, none are ready for introduction
10 months ago • Cedê Silva
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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
Lula to drop visa requirements for U.S. citizens
2 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Macron and Lula pledge deeper cooperation between Brazil and France
20 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Popularity of Brazil’s Congress jumps amid penal populism push
22 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
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
1 day 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
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
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