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Lucas Berti
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Lucas Berti covers international affairs — specialized in Latin American politics and markets. He has been published by Opera Mundi, Revista VIP, and The Intercept Brasil, among others.
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First round or second? That is the question …
4 days ago • Jika and Lucas Berti
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Haiti amid “humanitarian catastrophe,” says UN representative
4 days ago • Lucas Berti
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Peru declares state of emergency after Amazon oil spills
7 days ago • Lucas Berti
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Cubans vote in favor of same-sex marriage
7 days ago • Lucas Berti
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CNN becomes latest victim of escalating authoritarianism in Nicaragua
7 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The political after-effects of the Odebrecht scandal still echo in Latin America
The Brazilian construction firm was at the center of the massive Operation Car Wash investigation, but its dodgy dealings around Latin America caused even more disturbance outside its own borders
1 week ago • Lucas Berti
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UN report: Venezuelan intelligence officials repressed dissent
1 week ago • Lucas Berti
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Heavy rains, landslides kill 7 in El Salvador and 9 in Costa Rica
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Power
Runoff result shows Bolsonaro is stronger than polls suggested
Recent polls suggested a first-round Lula landslide was on the cards, but Jair Bolsonaro stunned the political world by making the race closer than expected
10 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Power
Sergio Moro’s fall from grace softened by Senate win
At the height of his fame, former celebrity judge and Justice Minister Sergio Moro thought he would be Brazil's president after the 2022 election — but he had to settle for seat in the Senate
13 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Power
Brazil goes to the polls in a litmus test for the country’s young democracy
Jair Bolsonaro has consistently sought to dismiss the trustworthiness of Brazil's electoral system, and he has threatened not to accept the result should it not go his way on Sunday, leaving the country on alert
1 day ago • Gustavo Ribeiro, Euan Marshall and Amanda Audi
Power
How social media reacted to Brazil’s final presidential debate
The final debate before Election Day draws high viewership and engagement – but was most of Brazil just laughing at the spectacle?
3 days ago • Amanda Audi
Power
Why apparent underdogs keep winning for governor in Bahia
Bahia is Brazil’s fourth-most populous state, home to around 15 million people. And it has proven to be a reliable Workers' Party stronghold
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
UN: Brazil abstains on Putin’s annexation of Ukrainian provinces
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Positive jobs report brings good news for Bolsonaro
3 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Insider
Brazil adds more jobs, but figures are underwhelming
4 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Insider
Embraer delivers first units of new-generation radar to the Brazilian Army
4 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Insider
Lower fuel prices will continue to push Brazilian inflation down
6 days ago • Ana Ferraz and Gustavo Ribeiro
Coronavirus
Off-season flu spike in São Paulo sounds alarm for the rest of the country
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Coronavirus
Health Ministry yet to publish plans to vaccinate young children
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Coronavirus
Brazil waives Covid vaccine mandates for travelers
3 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Coronavirus
Brazilian Covid vaccine to be tested in humans in 2023
1 month ago • Henrique Simão
Coronavirus
Anvisa lifts mask mandate for planes and airports
2 months ago • Cedê Silva
2022 Race
Governors of 12 Brazilian states won re-election in the first round
10 hours ago • Amanda Audi and Ana Ferraz
2022 Race
Lula’s support takes Bahia governorship dispute to the second round
11 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
2022 Race
In the Senate, former Bolsonaro ministers come back with a vengeance
11 hours ago • Cedê Silva
2022 Race
Political violence in Brazilian election not prevalent as initially feared
12 hours ago • Amanda Audi
2022 Race
Brazil election: Lula and Bolsonaro head to runoff
12 hours ago • TBR Newsroom
Business
Market roundup: Brazilian neobanks face regulatory risk
Even Nubank, Latin America's largest digital bank, had 7 percent of its revenues coming from interchange fees between July 2021 and June 2022, and will be hit hard by new changes
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes and Ana Ferraz
Business
Brazilians are drowning in debt, but rates will remain high
Financial data shows that families are struggling to make ends meet, which is particularly dangerous considering that borrowing costs will remain elevated
5 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Business
Brazil’s milk price hike should come to an end
Milk prices have become prohibitive for millions of families since the pandemic broke out. But experts believe they will start to go down in the next few months
6 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Business
Market roundup: 2022 has been kind to Petrobras
Despite a highly volatile market scenario, Petrobras shares remain positive this year
1 week ago • Ana Ferraz and Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Business
The costs of Brazil’s projected primary surplus
The country is set to record a primary surplus this year for the first time since 2013, but it will come with punishing budget cuts and spending chaos
1 week ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
What WhatsApp has done to combat Brazilian election misinformation
Virtually all Brazilian smartphones have WhatsApp installed. And the messaging app has for years been used as a tool to spread disinformation
18 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Auto tech startups try to break through Brazil’s EV market
With big manufacturers sleeping on Brazil amid post-pandemic hangovers, domestic startups are hoping to seize the opportunity in the electric motorcycle market
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech roundup: Brazil to test secondary markets for startups
Using its sandbox, the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) is testing a secondary market for securities issued or represented by tokens
7 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes and Ana Ferraz
Tech
Political discussions migrated from social media to messaging apps
Engagement around political candidates has fallen on major social media platforms, and it seems like these discussions are now taking place in a different venue
1 week ago • Amanda Audi
Tech
Tech roundup: The growing Brazilian market for used smartphones
Expensive new devices, the arrival of 5G, and Brazilians' low purchasing power explain the momentum in the second-hand smartphone market
2 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz and Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #216: What to keep an eye out for on Election Day
We've reached the home stretch of the Brazilian 2022 election. On Sunday, October 2, Brazilians will hit the polls. Here's what you should keep an eye out for
5 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #215: What if Bolsonaro really tries to stage a coup?
President Bolsonaro has hinted that he could try to stage a coup if he loses the upcoming election. If he really pulls that trigger, then what?
2 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #214: The broad front gets broader
Marina Silva, who until recently was highly critical of Lula and his Workers' Party, has just endorsed the former president. For her, democrats' main goal should be unseating Jair Bolsonaro
3 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
1822 Special, Ep. 4: Pomp under circumstance
In this fourth and final episode, we shed light on the multiple "Independence Days" across Brazil, each with its own significance
4 weeks ago • Eric Zalcman and Caroline Coutinho
Podcast
1822 Special, Ep. 3: The pacifist myth of Brazilian independence
In the third episode of our special series, we look at Brazil's wars of independence, showing that constituting this new country was not as bloodless as many believe.
4 weeks ago • Eric Zalcman and Caroline Coutinho
Society
Hunger is not just a crisis today. It will hurt Brazil for decades to come
Studies show that malnourished youngsters face a series of physical, social, and mental issues, making it hard for them to ever reach their full professional potential in adulthood
1 week ago • Adriana Amâncio
Society
Literacy learning drops among Brazilian schoolchildren
New data from standardized tests is the latest to point out the damage caused by Covid disruptions to Brazilians' learning process — which should have long-lasting consequences
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Murder of 14-year-old in Bahia highlights centuries-old indigenous land struggle
Residents of the Comexatibá and Barra Velha indigenous lands face the constant threat of violence from local farmers, and government inactivity has denied them protection
3 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Campaign seeks to stop vote-buying in drought-ridden Northeast
In a region hampered by hunger and thirst, local politicians often seek to negotiate votes from the public by promising supplies of food and water, only furthering clientelism
3 weeks ago • Adriana Amâncio
Society
Death of the world’s loneliest man spells the end of an entire people
The Man of the Hole, an isolated indigenous man who has been tracked and protected by the government for decades in the Amazon, has died — spelling the end of his people
4 weeks ago • Amanda Audi
Environment
Bolsonaro’s policies for the environment gave new meaning to ‘scorched earth’
Approaching the end of his presidential term, Jair Bolsonaro has overseen an environmental policy marred by widespread forest destruction, reduced oversight, and incentive for environmental crime
2 days ago • Euan Marshall
Environment
Hundreds of environmental offenders will run for office in Brazil’s elections
Data from Ibama and electoral courts shows that 181 officials running for election this year have received fines for environmental infractions — as have a vast number of President Jair Bolsonaro's campaign donors
3 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Environment
Massive Amazon protected area ‘hanging by a thread’ due to illegal dirt road
A new illegal road seeks to link two Brazilian deforestation hotspots and would cut the Xingu Socio-Environmental Corridor in two
4 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Environment
Brazil’s gold trade is toxic, but it doesn’t have to be that way
Researchers have only been able to confirm the legal origin of around one-third of the gold mined in Brazil, with loose oversight (based on good faith) leaving the door open to abuse
1 month ago • Constance Malleret
Environment
New decree intensifies tensions in the carbon credits market
The Bolsonaro government has issued a decree pushing back carbon credit targets for fuel distributors, and causing discontent in the biofuels sector
1 month ago • Ana Ferraz
Latin America
Sex scandal paves way for political changes at the IDB
As IDB president, Cuban-American hawk Mauricio Claver-Carone clashed with U.S. Democrats and left-leaning Latin American administrations. He has now been fired over sexual misconduct
6 days ago • Ignacio Portes
Latin America
The political after-effects of the Odebrecht scandal still echo in Latin America
The Brazilian construction firm was at the center of the massive Operation Car Wash investigation, but its dodgy dealings around Latin America caused even more disturbance outside its own borders
1 week ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Latin American leaders call out developed countries at UN General Assembly
From far-right Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil to left-leaning presidents in Colombia and Honduras, Latin Americans pointed the finger at the Global North for the climate crisis
2 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Latin America
Lasso calls for referendum from a position of weakness
The embattled Ecuadorian president’s attempt to regain the upper hand by appealing to the popular will is not an usual political move in Latin America — but it is one that could backfire on him
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Attack on Cristina Kirchner: Case closed?
The bizarre “Cotton Candy Gang” currently in custody could just be the tip of the iceberg in a larger plan to kill the Argentinian vice president
2 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Opinion
Why Brazil should pay attention to the next Chinese Communist Party congress
The congress will decide which broad political strategies China — Brazil's leading trading partner — will pursue for the next five years
2 weeks ago • Aline Tedeschi and Bruno Gomes Guimarães
Opinion
How to bring balance to relations between Brazil’s Executive and Legislative branches
The secret budget introduced by President Bolsonaro has fundamentally shifted the balance of power between the Executive and Legislative branches in Brazil. Re-establishing a balanced relationship will be no easy task
3 weeks ago • Beatriz Rey
Opinion
The assassination attempt against Cristina Kirchner is a warning for Latin America
The failed attempt to murder Argentina’s vice president is a worrying sign of how violent the region’s divisive politics have become. This is most evident in Brazil, where President Bolsonaro has shown no desire to ease political tensions
4 weeks ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
Bolsonaro v. Lula reveals gulf between Brazilian and foreign executives
While Brazil's economic elites largely plan to vote for Bolsonaro, international investors tend to support Lula
4 weeks ago • Oliver Stuenkel
Opinion
The Brazilian Report shortlisted in two categories for Online Journalism Awards
We have been shortlisted in two categories: General Excellence in Online Journalism and Excellence in Newsletters
1 month ago • Laura Quirin
Tourism
Brazil missing out on billions in eco-tourism potential
Despite being home to some of the world's most beautiful beaches and parks, Brazil vastly underperforms as a tourist destination — one part of the sector says private capital is the answer
1 month ago • Ana Ferraz
Tourism
South American tourism industry hopes for boom from currency devaluation
A strong U.S. dollar has helped attract foreign tourists to Brazil and could make other South American destinations attractive to foreigners in the aftermath of the pandemic
2 months ago • Ignacio Portes and Ana Ferraz
Tourism
Rediscovery of local ingredients earns Brazilian cuisine international recognition
As globalized gastronomy seeks local ingredients and techniques, Brazilian food is reaping the rewards with its own culinary revolution
3 months ago • Eric Zalcman
Tourism
War in Ukraine slowing down long-awaited recovery of Brazil’s travel industry
High oil prices, a still-unfavorable exchange rate, and inflation that bites into consumers’ discretionary spending mean the sector still faces a hard post-Covid road ahead
6 months ago • Ana Ferraz
Tourism
Brazil is an emerging gay tourism hotspot, but the government doesn’t want to know
Actions to promote gay tourism in the country have been actively ignored since Jair Bolsonaro came to power, despite Brazil having some of the world's best LGBTQ+-friendly spots
7 months ago • Amanda Audi
Guide to Brazil
Brazil creates a visa for foreign “digital nomads”
The country follows in the footsteps of dozens of nations around the world, offering temporary residence to people working remotely for foreign countries. Justice Ministry officials say it will attract foreign capital and boost tourism
8 months ago • Iure Pontes Vieira
Guide to Brazil
October 12: a celebration of Brazil’s patron saint
According to legend, fishermen were inundated with fish to catch soon after finding an image of a black Virgin Mary. Since then, Our Lady of Aparecida has become Brazil's most popular and important saints
12 months ago • Euan Marshall
Guide to Brazil
The story of Christ the Redeemer, 90 years old
Brazil's most popular tourist attraction, the story of how Christ the Redeemer came about is a fascinating one. This week's Rio celebrates the statue's 90th anniversary
12 months ago • Renato Alves
Guide to Brazil
The lesser-known story of the Brazilian Inquisition
After terrorizing much of Spain and Portugal, the inquisition spread to many of these countries' colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Americas — including to Brazil
12 months ago • Renato Alves
Guide to Brazil
Paulo Mendes da Rocha leaves behind incomparable legacy in Brazilian architecture
Among the most influential modernists in Brazilian history, Paulo Mendes da Rocha designed many of São Paulo's most famous tourist attractions and left a legacy of devoted followers
1 year ago • Renato Alves
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