Legal marijuana in Uruguay: example or cautionary tale?
Uruguay blazed a trail worldwide in the legalization of marijuana. Under the left-wing administration of former President José Mujica, (...) READ MORE
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Bolsonaro’s rise to power led to hike in same-sex marriages
“I am a proud homophobe, yes.” President Jair Bolsonaro uttered this sentence back in 2013 when he was just (...) READ MORE
Latin American Catholic Church covers up new child abuse scandals: study
In June 2018, 34 Chilean bishops offered Pope Francis their resignations following the biggest child abuse scandal in the (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s involvement in UN peacekeeping efforts, in numbers
In October, The Brazilian Report took a look back on the legacy of Brazil’s peacekeeping mission in Haiti, a (...) READ MORE
Why Latin America went from boom to bust
Latin America enjoyed a golden age in the 2000s, a decade defined by sustained economic growth and decreasing levels (...) READ MORE
Numbers of the week: Nov. 16, 2019
This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news (...) READ MORE
Ten years on, BRICS looks more like ‘China & Co.’
This week, the heads of state of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are gathered in Brasília for (...) READ MORE
How could Brazil benefit from Trump’s “new Nafta”?
In 1994, the situation of the Brazilian market was dramatically different from today. After years of grinding hyperinflation that (...) READ MORE
Understanding the vacuum of power in Bolivia
In a matter of only three weeks, Evo Morales went from declaring himself the winner of a fourth consecutive (...) READ MORE
Brazil endorses Cuba embargo in latest cozying up to U.S.
That the administration of Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is tightly linked to the agenda of his U.S. counterpart (...) READ MORE
