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Claudio Couto

Political scientist, head of Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Master’s program in Public Policy and Administration.

Brasília interventor blames military for January 8 riots
Power

Brasília interventor blames military for January 8 riots

1 day ago • Cedê Silva
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Power

How Brazilian agribusiness became a vector for putschism

2 days ago • Amanda Audi
lula From the left: Bolivian former President Evo Morales, Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, and Lula. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Power

Lula repeats old tropes on first international trip

4 days ago • Aline Gatto Boueri
riot Hordes of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro on January 8 launched an assault against government buildings, prompting an institutional reaction from the courts. Photo: Carlos Moura/SCO/STF
Power

The elected politicians under the microscope in Brasília riot probes

5 days ago • Euan Marshall
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Power

January 8 riots increase chances of Bolsonaro ineligibility

5 days ago • Cedê Silva
São Paulo willing to wage 'war' with Uber over motorcycle rides
Insider

São Paulo willing to wage ‘war’ with Uber over motorcycle rides

1 day ago • Ana Ferraz
Americanas fraud suspicions
Insider

Americanas emails, computers seized amid fraud suspicions

2 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
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Insider

Pro-Bolsonaro lawmaker charged for holding man at gunpoint

2 days ago • Cedê Silva
debt jean paul prates petrobras
Insider

Petrobras board approves new, Lula-appointed CEO

2 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
bolsonaro spending indigenous health
Insider

Accounts court to scrutinize Bolsonaro’s spending on indigenous health

3 days ago • Constance Malleret
gain Americanas crisis
Business

Market roundup: Who stands to gain from the Americanas crisis

13 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes and Ana Ferraz
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Business

Market roundup: Americanas under the microscope

1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes and Ana Ferraz
oecd membership
Business

Brazil’s OECD membership on the back burner

1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Petrobras gasotudo in the city of Conde
Business

Market worries about a lowering of the bar for governance in Brazil

1 week ago • Ana Ferraz
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Business

Why does Brazil not have an agribusiness unicorn?

2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
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Tech

Tech roundup: Brazil not at all prepared for cybercrime

5 days ago • Ana Ferraz and Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
startup investments
Tech

Tech roundup: Startup funding plummets in Brazil

1 week ago • Ana Ferraz and Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
social media regulation
Tech

Riots lay bare challenge of regulating social media in Brazil

2 weeks ago • Sérgio Spagnuolo and Laís Martins
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Tech

Tech roundup: What the future holds for Brazil’s state-owned tech companies

3 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
pix system instant payments
Tech

After bank fees, Brazil’s PIX goes after credit cards

3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
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Podcast

Explaining Brazil #229: The Yanomami genocide

3 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Explaining Brazil #228: Brazil and China twin crises
Podcast

Explaining Brazil #228: Brazil and China’s twin crises

1 week ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
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Podcast

Explaining Brazil #227: One week in, Lula already faces major test

3 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
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Podcast

Explaining Brazil #226: A Brazilian reset

4 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Pelé — the greatest player in the history of football — was admitted to hospital last week. We remember how he became the "King" of the world's most popular sport.
Podcast

Explaining Brazil #225: The Brazilian king of the world

2 months ago • Euan Marshall
Palmeiras and Flamengo playing in August 2022. Photo: Cesar Greco/SEP
Society

Flamengo and Palmeiras domination turning Brazilian football into La Liga

1 day ago • Lucas Berti
independence inequality
Society

Brazil’s fiscal crisis is rooted in its history of independence

6 days ago • Amanda Audi
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Society

Vigilante Instagram account helps identify January 8 rioters

2 weeks ago • Amanda Magnani
brasília riots preparation
Society

The step-by-step preparation of the Brasília riots

2 weeks ago • Aos Fatos
As post-riot arrests mount, far-right agitators call for "respect" for Lula
Society

As post-riot arrests mount, far-right agitators call for “respect” for Lula

2 weeks ago • Amanda Audi
Four years, is comeuppance for Brumadinho closer?
Environment

Four years later, is Brumadinho closer to justice?

13 hours ago • Ana Ferraz
The return of the Amazon Fund and Lula's race to cut deforestation
Environment

The return of the Amazon Fund and Lula’s race to cut deforestation

1 week ago • Euan Marshall
brumadinho researchers
Environment

Researchers use new reforestation technique at site of Brumadinho disaster

1 month ago • Domingos Zaparolli, Revista Pesquisa Fapesp
Brazil could yet become a green energy giant
Environment

Brazil could yet become a green energy giant

1 month ago • Ana Ferraz
Cop27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh
Environment

Lula at COP27: “Brazil is back”

2 months ago • Cedê Silva
latin america Back to the 2000s? Lula and his buddy Pepe Mujica, Uruguay's former president. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Latin America

Lula finds out that Latin America is not as he left it

2 days ago • Aline Gatto Boueri
lula Finance Minister Fernando Haddad of Brazil and Economy Minister Sergio Massa of Argentina. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Latin America

What a ‘common currency’ for Brazil and Argentina really means

3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
celac Bilateral Brazil-Argentina deal in the spotlight ahead of CELAC meeting
Latin America

Bilateral Brazil-Argentina deal in the spotlight ahead of CELAC meeting

1 week ago • Ignacio Portes
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Latin America

Odebrecht case causes diplomatic rift between Colombia and Guatemala

1 week ago • Lucas Berti
Brazil, Mexico take different stances on Peru crisis
Latin America

Brazil, Mexico take different stances on Peruvian crisis

4 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Brazil’s election for House speaker will happen soon. And be over quickly
Opinion

Brazil’s election for House speaker will happen soon. And be over quickly

4 days ago • Beatriz Rey
Lula's nascent government has had a tough time dealing with the bond market, the fears of which are partly warranted, and partly undue
Opinion

Lula v. the bond market

1 week ago • Luciano Sobral
Brazil saw an attempted coup even if a failed one
Opinion

Brazil saw an attempted coup, even if a failed one

1 week ago • Filipe Campante
Where Lula's foreign policy wants to take Brazil
Opinion

Where Lula’s foreign policy wants to take Brazil

3 weeks ago • Andre Pagliarini
lula Bolsonaro flew to Orlando on Friday night and plans to stay in Florida for at least a month. Photo: Thiago Amâncio/Folhapress
Opinion

Bolsonaro’s passive post-election strategy is good news for Lula

4 weeks ago • Oliver Stuenkel