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Alex Hochuli
Alex is a writer, researcher and consultant based in São Paulo, Brazil. He is host of the global politics podcast, Aufhebunga Bunga, and is currently researching a book on anti-politics.
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Explaining Brazil #191: Petrobras merry-go-round spins again
With inflation weighing down his chances of winning a second term, President Jair Bolsonaro has nixed the CEO of Petrobras. Again
2 years ago • Alex Hochuli
Coronavirus
São Paulo prepares for vaccine marathon over the weekend
3 years ago • Alex Hochuli
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #164: Companies face fines for data protection misdeeds
Data protection watchdog ANPD, the National Data Protection Authority, is now able to punish companies who mishandle customer data. But many questions around regulators still linger
3 years ago • Alex Hochuli
Opinion
Anti-Bolsonaro struggle reshapes political arrangements for 2022 Brazil
Old foes, former Presidents Lula and Cardoso met last month, after which the latter said he might vote for his erstwhile enemy against Jair Bolsonaro
3 years ago • Alex Hochuli
Opinion
Brazil’s documentary wars
5 years ago • Alex Hochuli
Politics
Is there room in Brazilian politics for a moderate centrist?
5 years ago • Alex Hochuli
Politics
Political renewal movements a threat to Brazilian parties?
5 years ago • Alex Hochuli
Society
The rise, fall, and rebirth of São Paulo city center
5 years ago • Alex Hochuli
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Politics
Macron-Lula bromance only goes so far
10 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Marielle Franco case shows how crime and politics mingle in Rio
3 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Supreme Court and Congress in tug-of-war over cannabis decriminalization
5 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Far-right Bolsonaro allies want to take anti-democratic fight abroad
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Police file charges against Bolsonaro in fake vaccine case
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Lula to drop visa requirements for U.S. citizens
17 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Macron and Lula pledge deeper cooperation between Brazil and France
1 day ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Popularity of Brazil’s Congress jumps amid penal populism push
2 days 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
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Brazil lays down anti-poverty agenda for the G20
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Advertising spending booms in Brazil
6 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
4 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
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil gaming industry booms
4 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Urban militias show the “Mexicanization” of Rio de Janeiro
2 days 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
7 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
2 weeks 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
3 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The Guatemalan genocide is still an open wound
7 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