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🌳 Ten years of Brazil’s Forest Code
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🪓 Where CEOs go to die
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⚖️ Bolsonaro v. Moraes
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💵 The dollar’s impact on Brazilian fuel prices
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Power
Brazil’s ‘pajama generals’ reveal their plan for the country
In yet another indication of the symbiosis between the Army's 'old guard' and the Bolsonaro administration, retired officers launched a manifesto for the country — under the auspices of the president
2 days ago • Amanda Audi
Power
Brazil’s “third way” admits defeat
It has become clear that the center-right will not break the Lula-Bolsonaro dichotomy. So parties have stopped trying and are setting more pedestrian goals
6 days ago • Amanda Audi
Power
Election changes should reduce fragmentation. And benefit the ‘Big Center’
The 2022 election for Congress will feature new rules, which will make it more difficult for tiny parties to get representation in the House
1 week ago • Beatriz Rey and Amanda Audi
Power
Meet the Brazilian voter
The center has been squeezed out of Brazilian politics, and successful candidates appeal to their opponent’s critics rather than the middle ground. In this context, certain segments of the Brazilian electorate hold the key to this year’s election results
1 week ago • Amanda Audi
Power
One governor’s race foreshadows complicated election dynamics Brazil will face
Political mess in Alagoas state could have important lessons for the general elections, as House Speaker Arthur Lira flexes his electoral muscles in his home state
2 weeks ago • Beatriz Rey
Insider
Brazilian Health Ministry to monitor monkeypox
5 hours ago • Natalia Scalzaretto
Insider
Economy Minister says wage bump to public sector workers will be 5 percent
5 hours ago • Amanda Audi
Insider
Government changes head of Brazil’s tax appeals court
10 hours ago • Amanda Audi
Insider
Telecom regulator wants to create ‘attention zones’ for 5G near airports
11 hours ago • Constance Malleret
Insider
During live stream, Brazil’s prosecutor general almost hits colleague
11 hours ago • Amanda Audi
Coronavirus
PAHO: Covid cases “continue to rise” in Latin America
6 days ago • Lucas Berti
Coronavirus
Uptick in Covid-related hospitalizations in São Paulo puts experts on alert
6 days ago • Lucas Berti
Coronavirus
São Paulo drops vaccine mandates and loosens mask requirements
1 week ago • TBR Newsroom
Coronavirus
Covid deaths in Brazil at lowest in two years. But cases are on the up
1 week ago • TBR Newsroom
Coronavirus
Health regulators ease Covid protocols on flights, in airports
2 weeks ago • TBR Newsroom
2022 Race
João Doria drops out of Brazil’s presidential race
2 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
2022 Race
Presidential polling curves begin to flatten
5 days ago • TBR Newsroom
2022 Race
Brazilian courts eyeing record number of election observers
6 days ago • TBR Newsroom
2022 Race
Telegram inks deal with electoral authorities to curb fake news
1 week ago • Amanda Audi
2022 Race
Hard-right politician loses political rights over Ukraine jab
1 week ago • TBR Newsroom
Business
Petrobras minority shareholders could fight against new CEO
The Bolsonaro government has booted out yet another Petrobras CEO over the relentless increase in fuel prices. But its latest pick to head the oil company may not cut it for minority shareholders
1 day ago • Amanda Audi and Ana Ferraz
Business
Brazil’s air travel industry is rooted in World War II disputes
The Americans and the Nazis fostered air travel companies in Brazil as a means to exert control over extended parts of the territory. And it happened under the auspices of the government of the time
2 days ago • Amanda Audi
Business
Market roundup: What to expect from Eletrobras shares?
The privatization of Latin America's biggest energy company is edging ever closer, but the government is in a race against time to push it over the line
5 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Business
How the global EV boom can benefit Brazil’s mining sector
As the electric vehicle market booms, surging demand for battery-related minerals creates opportunities in mining – but Brazil has a long way to go to seize these opportunities and diversify its mining sector
1 week ago • Constance Malleret
Business
One month in, Petrobras CEO already in the hot seat
Petrobras head José Mauro Coelho could be facing premature dismissal as President Bolsonaro leads an onslaught against rising fuel prices in Brazil, seeking electoral gains
1 week ago • Amanda Audi
Tech
Tech Roundup: Ten years of the Access to Information Law
Experts warn that Bolsonaro is chipping away and the effectiveness of the Access to Information Law, a crucial piece of Brazil's transparency structure
5 days ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Supreme Court to rule on its access to social media data
A long-running case on how Brazilian authorities can access data held by Big Tech firms is due to be tried in the Supreme Court. At stake is the celerity of Brazilian investigations into digital crimes
1 week ago • Amanda Audi
Tech
Tech Roundup: Chip shortage delays 5G
Implementation of 5G in major Brazilian cities is likely to take longer than first expected, as companies lack equipment amid semiconductor shortage
2 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: Data protection and academia
The legal uncertainty around what is and isn't allowed can be a deterrent to innovation and science
3 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil’s wants to attract semiconductor producers
The government is hoping Brazil can become a major semiconductor hub, offering an alternative to Asian markets
4 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #199: Who will face off against Petro in Colombia?
The final spot in the presidential runoff in Colombia remains up for grabs. The dispute between populist Rodolfo Hernández and establishment conservative Fico Gutiérrez will be decided by a razor-thin margin
11 hours ago • Euan Marshall
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #198: China raises red flags in Brazil
April economic data from China came worse than expected. Given the sheer importance of the Asian giant to Brazil, that is something for President Jair Bolsonaro, who seeks re-election in October, to worry about
1 week ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #197: Lula launches lunge for legacy
Former President Lula officially began the race for an unprecedented third presidential term. The challenges he will face are far greater this time around
2 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #196: Will Biden keep a close eye on Brazil’s elections?
A group of researchers from the U.S.-based Washington Brazil Office believe the threat of democratic rupture in Brazil is very real, and they want Joe Biden to react
3 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #195: Bolsonaro rattles institutions. Could they break?
When the holder of the highest office in the land openly challenges judicial decisions, it spells a bad omen for the endurance of democratic institutions
4 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Society
Police and government in the spotlight over controversial Cracolândia crackdown
'Cracolândia,' São Paulo's decades-old open-air drug market, is back in the headlines due to a series of heavy-handed police operations
4 days ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Brazilian judges bullying journalists into silence
Award-winning investigative journalist Rubens Valente is on the hook for a massive defamation suit filed by a Supreme Court justice — and confirmed by the Supreme Court itself
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
‘Disappearance’ of indigenous community sheds light on Yanomami gold mining drama
After accusing trespassing gold miners of raping and murdering a young indigenous girl, entire Yanomami village 'disappears' and causes commotion. Encroachment of illegal gold mining is an existential threat to indigenous groups
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
A year after Rio’s “most lethal police raid,” mothers still ask for justice
Residents of Jacarezinho say little has changed since a May 2021 drug bust left 28 dead. Police abuse remains commonplace
2 weeks ago • Natália Scarabotto
Society
Haitian man spent 16 months in a Brazilian prison, waiting to be understood
Haitians make up the second-largest refugee group in Brazil — and the predominance of their Creole language has led to some worrying cases of language barriers
1 month ago • Amanda Audi
Environment
Bolsonaro’s carbon market regulations are only for show
A presidential decree fails to establish mandatory goals for carbon emission cuts and could create legal uncertainty around the issue, endangering the environment
5 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Amanda Audi
Environment
New mining project in Minas Gerais sparks criticisms, concerns
A new mining complex in the Serra do Curral mountain range has been given the green light by state authorities, but environmentalists and local politicians are pushing back
2 weeks ago • Ana Ferraz
Environment
Tens of thousands of environmental fines set to expire in Brazil
Data from protection agencies shows that the government would need ten times more workers to properly enforce environmental controls
3 weeks ago • Guilherme Mendes
Environment
‘War’ is coming to parts of the Amazon
Brazil's inability to rein in Amazon deforestation has led to a scenario of widespread lawlessness, conflict, and pessimism about the forest's future
3 weeks ago • Guilherme Mendes
Environment
Brazil has the potential to go beyond forest restoration targets
Researchers and private firms are analyzing the best ways to protest and restore Brazil's deforested biomes. Scientists say focusing on secondary vegetation is key
1 month ago • Constance Malleret
Latin America
New pro-Cuba measures from the U.S.: real progress, or empty promises?
Veering away from the Trump-era policies, the Biden White House announced a set of measures to ease the U.S.'s relationship with Cuba, relaxing restrictions on money transfers
1 day ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Plastic pollution is a big threat to Galápagos Islands
Strict rules seek to protect the ecologically-sensitive archipelago from environmental threats and the negative impacts of tourism. But the growing problem of plastic pollution is a tricky issue to tackle
2 days ago • Caroline Coutinho
Latin America
Petro’s economic agenda is ambitious. Perhaps too ambitious
Big tax and spending hikes, a pension reform, and a ban on oil exploration are the highlights of campaign promises proposed by Gustavo Petro, Colombia's presidential frontrunner
5 days ago • Ignacio Portes
Latin America
Chaves marks a shift in Costa Rica’s environmental leadership
The new president of Costa Rica said he will not ratify the Escazú Agreement, in a sharp departure from the country’s active pursuit of sustainability
7 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The memory of Pablo Neruda in jeopardy in Chile
Museums celebrating the Nobel Prize-winning poet have suffered from the impact of Covid. But as pandemic restrictions ease, help could come from the country’s new left-wing government
1 week ago • Lucas Berti
Opinion
Brazil’s next GDP report will come strong. But it’s not time for a victory lap
Forecasts for Brazilian growth this year have been too downbeat, but a better than expected performance in Q1 2022 will not salvage the current government’s record
12 hours ago • Luciano Sobral
Opinion
There is no Chinese “debt trap” in Brazil
As China increases its economic presence in Brazil, some fear it may have negative consequences for Brazil’s sovereignty
3 days ago • Bruno Gomes Guimarães
Opinion
The U.S. has no interest in Bolsonaro questioning the elections
The CIA director has called on Brazilian officials to quit questioning the country’s upcoming elections. This shows that any attempts by President Bolsonaro to challenge the election results would face international pushback
2 weeks ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
U.S. case helps contextualize Brazil’s ethanol policy scenario
Unlike corn-based ethanol in the U.S., Brazil's sugarcane ethanol industry was battered by the Covid pandemic. The future of the country's policies could be a key diplomatic issue going forward
3 weeks ago • Peter Sufrin
Opinion
Are Brazilian institutions working? Well, it’s complicated
President Jair Bolsonaro has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is acceptable in Brazilian politics. Some institutions are doing their best to provide him with some checks and balances, but that doesn't seem to be enough
4 weeks ago • Fernando Bizzarro
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
2 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
3 months ago • Amanda Audi
Tourism
Petrópolis disaster leaves a scar on Brazil’s historical landmarks
With hundreds dead and much physical destruction, evidence emerges of authorities’ negligence in preparing prevention and mitigation strategies
3 months ago • Renato Alves and Ana Ferraz
Tourism
Idyllic canyon region tries to keep tourism alive after deadly disaster
A deadly cliff collapse in Capitólio has left tourists scared to return, and locals afraid they will lose their revenue
3 months ago • Renato Alves
Tourism
While Brazil dithers on vaccine requirements, flights keep arriving
The government has clashed against regulators over vaccine mandates. Meanwhile, dozens of flights arrived in Brazil from Omicron hotbeds
5 months ago • Janaína Camelo
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
4 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
8 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
8 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
8 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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