Opinion - The Brazilian Report

The ends without the means: the government’s political disarray

The beginning of the Jair Bolsonaro government was defined by the far-right president’s decision not to form a coalition (...) READ MORE

In February 2018, residents of Barcarena, a town to the south of the Amazonian state of Pará, complained that (...) READ MORE

When dealing with a textbook “worst-case scenario” over the last ten days, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro did almost everything (...) READ MORE

Given electoral trends across Latin America in recent years, the recent primary results in Argentina came as somewhat of (...) READ MORE

Last month, the Brazilian tourism board (Embratur) unveiled its new branding campaign to attract foreign tourists to the country. (...) READ MORE

One of the keys to the success of the Car Wash investigation—the inquiry into political corruption that upended Brazil’s (...) READ MORE

I don’t like talking about the same subject over and over again. That’s why I chose not to use (...) READ MORE

Tailings are a sand-like byproduct of mining activities which are the result of crushing ores before mineral extraction. Often, (...) READ MORE

It sounds otherworldly to Brazilians today, but before he could win his first presidential election in 2002, former President (...) READ MORE

The events of the past years in Brazil deserve cinematic treatment. From the irruption of street protests in June (...) READ MORE