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The Lula administration starts now
With the inauguration of the new legislature and a win in the race for the Senate presidency, the government enjoys the conditions to get its agenda off the ground
1 year ago • Mario Sergio Lima
Opinion
The inevitability of Arthur Lira as Brazil’s House speaker
Arthur Lira’s re-election to head the lower house of Congress is basically a done deal. What it means for the Lula government is much less clear
1 year ago • Beatriz Rey
Opinion
Brazil’s Supreme Court is right in going after putschists
Some have accused the Brazilian Supreme Court of engaging in vigilantism due to its tough approach to the January 8 riots. That is an unfair statement
1 year ago • Felipe Autran Dourado
Opinion
Brazil’s election for House speaker will happen soon. And be over quickly
The speaker election debacle in the U.S. would never happen in Brazil, which will know its House speaker on February 1, no matter what
1 year ago • Beatriz Rey
Opinion
Lula v. the bond market
Lula's nascent government has had a tough time dealing with the bond market, the fears of which are partly warranted, and partly undue
1 year ago • Luciano Sobral
Opinion
Brazil saw an attempted coup, even if a failed one
Accountability for what happened is not simply a matter of justice, but crucial for stabilizing Brazil’s democracy into the future
1 year ago • Filipe Campante
Opinion
Where Lula’s foreign policy wants to take Brazil
Like his predecessor, Lula will seek to make his foreign policy an extension of his domestic agenda. Drastically divergent conceptions of Brazil mean a major pivot will happen
1 year ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
Bolsonaro’s passive post-election strategy is good news for Lula
The departing president's decision to go abroad divided followers and makes the construction of a cohesive opposition movement all the more difficult
1 year ago • Oliver Stuenkel
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He murdered an Amazon defender, then became a political leader
2 days ago • Euan Marshall
Politics
Military top brass throws Bolsonaro to the wolves
4 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Anti-vaccine discourse growing in Brazil’s far-right rhetoric
5 days ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Standing committees pose more challenges for Lula in Congress
6 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Re-election scapegoated for Brazil’s political woes
1 week ago • Isabela Cruz
Insider
TBR up for Best News Website at Digital Media Americas Awards
13 hours ago • TBR Newsroom
Insider
Lula: Brazil faced serious coup risk under Bolsonaro
16 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Brazilian economy slow to kick off 2024
19 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
U.S. imposes sanctions on Brazilian gang leader
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Inter-American court convicts Brazil for human rights violations
5 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Brazil’s cash-and-carry phenomenon thrives in 2023
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
School tuition fees, food prices stall Brazil’s inflation progress
7 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Market Roundup: Brazil’s stock exchange could have competition
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Brazilian iron ore could be key to China’s decarbonization targets
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Lula splits the baby on gig economy regulation bill
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Tech
Tech Roundup: Latin American funds raised USD 2.1 billion for startups in 2023
13 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Cases of violence put Rio delivery workers on edge
7 days ago • Leonardo Coelho
Tech
Tech Roundup: TikTok beaten by Brazilian government apps
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil gaming industry booms
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Illegal cell phones make up 19 percent of Brazilian market
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Brazil records Covid spike, and coronavirus still kills plenty
2 weeks ago • TBR Newsroom
Society
Brazil’s slow struggle for sewage coverage
3 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil’s prison system under scrutiny after high-profile escape
4 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
São Paulo samba school faces backlash over “demonizing” police
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Surge in dengue cases leaves Brazilian health officials rattled
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
Amazon climate crisis continues with Acre floods and Roraima fires
20 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
After 2023 highs, Cerrado deforestation drops in January
3 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Environment
Brazil-Bolivia dam reignites debates on power in the Amazon
3 weeks ago • Kevin Damasio
Environment
Ibama walkout sparks fears of environmental decline once fire season returns
1 month ago • André Borges
Environment
Singapore’s ACX partners with Brazil’s B3 to create a carbon credit exchange
1 month ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Latin America
Outlaw or revolutionary? Meet Haiti’s Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier
4 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
What has Javier Milei been up to?
2 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Latin America
Petro’s coal ban in Colombia, explained
2 weeks ago • David Feliba
Latin America
Pope Francis’s reconciliation with Milei not a first
3 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Latin America
Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for arming its gangs
4 weeks ago • Timothy D. Lytton
Opinion
Balancing Supreme Court critique amid political polarization in Brazil
5 days ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
The imminent future of digital regulation in Brazil
3 weeks ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo
Opinion
Lula makes a blunder as Bolsonaro goes all-in on Sunday rally
4 weeks ago • Mario Sergio Lima
Opinion
Budget earmarks challenge Brazil’s historic institutional balance
1 month ago • Leonardo Barreto
Opinion
Bolsonaro’s desperate play echoes Collor’s last stand
1 month ago • Andre Pagliarini