Everyone predicted that the pandemic would plummet Jair Bolsonaro's approval rates. But the president sees his re-election prospects grow more realistic

Few elections worldwide influence Brazil as much as the U.S. presidential race. Joe Biden seems poised to beat Donald Trump, but what...

Deforestation is on the rise, and now investors have threatened to remove their money from Brazil, forcing the government to act

After months of reckless behavior, President Jair Bolsonaro has been infected with the coronavirus. And is trying to make lemonade out of...

The pandemic is set to cost millions of jobs in Brazil, which can cause a number of troubling knock-on effects in society

In this final episode of our series, we frame the legacy of the 1970 World Cup, both in Brazil and abroad

Pelé is the greatest football player in history, and the 1970 World Cup in Mexico is seen as his finest hour, when he led...

50 years ago today, the greatest football team of all time won the 1970 World Cup. We tell the full story in...

The coronavirus has made regular meet-and-greet campaigns impossible. And that will favor political fake news rings

Race in Brazil is self-determined — and the lines are often quite blurry. The color of one’s skin — to themselves and to others —...

Brazil saw anti-Bolsonaro protests this weekend. Does it mean that opposition to the far-right leader has finally come out of hibernation?

The world has abandoned chloroquine as a possible cure against the coronavirus. But Brazil's Bolsonaro is doubling down on his bet

In the Covid-19 war, which path will cause fewer casualties: enacting a lockdown, or reopening the economy? These economists believe they know...

Brazil's president is trying to keep his Covid-19 test results private. Now, the Supreme Court will step in

Links to paramilitary mafias, controversial cabinet firings … and a botched pandemic response. None of this has dented Bolsonaro's core group of...

Sergio Moro has left Bolsonaro in a delicate situation: it has lost his anti-corruption poster boy, and Moro's revelations could lead to...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made the similarities between Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump even more apparent

Despite Brazil updating Covid-19 figures every day, inconsistencies in the data have left policymakers in the dark over the real spread of...