Explaining Brazil #77: Rio’s war on a gay kiss
Is a gay kiss obscene? Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella believes so. He used his administration to try (...) READ MORE
Podcast September 17, 2019
Explaining Brazil #76: How Napoleon invented Brazil
Brazil is an improbable country. It is an immense mass of land, bound by a single language and a (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #75: WhatsApp-induced fires
Throughout 2018, we at The Brazilian Report have written numerous articles on the power of social media in Brazil. (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #74: Brazil’s role on the global stage
Since President Jair Bolsonaro took office on January 1, Brazil has made its way back into global headlines, albeit (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #73: Is Brazil capable of protecting the Amazon on its own?
Jair Bolsonaro’s laissez-faire environmental policy could have irreversible consequences not only for Brazil—but for the entire world. And one (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #72: Can Brazil approve a tax reform in 2019?
The Brazilian Congress is back from vacation. And the country’s lawmakers have a lot on their plates. After six (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #71: How Brazil’s prisons became war zones
Since the turn of the year of 2016 to 2017, over 200 inmates were killed within government-run prisons. In (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #70: Data protection changes coming your way
Next year, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law will come into force, redefining concepts like consent and data privacy in (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #69: Why Argentina’s presidential election matters to Brazil
Argentina is Brazil’s third-biggest trading partner—and the main destination of Brazilian manufactured goods. That’s one of the main reasons (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #68: Discovering Rio’s Little Africa
The name Little Africa, Pequena África in Portuguese, has been featured in books, songs, and lyrics of famous samba (...) READ MORE
