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Electoral court renders Jair Bolsonaro ineligible for eight years
Five of Brazil's seven electoral justices have voted to convict the country's former far-right president for abusing his office to discredit the electoral system. He will be banned from running for public office until 2030
11 months ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Carmakers’ ads boost Lula’s image after tax breaks
While promoting discounts on their vehicles, Brazilian automakers went out of their way to praise the government for offering lower taxes to boost sales
11 months ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Electoral court suspends Bolsonaro trial
The spread of electoral disinformation is the linchpin of the case against Bolsonaro. But even his key defense witnesses didn't back up his narrative of electoral fraud
11 months ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Electoral courts could give Jair Bolsonaro his comeuppance
The electoral trial against Jair Bolsonaro could make him ineligible for office. But his entourage has drafted a plan to keep him politically relevant regardless
11 months ago • Amanda Audi
Politics
A crucial moment for the EU-Mercosur trade deal
Years after the EU and Mercosur agreed to principles of a massive free-trade agreement, ratification remains out of sight. The next few weeks could be crucial for getting the deal over the hump
11 months ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
A crise de semicondutores poderia ter custado a democracia brasileira
The Brazilian Report conta a história de como diplomatas aposentados do Brasil e dos Estados Unidos protagonizaram uma corrida para desobstruir a obtenção de semicondutores para as urnas eletrônicas – sem os quais as eleições de 2022 estariam ameaçadas
11 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Amanda Audi
Politics
The Workers’ Party continuously flailing communication
Disconnected from its voters and trying to emulate some of Jair Bolsonaro’s populist communication style, the ruling Workers’ Party is engaging in increasingly awkward and questionable communication strategies
11 months ago • Amanda Audi
Politics
The semiconductor crisis could have cost Brazil its democracy
The Brazilian Report tells the story of how former diplomats from Brazil and the U.S. championed an effort to unclog semiconductor supplies to electronic voting machines — without which the 2022 election would have been in jeopardy
11 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Amanda Audi
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Brazil Floods
Rio Grande do Sul rebuilding could mean relocating entire cities
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Brazil Floods
Lula announces aid for Rio Grande do Sul flood victimsÂ
2 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Brazil Floods
Maranhão, in Brazil’s Northeast, is also worried about the risk of floods
4 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Brazil Floods
Human-driven climate change is the culprit for Brazil’s floods
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Brazil Floods
Lula signs off on debt relief to state affected by floods
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Brazil Floods
Lula announces aid for Rio Grande do Sul flood victimsÂ
2 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Alexandre de Moraes: between criticism and justification
2 weeks ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Brazilians’ polarization hits cartography, in new world map
4 weeks ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Brazil’s firearms debate takes a U.S. twist
4 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Opinion polls show increasing power of right-wing governors
1 month ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Insider
Illiteracy falls in Brazil, but still runs along racial lines
13 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Coup attempt investigation in its final stages
14 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Brazilian GDP predictor suggests 2.3 percent growth in Q1
1 day ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Alleged Marielle murder mastermind to face ethics committee
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Final inquiry report draft calls out “predatory” Braskem mining
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Banks see default rates fall and credit market rebound in 2024
15 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Brazil’s wine industry holds firm amid climate chaos
2 days ago • Euan Marshall
Economy
Brazil’s Central Bank doubles down on slowing rate cuts
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Scoop: Financial crisis mars the biggest power provider in the Amazon
5 days ago • André Borges
Economy
Market Roundup: Businesses’ default level stabilizes. What does it mean?
7 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Accion’s new fund to digitize financial institutions in emerging markets
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: AI can help with learning how to learn
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Ride-hailing app bill still pleases no one
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Tech
Tech Roundup: Are Brazilians willing to use crypto for payments?
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Brazil’s AI regulation gets first draft to guide upcoming debates
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
The legacy of Ayrton Senna, 30 years on
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Brazil wants to know more about its domestic workers
3 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Society
Brazil’s latest Covid vaccine purchase comes too late
3 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Indigenous groups snub Lula as patience runs out
3 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
President of Portugal calls for slave trade reparations
3 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Environment
Brazil’s new climate adaptation bill is a dud
16 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
Social issues led Brazil to miss the boat on climate change
2 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Environment
Affordability is the key to making EVs popular in Brazil
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Environment
What State Grid’s new power line means for Brazil’s energy transition
4 weeks ago • Paulo Motoryn
Environment
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Latin America
Haiti the X factor in Dominican Republic elections
13 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Chile’s far-right wants ‘Texas-like wall’ on Bolivian border
1 week ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Petro’s far-fetched train project to compete with the Panama Canal
2 weeks ago • David Feliba
Latin America
As elections near, what’s next for Panama’s closed copper mine?
2 weeks ago • Errol Caballero
Latin America
Panama ready to vote as Supreme Court clears frontrunner
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Opinion
Brazil’s flood relief efforts and the war on disinformation ghouls
4 days ago • Mario Sergio Lima
Opinion
How Brazil plans to use the G20 to be a climate leader
4 weeks ago • Bruna Santos
Opinion
The future of X in Brazil, under Elon Musk
1 month ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit
1 month ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo and Paula Pedigoni Ponce
Opinion
The future of nuclear power in Brazil’s diversified energy infrastructure
1 month ago • Jennifer Eaglin