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A big tent helped Lula win. But it could hamper his agenda
Lula blended progressives and environmentalists with sectors linked to big business and agriculture. But keeping the coalition together — and happy — may require giving up on the most ambitious parts of his agenda
1 year ago • Amanda Audi
Politics
Pro-Bolsonaro lawmakers still try to push for a ‘Brazilian January 6’
President-elect Lula will be certified on December 12. Far-right lawmakers used the Senate to incite an insurrection-like movement
1 year ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Lula allies want to erase the Bolsonaro years with the stroke of a pen. Here’s how
The next government plans to revoke a slew of Bolsonaro decrees. But while some are symbolic moves, others would have serious impacts and are already drawing political opposition
1 year ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Defeated, Bolsonaro has not even been a lame duck
Brazil’s outgoing head of state has receded from public life after his electoral defeat last month, and is said to be distraught and depressed
1 year ago • Amanda Audi
Politics
Inside a pro-Bolsonaro putschist camp
Reporter Amanda Audi spent a day with supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro, who continue to try destabilizing the political system
1 year ago • Amanda Audi
Politics
Bolsonaro’s party went head-on into putschist tactics. Electoral courts reacted
The Liberal Party has formally challenged the runoff results based on unbacked claims about voting machines. Brazil's chief electoral justice responded swiftly
1 year ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Putschist protests are getting smaller, but more radicalized
It has been three weeks since groups supporting President Jair Bolsonaro began to stage demonstrations questioning the legitimacy of the election
1 year ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Amanda Audi
Politics
A new Bolsa Família is more than a mere rebranding of Brazil’s flagship aid program
Lula plans to revert to the original name of the Auxílio Brasil benefit program, which was rebranded under Bolsonaro. But the rechristening implies more than just a change of name
1 year ago • Amanda Audi
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Opinion polls show increasing power of right-wing governors
6 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Politics
How Elon Musk joins Brazil’s online far-right
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Musk probe increases the likelihood of an X ban in Brazil
1 week ago • Paulo Roberto Netto
Politics
Congress, Supreme Court battle on immunity rules
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Supreme Court rules out putschist interpretation of Constitution
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Senators try to outmaneuver Supreme Court on drugs issue
17 hours ago • Cedê Silva
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Lula is Colombia-bound for meeting with Petro
17 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Budgetary guidelines bill moves Brazil’s fiscal goalposts
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
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The Brazilian Report named best news website in the Americas
6 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Insider
Government denies raises while boosting public service numbers
6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Brazil keen on moving fiscal goalposts
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Rules for betting platforms to be set in four stages
5 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
March inflation a good omen for Brazilian economy
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Market Roundup: Corporate financing via capital market breaks record
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Once a major exporter, Brazil seeks cocoa self-sufficiency
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Rio wants to be the new LatAm innovation capital with Web Summit
1 day ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: What to expect from Web Summit Rio 2024
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: An inclusive fitness app lands in Brazil
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Solar power by subscription
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: AI to save animals
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Drug traffickers retake Rio territories from militias, study finds
12 hours ago • Isabela Cruz
Society
A hare-raising challenge in southern Brazil as invasive species multiplies like rabbits
7 days ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Healthy food hard to come by in Brazil’s favelas
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Urban militias show the “Mexicanization” of Rio de Janeiro
3 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil records Covid spike, and coronavirus still kills plenty
2 months ago • TBR Newsroom
Environment
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
4 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Environment
Brazil’s coal city resists energy transition
4 weeks ago • André Borges
Environment
Amazon climate crisis continues with Acre floods and Roraima fires
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
After 2023 highs, Cerrado deforestation drops in January
2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Environment
Brazil-Bolivia dam reignites debates on power in the Amazon
2 months ago • Kevin Damasio
Latin America
British bank Revolut granted license in Mexico
6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Latin America
How Nicaragua developed its own sign language
7 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Trade tensions rise as U.S. accuses China of using Mexico as backdoor
2 weeks ago • David Feliba
Latin America
Violence casts a shadow over Mexico’s presidential cycle
3 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The Broad Front’s dilemma in a divided Uruguay
3 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Opinion
The future of X in Brazil, under Elon Musk
2 days ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit
2 days ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo and Paula Pedigoni Ponce
Opinion
The future of nuclear power in Brazil’s diversified energy infrastructure
1 week ago • Jennifer Eaglin
Opinion
Is Brazil going too far to curb AI-generated disinformation?
2 weeks ago • Bruna Santos
Opinion
The dangerous hubris of Paraguay’s Colorado Party
4 weeks ago • Gabriel Cohen