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Brazil could need 40 years to meet sanitation goals
A new legal sanitation framework boosted expectations that sewage systems would be universalized in Brazil, but there remains a long way to go
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Society
Biggest Amazon city back in coronavirus chaos
In September, researchers suggested Manaus could have achieved "herd immunity." Now, the city is enduring a new spike of Covid-19 deaths
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Society
Stalin and Kim Jong-un have their admirers in Brazil
Brazilian left-wing fringes have taken controversial views on the former leader of the Soviet Union and North Korea's Supreme Leader
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Society
The story of the first trans woman in Brazil’s Armed Forces
Maria Luiza da Silva was kicked out of the Air Force after coming out as a trans woman. Decades on, her rights were finally recognized
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Society
Brazil’s 2020 in numbers
3 years ago • Ariádne Mussato
Society
Brazil has more doctors than ever, but still not enough
The number of Brazilian doctors has doubled in the last ten years, but large swathes of the country are still left without adequate medical care
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Society
Numbers of the week: Dec. 12, 2020
3 years ago • Ariádne Mussato
Society
Numbers of the week: Dec. 2, 2020
This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news about Brazil
3 years ago • Ariádne Mussato
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Brazil Floods
Rio Grande do Sul rebuilding could mean relocating entire cities
17 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Brazil Floods
Lula announces aid for Rio Grande do Sul flood victims
1 day ago • Isabela Cruz
Brazil Floods
Maranhão, in Brazil’s Northeast, is also worried about the risk of floods
3 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Brazil Floods
Human-driven climate change is the culprit for Brazil’s floods
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Brazil Floods
Lula signs off on debt relief to state affected by floods
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Brazil Floods
Lula announces aid for Rio Grande do Sul flood victims
1 day 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
Brazilian GDP predictor suggests 2.3 percent growth in Q1
13 hours 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
Insider
Petrobras share prices crash amid CEO swap
2 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Petrobras CEO to step down amid power struggles
2 days ago • TBR Newsroom
Economy
Brazil’s wine industry holds firm amid climate chaos
18 hours 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
4 days ago • André Borges
Economy
Market Roundup: Businesses’ default level stabilizes. What does it mean?
6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Recovery of Brazilian retail should come at the end of 2024
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Accion’s new fund to digitize financial institutions in emerging markets
2 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
7 days 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
2 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
Social issues led Brazil to miss the boat on climate change
15 hours 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
3 weeks ago • Paulo Motoryn
Environment
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Environment
Brazil’s coal city resists energy transition
2 months ago • André Borges
Latin America
Chile’s far-right wants ‘Texas-like wall’ on Bolivian border
7 days 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
Latin America
Will Argentina’s opposition take advantage of massive anti-Milei protests?
3 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Opinion
Brazil’s flood relief efforts and the war on disinformation ghouls
3 days ago • Mario Sergio Lima
Opinion
How Brazil plans to use the G20 to be a climate leader
3 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