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Why Brazil has never punished its dictators
Amnesty commissions were reactivated this year after being scrapped during the previous government of Jair Bolsonaro — himself famously nostalgic for the military dictatorship era
9 months ago • Amanda Audi
Society
Brazilian scientist rewrites the history of human arrival in South America
The dating of bones from giant sloths provides evidence that humans arrived in South America much earlier than once thought — potentially during the peak of the last Ice Age
9 months ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Census data highlights Brazil’s housing crisis
Brazil has enough empty homes to house its population in need three times over — a trend driven in part by the boom in short-term rentals in tourism spots
9 months ago • Amanda Audi
Society
Update to Brazil’s military police charter misses the mark
The law, pushed by congressmen with ties to the police barracks, creates benefits for officers but fails to address important issues that could improve the country's law enforcement agencies
9 months ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazilian favelas have a huge, untapped potential
Traditionally seen as hotbeds of crime and poverty, Brazil’s favelas are a rich source of culture and innovation — and a number of entrepreneurs are proving this to the world
10 months ago • Amanda Audi
Society
Illegality doesn’t prevent abortion in Brazil
One in seven 40-year-old Brazilian women has intentionally terminated at least one pregnancy. Half of them had abortions between the ages of 12 and 19
10 months ago • Ricardo Zorzetto
Society
Government pivots after dengue vaccine controversy
The Lula Health Ministry suggested it was shunning a ready-for-use private dengue vaccine in order to wait for a public one. Meanwhile, cases are reaching record levels
10 months ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazilian population ticks up, but at historically low rates
There are over 203 million Brazilians, according to 2022 census data. Since 2010, the population has grown by just 0.5 percent a year
10 months ago • Amanda Audi
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Brazilians’ polarization hits cartography, in new world map
5 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Brazil’s firearms debate takes a U.S. twist
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Opinion polls show increasing power of right-wing governors
2 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Politics
How Elon Musk joins Brazil’s online far-right
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Musk probe increases the likelihood of an X ban in Brazil
3 weeks ago • Paulo Roberto Netto
Insider
Brazil’s mid-month inflation index slows down again
14 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Petrobras shareholders vote to pay extraordinary dividends
1 day ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Despite recent advances, food insecurity worse than before 2014-2016 recession
2 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Brazil House passes “Taylor Swift act” against ticket scalping
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
State autonomy on gun rights advance in Brazil’s House
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Lula’s proposal to give the tax reform some teeth
12 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Brazilian startups should not be aiming for an IPO
7 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Brazil keen on moving fiscal goalposts
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Rules for betting platforms to be set in four stages
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
March inflation a good omen for Brazilian economy
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil’s AI-powered music revolution
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
The startup helping producers comply with EU deforestation rules
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Rio wants to be the new Latin American innovation capital with Web Summit
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: What to expect from Web Summit Rio 2024
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: An inclusive fitness app lands in Brazil
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Indigenous groups snub Lula as patience runs out
1 day ago • Euan Marshall
Society
President of Portugal calls for slave trade reparations
2 days ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Drug traffickers retake Rio territories from militias, study finds
1 week ago • Isabela Cruz
Society
A hare-raising challenge in southern Brazil as invasive species multiplies like rabbits
2 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Healthy food hard to come by in Brazil’s favelas
3 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Environment
Affordability is the key to making EVs popular in Brazil
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Environment
What State Grid’s new power line means for Brazil’s energy transition
4 days ago • Paulo Motoryn
Environment
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
1 month ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Environment
Brazil’s coal city resists energy transition
1 month ago • André Borges
Environment
Amazon climate crisis continues with Acre floods and Roraima fires
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Latin America
Bolivia’s economic model called into question as gas dominance wanes
6 days ago • David Feliba
Latin America
Could Ecuador’s referendum mark the birth of a new Bukele?
1 week ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
British bank Revolut granted license in Mexico
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Latin America
How Nicaragua developed its own sign language
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Trade tensions rise as U.S. accuses China of using Mexico as backdoor
3 weeks ago • David Feliba
Opinion
How Brazil plans to use the G20 to be a climate leader
4 days ago • Bruna Santos
Opinion
The future of X in Brazil, under Elon Musk
2 weeks ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit
2 weeks ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo and Paula Pedigoni Ponce
Opinion
The future of nuclear power in Brazil’s diversified energy infrastructure
3 weeks ago • Jennifer Eaglin
Opinion
Is Brazil going too far to curb AI-generated disinformation?
4 weeks ago • Bruna Santos