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Future Fuel program advances in Brazil’s Congress
5 days ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Anti-vaccine discourse growing in Brazil’s far-right rhetoric
During the Covid pandemic, Brazil's far-right flooded the public discourse with vaccine disinformation. But that was just the beginning
5 days ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Standing committees pose more challenges for Lula in Congress
Bolsonaro loyalists hold top positions in standing committees that are key for the Lula administration's legislative priorities
5 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #284: Far-right committees in Congress
Radical far-right politicians were chosen to be the heads of some of the most important standing committees in Brazil's House, showing some frailties in the Lula government's position in Congress
5 days ago • Euan Marshall and Isabela Cruz
Politics
Re-election scapegoated for Brazil’s political woes
Politicians are not held accountable enough and polls show that voters do not feel fully represented. In reaction, Congress brings a well-known strawman to the forefront
1 week ago • Isabela Cruz
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Bolsonaro loyalist takes leave from Brazil’s House
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Braskem probe kicks off in Brazil’s Senate
Braskem carried out abusive salt mining in Maceió city. Dozens of thousands of families lost their homes due to the geological side effects
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
The normalization of impeachment requests in Brazil
A recent impeachment request is no threat to Lula. But it is yet indication of how fragile his coalition is
2 weeks ago • Isabela Cruz
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Politics
He murdered an Amazon defender, then became a political leader
2 days ago • Euan Marshall
Politics
Military top brass throws Bolsonaro to the wolves
3 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Anti-vaccine discourse growing in Brazil’s far-right rhetoric
5 days ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Standing committees pose more challenges for Lula in Congress
5 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Re-election scapegoated for Brazil’s political woes
1 week ago • Isabela Cruz
Insider
TBR up for Best News Website at Digital Media Americas Awards
7 hours ago • TBR Newsroom
Insider
Lula: Brazil faced serious coup risk under Bolsonaro
10 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Brazilian economy slow to kick off 2024
13 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
U.S. imposes sanctions on Brazilian gang leader
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Inter-American court convicts Brazil for human rights violations
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Brazil’s cash-and-carry phenomenon thrives in 2023
2 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
School tuition fees, food prices stall Brazil’s inflation progress
6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Market Roundup: Brazil’s stock exchange could have competition
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Brazilian iron ore could be key to China’s decarbonization targets
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Lula splits the baby on gig economy regulation bill
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Tech
Tech Roundup: Latin American funds raised USD 2.1 billion for startups in 2023
7 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Cases of violence put Rio delivery workers on edge​
7 days ago • Leonardo Coelho
Tech
Tech Roundup: TikTok beaten by Brazilian government apps
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil gaming industry booms
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Illegal cell phones make up 19 percent of Brazilian market
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Brazil records Covid spike, and coronavirus still kills plenty
2 weeks ago • TBR Newsroom
Society
Brazil’s slow struggle for sewage coverage
3 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil’s prison system under scrutiny after high-profile escape
4 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
São Paulo samba school faces backlash over “demonizing” police
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Surge in dengue cases leaves Brazilian health officials rattled
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
Amazon climate crisis continues with Acre floods and Roraima fires
14 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
After 2023 highs, Cerrado deforestation drops in January
3 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Environment
Brazil-Bolivia dam reignites debates on power in the Amazon
3 weeks ago • Kevin Damasio
Environment
Ibama walkout sparks fears of environmental decline once fire season returns
1 month ago • André Borges
Environment
Singapore’s ACX partners with Brazil’s B3 to create a carbon credit exchange
1 month ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Latin America
Outlaw or revolutionary? Meet Haiti’s Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier
4 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
What has Javier Milei been up to?
2 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Latin America
Petro’s coal ban in Colombia, explained
2 weeks ago • David Feliba
Latin America
Pope Francis’s reconciliation with Milei not a first
3 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Latin America
Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for arming its gangs
4 weeks ago • Timothy D. Lytton
Opinion
Balancing Supreme Court critique amid political polarization in Brazil
4 days ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
The imminent future of digital regulation in Brazil
3 weeks ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo
Opinion
Lula makes a blunder as Bolsonaro goes all-in on Sunday rally
4 weeks ago • Mario Sergio Lima
Opinion
Budget earmarks challenge Brazil’s historic institutional balance
1 month ago • Leonardo Barreto
Opinion
Bolsonaro’s desperate play echoes Collor’s last stand
1 month ago • Andre Pagliarini