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São Paulo’s Borba Gato statue should be permanently removed. Here’s how to do it
Protesters set fire to a controversial São Paulo statue, commemorating a notorious slaver from Brazil's colonial period. But direct action can only go so far – the solution lies in legislation
3 years ago • Beatriz Rey
Society
The real Indiana Jones died in Brazil
Percy Harrison Fawcett, believed to be one of the real-life inspirations for George Lucas' Hollywood explorer, was fascinated with Brazil and disappeared in Mato Grosso
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Society
The landmark decision to punish dictatorship crimes in Brazil
For decades, Brazil has failed to reckon with its dictatorship past. One court decision tries to go in the other direction
3 years ago • Lucas Berti
Society
Underground surprises during the renovation of São Paulo’s oldest museum
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Opinion
Bolsonaro’s Armed Forces meddling ushers ghosts from Brazil’s past
The president interfered with the military to save a former cabinet member. Brazilian history shows this can lead to drastic consequences
3 years ago • Andre Pagliarini
Podcast
Explaining Brazil #155: Bolsonaro opens a military Pandora’s box
Amid the president's threats to ignore the results of a potential electoral defeat, seeing the Army cave to his will on a legal matter is very worrisome indeed
3 years ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Society
The House of Death and a human incinerator: dark tales from Brazil’s military dictatorship
A federal court ordered the expropriation of a Rio de Janeiro sugarcane mill this week, notoriously used by the military dictatorship to incinerate the corpses of tortured dissidents
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Guide to Brazil
Paulo Mendes da Rocha leaves behind incomparable legacy in Brazilian architecture
Among the most influential modernists in Brazilian history, Paulo Mendes da Rocha designed many of São Paulo's most famous tourist attractions and left a legacy of devoted followers
3 years ago • Renato Alves
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Brazil’s firearms debate takes a U.S. twist
2 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Opinion polls show increasing power of right-wing governors
1 week 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
Insider
Senators try to outmaneuver Supreme Court on drugs issue
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Lula is Colombia-bound for meeting with Petro
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Budgetary guidelines bill moves Brazil’s fiscal goalposts
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
The Brazilian Report named best news website in the Americas
1 week ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Insider
Government denies raises while boosting public service numbers
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Brazil keen on moving fiscal goalposts
5 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Rules for betting platforms to be set in four stages
6 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
The startup helping producers comply with EU deforestation rules
42 mins ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Rio wants to be the new LatAm innovation capital with Web Summit
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: What to expect from Web Summit Rio 2024
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: An inclusive fitness app lands in Brazil
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Solar power by subscription
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Drug traffickers retake Rio territories from militias, study finds
2 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Society
A hare-raising challenge in southern Brazil as invasive species multiplies like rabbits
1 week 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
Could Ecuador’s referendum mark the birth of a new Bukele?
22 hours ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
British bank Revolut granted license in Mexico
7 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Latin America
How Nicaragua developed its own sign language
1 week 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
Opinion
The future of X in Brazil, under Elon Musk
3 days ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit
4 days ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo and Paula Pedigoni Ponce
Opinion
The future of nuclear power in Brazil’s diversified energy infrastructure
2 weeks 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