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Tech Roundup: Brazil 5G auction gets for increasingly political
This week: The political fight over 5G gets heated, frauds increase on Black Friday, and Brazilians increase use of biometric security.
3 years ago • Natália Scalzaretto
Society
Cut off, Amapá state endures a week without electricity
The state of Amapá is isolated at the best of times, but has seen itself fully cut off after a fire caused a week-long power cut
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Economy
Railway project delays and corruption keep Brazil off the tracks
Brazil is the only country of its size not to have national passenger railway networks, and cargo routes pale in comparison to its peers
4 years ago • Renato Alves
Economy
Brazilian airports move closer to privatization
Congonhas and Santos Dumont airports, two of the busiest in Brazil, are taking another step toward sale — despite the coronavirus crisis
4 years ago • Renato Alves
Latin America
Coronavirus reshapes Belt and Road in Latin America
China-backed infrastructure projects slow in the region while new opportunities emerge in health and digital technology
4 years ago • Fermín Koop
Tech
Tech Roundup: Vale launches Brazil’s first electric train
? Brazil's first electric locomotive. ? Claro’s push to revive pay-TV. ?️ App couriers move to regulate their careers. And more.
4 years ago • Natália Scalzaretto
Latin America
Cold winters increase demand for Brazilian electricity in other countries
The three countries regularly exchange power as demand sees fit, with Argentina and Uruguay seeing increased consumption in winter
4 years ago • Renato Alves
Politics
Paulo Guedes is losing the battle for Brazilian public spending
Two high-ranking members of Paulo Guedes's Economy Ministry have resigned, suggesting the ultra-liberal wing of the government is losing influence
4 years ago • Renato Alves
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Brazilians’ polarization hits cartography, in new world map
3 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Brazil’s firearms debate takes a U.S. twist
6 days 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
2 weeks ago • Paulo Roberto Netto
Insider
State autonomy on gun rights advance in Brazil’s House
11 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
2024 primary target a tall order, Brazilian government admits
12 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Embraer’s Eve already building its first “flying car”
14 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Details on the hacking charges against Congresswoman Carla Zambelli
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Brazil among the best countries for foreign direct investment
2 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Market Roundup: Brazilian startups should not be aiming for an IPO
5 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
Economy
Market Roundup: Corporate financing via capital market breaks record
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil’s AI-powered music revolution
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
The startup helping producers comply with EU deforestation rules
6 days 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
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: An inclusive fitness app lands in Brazil
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
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
Society
Urban militias show the “Mexicanization” of Rio de Janeiro
4 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil records Covid spike, and coronavirus still kills plenty
2 months ago • TBR Newsroom
Environment
Affordability is the key to making EVs popular in Brazil
16 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Environment
What State Grid’s new power line means for Brazil’s energy transition
2 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
4 days ago • David Feliba
Latin America
Could Ecuador’s referendum mark the birth of a new Bukele?
7 days 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
2 days ago • Bruna Santos
Opinion
The future of X in Brazil, under Elon Musk
1 week ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit
1 week 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?
3 weeks ago • Bruna Santos