Explaining Brazil #74: Brazil’s role on the global stage
Since President Jair Bolsonaro took office on January 1, Brazil has made its way back into global headlines, albeit (...) READ MORE
Podcast August 25, 2019
Explaining Brazil #73: Is Brazil capable of protecting the Amazon on its own?
Jair Bolsonaro’s laissez-faire environmental policy could have irreversible consequences not only for Brazil—but for the entire world. And one (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #72: Can Brazil approve a tax reform in 2019?
The Brazilian Congress is back from vacation. And the country’s lawmakers have a lot on their plates. After six (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #71: How Brazil’s prisons became war zones
Since the turn of the year of 2016 to 2017, over 200 inmates were killed within government-run prisons. In (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #70: Data protection changes coming your way
Next year, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law will come into force, redefining concepts like consent and data privacy in (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #69: Why Argentina’s presidential election matters to Brazil
Argentina is Brazil’s third-biggest trading partner—and the main destination of Brazilian manufactured goods. That’s one of the main reasons (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #68: Discovering Rio’s Little Africa
The name Little Africa, Pequena África in Portuguese, has been featured in books, songs, and lyrics of famous samba (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #67: The Mercosur-EU deal, explained
This week’s episode explores the Mercosur-EU trade deal President Jair Bolsonaro started off his participation at the G20 summit (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #66: Being gay in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
This year, however, the São Paulo Pride Parade took place at a time when Brazil’s political divisions have been (...) READ MORE
Explaining Brazil #65: Faith is a profitable business in Brazil
On June 20, the Christian community will march together in the March for Jesus, one of the biggest religious (...) READ MORE
