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Economy
Brazil seeks to recover economic image by privatizing airports
The Brazilian government wants to push forward in its plans to privatize airports, with a major auction scheduled for April 7
3 years ago • Renato Alves
Economy
Bolsonaro’s privatizations plan all but buried
Exit of Eletrobras CEO highlights the Bolsonaro administration's ineptitude in getting its bold privatizations program off the ground
3 years ago • Natália Scalzaretto
Economy
Plan to increase private involvement in health rebuffed by population
The Bolsonaro administration issued a decree foreseeing studies to increase private-sector participation in Brazil's public health system
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
Coronavirus
Brazilian airport administrators fear collapse
Industry giants say Brazil will have to pour massive amounts of money just to avoid bankruptcies. Still, the government promises airport privatizations
4 years ago • Renato Alves
Tech
Tech Roundup Jun. 5, 2020 | Wi-Fi 6 arrives in Brazil
A digest of the most important news on technology and innovation in Brazil
4 years ago • Natália Scalzaretto
Coronavirus
Rio de Janeiro eager to privatize field hospitals
4 years ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Economy
The government’s railway plans to get Brazil back on track
Railway concessions aim to increase the amount of cargo shipped by trains in Brazil, a job usually dominated by trucks
4 years ago • Brenno Grillo
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Brazil Floods
Porto Alegre spent a pittance on emergency management
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Brazil Floods
Rio Grande do Sul rebuilding could mean relocating entire cities
5 days ago • Cedê Silva
Brazil Floods
Lula announces aid for Rio Grande do Sul flood victims
6 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Brazil Floods
Maranhão, in Brazil’s Northeast, is also worried about the risk of floods
7 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Brazil Floods
Human-driven climate change is the culprit for Brazil’s floods
7 days ago • Cedê Silva
Brazil Floods
Lula announces aid for Rio Grande do Sul flood victims
6 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Alexandre de Moraes: between criticism and justification
2 weeks ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Brazilians’ polarization hits cartography, in new world map
4 weeks ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Brazil’s firearms debate takes a U.S. twist
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Opinion polls show increasing power of right-wing governors
1 month ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Insider
Study shows higher Covid mortality in pro-Bolsonaro cities
21 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Analysts increase 2024 interest rate forecast to 10 percent
23 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Illiteracy falls in Brazil, but still runs along racial lines
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Coup attempt investigation in its final stages
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Brazilian GDP predictor suggests 2.3 percent growth in Q1
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Economy
Energy, cash, and climate shape talks over the giant Itaipu dam
1 day ago • Maximiliano Manzoni and Kevin Damasio
Economy
Market Roundup: Who is the future Petrobras CEO?
3 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Banks see default rates fall and credit market rebound in 2024
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Brazil’s wine industry holds firm amid climate chaos
5 days ago • Euan Marshall
Economy
Brazil’s Central Bank doubles down on slowing rate cuts
7 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Most fraud attempts occur on apps
23 hours ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Accion’s new fund to digitize financial institutions in emerging markets
6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: AI can help with learning how to learn
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Ride-hailing app bill still pleases no one
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Tech
Tech Roundup: Are Brazilians willing to use crypto for payments?
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
The systematic harassment of journalists as a way to curtail press freedoms
2 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Society
The legacy of Ayrton Senna, 30 years on
3 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Society
Brazil wants to know more about its domestic workers
3 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Society
Brazil’s latest Covid vaccine purchase comes too late
3 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Indigenous groups snub Lula as patience runs out
4 weeks ago • Euan Marshall
Environment
Brazil’s new climate adaptation bill is a dud
4 days ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
Social issues led Brazil to miss the boat on climate change
5 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Environment
Affordability is the key to making EVs popular in Brazil
4 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Environment
What State Grid’s new power line means for Brazil’s energy transition
4 weeks ago • Paulo Motoryn
Environment
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
2 months ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Latin America
Rare moment of optimism takes hold in Venezuela opposition
2 hours ago • Ignacio Portes
Latin America
Haiti the X factor in Dominican Republic elections
4 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Chile’s far-right wants ‘Texas-like wall’ on Bolivian border
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Petro’s far-fetched train project to compete with the Panama Canal
2 weeks ago • David Feliba
Latin America
As elections near, what’s next for Panama’s closed copper mine?
2 weeks ago • Errol Caballero
Opinion
Brazil’s flood relief efforts and the war on disinformation ghouls
7 days ago • Mario Sergio Lima
Opinion
How Brazil plans to use the G20 to be a climate leader
4 weeks ago • Bruna Santos
Opinion
The future of X in Brazil, under Elon Musk
1 month ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
AI and data protection in the spotlight at Global Privacy Summit
1 month ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo and Paula Pedigoni Ponce
Opinion
The future of nuclear power in Brazil’s diversified energy infrastructure
1 month ago • Jennifer Eaglin