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Brazil’s Oi telecom: to the brink of bankruptcy and back
After six years of court-supervised recovery, Oi, Brazil’s fourth-largest telecom, may now emerge with much lower debt
2 years ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Insider
Brazilian antitrust officials greenlight sale of Oi mobile assets
2 years ago • TBR Newsroom
Tech
Tech Roundup: SpaceX launches first satellite by a Brazilian startup
The Brazilian Pion-BR1 satellite was sent into space this week, developed for less than USD 100,000 on the outskirts of São Paulo
2 years ago • Ana Ferraz
Tech
Government celebrates 5G auction, but challenges remains
The Bolsonaro government is all smiles after selling off its 5G frequency bands, but there are concerns about coverage in schools and potentially widening the digital inequality
2 years ago • Janaína Camelo
Tech
5G auction increases competition in Brazil’s telecom sector
The country's much-awaited 5G auction kicked off today, with new entrants in the market sparking hope that Brazil's telecom sector will become less centralized
2 years ago • Natália Scalzaretto and Janaína Camelo
Insider
Accounts Court clears the way for Brazil’s 5G auction
3 years ago • Janaína Camelo
Economy
Court decision set to delay Brazil’s 5G auction even further
Brazil's government had hoped to carry out its landmark 5G auction this month, but further delays are expected as the Federal Accounts Court analyzes a proposal to include government programs in the bid notice
3 years ago • Janaína Camelo
Economy
The regulatory free-for-all for streaming services in Brazil
Despite operating the country for over ten years and having some 18 million subscribers, Netflix and other such streaming platforms are almost completely unregulated in Brazil
3 years ago • Ana Ferraz and Natália Scalzaretto
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Politics
Macron-Lula bromance only goes so far
8 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Marielle Franco case shows how crime and politics mingle in Rio
3 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Supreme Court and Congress in tug-of-war over cannabis decriminalization
5 days ago • Isabela Cruz
Politics
Far-right Bolsonaro allies want to take anti-democratic fight abroad
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Politics
Police file charges against Bolsonaro in fake vaccine case
1 week ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Lula to drop visa requirements for U.S. citizens
15 hours ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Macron and Lula pledge deeper cooperation between Brazil and France
1 day ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Popularity of Brazil’s Congress jumps amid penal populism push
1 day ago • TBR Newsroom
Insider
House punts on vote on congressman accused of murder
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Insider
Brazil takes (some) distance from Maduro’s Venezuela
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Brazil lays down anti-poverty agenda for the G20
3 days ago • Cedê Silva
Economy
Market Roundup: Advertising spending booms in Brazil
6 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
End of Brazil’s rate cut streak on the horizon
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
Market Roundup: Brazil’s cash-and-carry phenomenon thrives in 2023
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Economy
School tuition fees, food prices stall Brazil’s inflation progress
2 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: AI to save animals
4 days ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Latin American funds raised USD 2.1 billion for startups in 2023
1 week ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Cases of violence put Rio delivery workers on edge
2 weeks ago • Leonardo Coelho
Tech
Tech Roundup: TikTok beaten by Brazilian government apps
3 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Tech
Tech Roundup: Brazil gaming industry booms
4 weeks ago • Fabiane Ziolla Menezes
Society
Urban militias show the “Mexicanization” of Rio de Janeiro
2 days ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil records Covid spike, and coronavirus still kills plenty
4 weeks ago • TBR Newsroom
Society
Brazil’s slow struggle for sewage coverage
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Society
Brazil’s prison system under scrutiny after high-profile escape
1 month ago • Euan Marshall
Society
São Paulo samba school faces backlash over “demonizing” police
1 month ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
Petrobras is failing on Paris climate goals
7 days ago • Gustavo Ribeiro
Environment
Brazil’s coal city resists energy transition
1 week ago • André Borges
Environment
Amazon climate crisis continues with Acre floods and Roraima fires
2 weeks ago • Cedê Silva
Environment
After 2023 highs, Cerrado deforestation drops in January
4 weeks ago • Gustavo Ribeiro and Cedê Silva
Environment
Brazil-Bolivia dam reignites debates on power in the Amazon
4 weeks ago • Kevin Damasio
Latin America
The Broad Front’s dilemma in a divided Uruguay
3 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
The Guatemalan genocide is still an open wound
7 days ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
Visiting Argentina is no longer a bargain
1 week ago • David Feliba
Latin America
Outlaw or revolutionary? Meet Haiti’s Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier
2 weeks ago • Lucas Berti
Latin America
What has Javier Milei been up to?
3 weeks ago • Ignacio Portes
Opinion
The dangerous hubris of Paraguay’s Colorado Party
1 week ago • Gabriel Cohen
Opinion
Balancing Supreme Court critique amid political polarization in Brazil
2 weeks ago • Andre Pagliarini
Opinion
The imminent future of digital regulation in Brazil
4 weeks ago • Marcela Mattiuzzo
Opinion
Lula makes a blunder as Bolsonaro goes all-in on Sunday rally
1 month ago • Mario Sergio Lima
Opinion
Budget earmarks challenge Brazil’s historic institutional balance
1 month ago • Leonardo Barreto