Brazil Sports

Sep 13, 2025

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3 min read

🏉 A try to remember

Brazil’s women’s rugby team made history at the recent World Cup in England, and an innovative social project in a São Paulo favela deserves part of the credit.

Latest

Sep 13, 2025

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3 min read

🏉 A try to remember

Brazil’s women’s rugby team made history at the recent World Cup in England, and an innovative social project in a São Paulo favela deserves part of the credit.

Sep 12, 2025

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4 min read

🤖 Chip wars reach Latin America

The limits of Latin America’s push to build semiconductors. And debate around artificial intelligence opportunities in the region.

Sep 12, 2025

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3 min read

⚖️ Bolsonaro sentenced to 27+ years

The Supreme Court votes 4-1 to convict Bolsonaro. Lula sees a popularity bump. A new warship for the Brazilian Navy.

Sep 11, 2025

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2 min read

🎙️ Podcast: Bolsonaro — from the barracks, to the presidency ... to prison?

Brazil's former president rose politically as a defender of the military dictatorship. Now he is facing decades in prison for crimes against democracy

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Brazil Daily

Concise, insightful briefings on Brazil’s top developments

Brazil Daily

Sep 12, 2025

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3 min read

⚖️ Bolsonaro sentenced to 27+ years

The Supreme Court votes 4-1 to convict Bolsonaro. Lula sees a popularity bump. A new warship for the Brazilian Navy.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Sep 11, 2025

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4 min read

😳 For Fux’s sake

Fux votes to acquit, making it 2-1 on the Bolsonaro scoreboard. Brazil’s northernmost state is linked to the national power grid. Itaú faces heat for remote worker sackings.

Gustavo Ribeiro, Isabela Cruz, Letícia Arcoverde

Sep 10, 2025

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4 min read

⚖️ One vote shy of a conviction

Bolsonaro is one vote shy of a conviction. Words from the White House cause further alarm in Brazil. The latest inflation figures.

Gustavo Ribeiro, Isabela Cruz

Sep 9, 2025

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2 min read

🧱 BRICS and stones

Lula and Xi denounce US tariffs and “blackmail” at virtual BRICS summit. Bolsonaro's coup trial enters the final stretch. A US flag unfurled at a Bolsonaro rally has sparked calls for a Federal Police probe.

Isabela Cruz, Gustavo Ribeiro

Bolsonaro Trial

A curated breakdown of the key moments and must-see perspectives from the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro Trial

🎙️ Podcast: Bolsonaro — from the barracks, to the presidency ... to prison?

Brazil's former president rose politically as a defender of the military dictatorship. Now he is facing decades in prison for crimes against democracy

Bolsonaro Trial

😳 For Fux’s sake

Fux votes to acquit, making it 2-1 on the Bolsonaro scoreboard. Brazil’s northernmost state is linked to the national power grid. Itaú faces heat for remote worker sackings.

Bolsonaro Trial

📽️ Bolsonaro Trial: videos

A curated breakdown of the key moments and must-see perspectives from the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro — accused of plotting a coup to stay in power

Bolsonaro Trial

⚖️ One vote shy of a conviction

Bolsonaro is one vote shy of a conviction. Words from the White House cause further alarm in Brazil. The latest inflation figures.

Brazil Business

Your essential guide to the largest economy in Latin America.

Brazil Business

Sep 3, 2025

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2 min read

⚡ Brazil’s energy paradox

Brazil’s solar boom has boosted capacity but put strain on the grid, cutting flexibility and raising overload risks regulators are scrambling to fix.

Letícia Arcoverde

Aug 27, 2025

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4 min read

⛏️ Nickel deal

Chinese miner MMG recently purchased Anglo American’s nickel mines in Brazil — a deal being thrust into a larger geopolitical dispute over critical minerals.

Letícia Arcoverde

Aug 20, 2025

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3 min read

🔍 Securities scrutiny

As Brazil’s markets grow and diversify, the underfunded CVM faces staff shortages, budget gaps and pressure for sweeping reform.

Letícia Arcoverde

Aug 13, 2025

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4 min read

💾 Public data going private

Paraná is moving to privatize its state-owned IT company. Privacy watchdogs say the plan risks exposing sensitive information.

Letícia Arcoverde

LatAm Report

A twice-weekly look into Latin America’s evolving landscape

LatAm Report

Sep 12, 2025

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4 min read

🤖 Chip wars reach Latin America

The limits of Latin America’s push to build semiconductors. And debate around artificial intelligence opportunities in the region.

Ignacio Portes, Sophia Santos-Pearcy

Sep 9, 2025

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5 min read

🥊 Milei on the ropes

After a year of hype, 2025 has been much harsher for Argentina’s libertarian president. And the proposal for a new international mission in Haiti.

Ignacio Portes, Lucas Berti

Sep 5, 2025

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2 min read

💥 Caribbean showboating

Extreme measures under the guise of “war on drugs” have paved the way for numerous crises and violations in the past. Will history repeat itself?

Lucas Berti

Sep 2, 2025

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2 min read

👬 Being Bukele

From Central America to the Southern Cone, the right-wing alliance is flexing its muscles, betting on tough-on-crime policies as crime remains a regional concern.

Lucas Berti, Sophia Santos-Pearcy

Brazil Climate

Updates on Brazil's environmental impact

Brazil Climate

🪓 ‘Legal’ deforestation

Today is National Cerrado Day, celebrating Brazil’s vast, biodiverse, but often overlooked tropical savanna.

Brazil Climate

🌳 Beyond planting trees

The appearance of an endangered Ornate Hawk-Eagle in a fragment of Atlantic Forest has served as a powerful symbol of restoration efforts ongoing in Brazil.

Brazil Climate

⛏️ After the raids, before the returns

Federal crackdowns may drive out illegal miners, but without state support, indigenous peoples face renewed invasions — and the lure of fast cash continues to divide communities.

Brazil Climate

🩸 Blood on the land

The 2024 murder of Pataxó leader Nega Pataxó underscores how the controversial time frame law and the rise of alleged landowner militias are fueling a surge in rural bloodshed.

Brazil Agro

For all things agriculture

Brazil Agro

Sep 8, 2025

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3 min read

🐷 A really pig deal

Brazil has seen record pork production and exports, driven by rising demand in Asia and at home.

Letícia Arcoverde

Sep 1, 2025

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4 min read

🧑🏼‍🌾 States sow capital

Brazil’s leading farm states are turning to capital markets to bankroll crops as traditional credit falls short.

Letícia Arcoverde

Aug 25, 2025

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4 min read

🌾 Return of the soybean wars

As China bolsters soybean imports from Brazil, US farmers claim tariff disputes are hurting their business. Plus, antitrust watchdog CADE halts the Soy Moratorium.

Letícia Arcoverde

Aug 18, 2025

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3 min read

🍔 A beefed-up merger

Two of Brazil’s largest meat producers, BRF and Marfrig, are close to a merger that will further consolidate the country’s protein market.

Letícia Arcoverde

🏉 A try to remember

Euan Marshall

Brazil Sports

🤖 Chip wars reach Latin America

Ignacio Portes, Sophia Santos-Pearcy

LatAm Report

⚖️ Bolsonaro sentenced to 27+ years

Gustavo Ribeiro

Brazil Daily

🎙️ Podcast: Bolsonaro — from the barracks, to the presidency ... to prison?

Gustavo Ribeiro, Isabela Cruz

Podcast

🪓 ‘Legal’ deforestation

Euan Marshall

Brazil Climate

😳 For Fux’s sake

Gustavo Ribeiro, Isabela Cruz, Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Daily

Brazil Sports

More than scores.

Brazil Sports

🏉 A try to remember

Brazil’s women’s rugby team made history at the recent World Cup in England, and an innovative social project in a São Paulo favela deserves part of the credit.

Brazil Sports

💔 No Taylor, no party?

Taylor Swift's no-show robbed the headlines at a flat São Paulo NFL game, amid rumors Rio could get hosting rights next year.

Brazil Sports

🏈 The NFL’s big Brazil bet

The Chiefs-Chargers showdown isn’t just about Week 1 bragging rights — it’s the league’s first free worldwide YouTube stream, a booming Brazilian fan base, and Globo buying in big.

Brazil Sports

🏄 Brazilian Storm or hurricane?

If Yago Dora wins just one heat of this week’s WSL finals, he will seal Brazil’s eighth men’s surfing world championship in 11 years.

Guide to Brazil

Go beyond the surface and dive into Brazilian culture, news and societal trends.

Guide to Brazil

💼 Narcos, Inc.

From gold mining in the Amazon to Wall Street-style investment funds, organized crime in Brazil now goes much further than cocaine

Guide to Brazil

👨‍⚖️ The justices who will try Bolsonaro

A look at the professional backgrounds and political leanings of the panel that will decide the former president’s fate.

Guide to Brazil

🪖 Trump targeting the troops

Fraying military ties with the United States could bring Brazil’s Armed Forces back to the center of politics — and that’s a problem.

Guide to Brazil

🪤 Brazil and the middle-income trap

Brazil has been an upper-middle income country for almost 20 years. Why can’t it take the next step?