Oct 13, 2025

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🍚 Rice and fall

Rice farmers brace for a hard year after prices plummeted. While the food is still a staple of traditional meals, Brazilians have been eating less and less of it

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Oct 13, 2025

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4 min read

🍚 Rice and fall

Rice farmers brace for a hard year after prices plummeted. While the food is still a staple of traditional meals, Brazilians have been eating less and less of it

Oct 13, 2025

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3 min read

🥊 Lula gets into the ring

It’s the Lula government against the Big Center in Brasília. How manufacturers are being affected by Trump’s tariffs. BYD steps up Brazil plans with Rio center.

Oct 12, 2025

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4 min read

🇵🇹 Portuguese borders bite back

Many Brazilians embraced Portugal’s anti-immigration agenda. Now, they may face stricter border controls.

Oct 11, 2025

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🏟️ Portuguesa bets the house

Once a fixture in the first division, the historic club is betting its future on investors and a new arena rising from the Canindé — but football success remains far from guaranteed.

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Brazil Daily

Concise, insightful briefings on Brazil’s top developments

Brazil Daily

Oct 13, 2025

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3 min read

🥊 Lula gets into the ring

It’s the Lula government against the Big Center in Brasília. How manufacturers are being affected by Trump’s tariffs. BYD steps up Brazil plans with Rio center.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Oct 10, 2025

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4 min read

📊 Brazil’s uneven shape

New census data portrays Brazil’s inequality. Belém takes to the streets for one of the world’s biggest religious events. The latest on Brazil’s Covid vaccine development.

Gustavo Ribeiro, Euan Marshall

Oct 9, 2025

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3 min read

🤔 Legal limbo

Lack of a court decision on social media content creates legal limbo. The government’s positive streak in Congress could never last. Figures of unsolved murders in Brazil.

Gustavo Ribeiro, Letícia Arcoverde

Oct 8, 2025

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3 min read

💪 Make Lula strong again

The reasons behind Lula’s significant recovery in popularity. A possible early retirement on the Supreme Court would send shockwaves through Brasília.

Gustavo Ribeiro, Isabela Cruz

Bolsonaro Trial

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

Bolsonaro Trial

🫣 Where does amnesty lead?

After Jair Bolsonaro’s coup conviction, allied politicians are looking for ways to free him. But Brazil has seen this before.

Bolsonaro Trial

⚖️ 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.

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.

Brazil Business

Your essential guide to the largest economy in Latin America.

Brazil Business

Oct 8, 2025

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4 min read

📉 Ambipar goes from boom to bust

Once buoyed by rapid expansion, green solutions firm Ambipar is now reeling from legal disputes, boardroom upheaval and controversial financial maneuvers.

Letícia Arcoverde

Oct 1, 2025

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3 min read

⛏️ Mining strategy

Critical minerals become increasingly tangled in geopolitics and could come to the negotiating table amid Brazil’s trade talks with the US

Letícia Arcoverde

Sep 24, 2025

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4 min read

🩺 Coverage denied

Brazil’s top court has tightened up coverage rules for private health care, in an attempt to curb lawsuits

Letícia Arcoverde

Sep 17, 2025

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3 min read

🥡 Delivery wars

New and returning players are pouring billions into Brazil’s food delivery market, hoping to chip away at iFood’s dominance.

Letícia Arcoverde

LatAm Report

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

LatAm Report

Oct 10, 2025

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4 min read

🕊️ Boluarte ousted, Machado crowned

The most unpopular president in the hemisphere is finally ousted in Peru. And Venezuela’s opposition leader wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ignacio Portes, Lucas Berti

Oct 7, 2025

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3 min read

🫠 Narco candidates and traffic jams

Javier Milei’s top midterm candidate quits amid drug scandal. And Guatemala turns to South Korea to fix its long-standing road traffic problems.

Ignacio Portes, Lucas Berti

Oct 3, 2025

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3 min read

🇨🇳 China vs Mexico 🇲🇽

An unusual clash between two friendly countries. And uncontacted indigenous communities face multiple threats in Peru.

Ignacio Portes, Lucas Berti

Sep 30, 2025

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3 min read

😬 Another questioned election?

Fears about foul play in Honduras’ upcoming presidential vote. And Gustavo Petro has his visa revoked by Donald Trump’s administration.

The Brazilian Report, Ignacio Portes, Lucas Berti

Brazil Climate

Updates on Brazil's environmental impact

Brazil Climate

🛤️ Ferrogrão on the line

Touted as a game-changer for agribusiness, the 933-kilometer railway could also deepen Amazon deforestation and threaten traditional communities — and its economics may not add up either.

Brazil Climate

🔥 The real price of gas

Brazil is positioning itself as a global climate leader, but is simultaneously locking itself into an environmentally perilous fossil gas expansion that directly contradicts its renewable ambitions.

Brazil Climate

💧 The future of Petrobras

Experts warn about the financial and climactic risk of Petrobras doubling down on fossil fuels, laying out a roadmap for the state-controlled firm to lead Brazil’s energy transition.

Brazil Climate

📈 Green mirage?

The ICO2 index on Brazil’s main stock exchange encourages companies to report emissions, but it has some huge blind spots.

Brazil Agro

For all things agriculture

Brazil Agro

Oct 13, 2025

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4 min read

🍚 Rice and fall

Rice farmers brace for a hard year after prices plummeted. While the food is still a staple of traditional meals, Brazilians have been eating less and less of it

Letícia Arcoverde

Oct 6, 2025

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3 min read

👩🏻‍🔬 High potential

Despite pressure from a developing sector and its own agricultural research agency, Brazil has once again delayed regulating medicinal and industrial cannabis.

Letícia Arcoverde

Sep 29, 2025

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3 min read

🌾 Top crop

With a long history of dominance, soybean is still Brazil’s top farming output. But it has weathered rough periods.

Letícia Arcoverde

Sep 22, 2025

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3 min read

☕ Brewing problems

A poor harvest and Trump’s 50% tariffs on Brazilian coffee have fueled market speculation and sent prices soaring in the United States and beyond.

Letícia Arcoverde

Brazil Sports

More than scores.

Brazil Sports

🏟️ Portuguesa bets the house

Once a fixture in the first division, the historic club is betting its future on investors and a new arena rising from the Canindé — but football success remains far from guaranteed.

Brazil Sports

🐘 Fitting an elephant into a doghouse

The hectic calendar of Brazilian football has long been identified as one of the reasons holding the national sport back, but a new four-year plan could improve matters.

Brazil Sports

🦅 John Textor stars in ‘Eagle vs. Eagle’

Love him or hate him, much of the recent success of Brazilian and South American champions Botafogo can be traced back to owner John Textor.

Brazil Sports

🫣 No Brazilian bosses at the World Cup?

For the first time in the tournament’s history, the next World Cup is likely to feature zero Brazilian managers.

Guide to Brazil

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

Guide to Brazil

🇵🇹 Portuguese borders bite back

Many Brazilians embraced Portugal’s anti-immigration agenda. Now, they may face stricter border controls.

Guide to Brazil

🚌 Transit without tickets

The fight against inequality has gained momentum in Brazilian politics. The federal government is now studying the feasibility of fare-free public transportation.

Guide to Brazil

🍄 Murky magic mushrooms laws

The mushroom trade has thrived in Brazil amid a regulatory vacuum. But as the global boom unfolds, the justice system is signaling a step back.

Guide to Brazil

🔉 Microphones of mutiny

Federal prosecutors are seeking to strip a radio broadcaster of its licenses, accusing it of having actively worked to promote a coup.