But it won’t affect us right...?

Most Brazilians live thousands of kilometers from the Amazon, often feeling disconnected from the rainforest as if it were part of another country.

Black candidates face new election barriers in Brazil’s municipal races

Fernando de Noronha, a Brazilian beach paradise, bans B&Bs

🧳 No visa, no entry

Brazil set to restrict the entry of migrants. Amazon fires spread smoke across the country. Senate extends semiconductor incentives.

🎒 Migrants, Maduro, and Mexico

The U.S. government at a crossroads with its asylum program. Venezuela’s Maduro loses support among left-wing regional allies. And similarities between crimes in PRI-era Mexico and dictatorship abuses.

Explaining Brazil #305: X marks the spat

China’s role in the reconfiguration of Latin America’s peripheries

🪫 Power struggle

Climate issues renew energy concerns in Brazil. And the challenging relationship between the Lula administration and Congress.

Police chiefs face charges for trying to tamper with 2022 election

Brazilian Senate postpones “Future Fuel” bill

🤬 Judicial hell

How Pablo Marçal is changing the São Paulo mayoral race — and facing legal challenges. Older Brazilians are going online more. And how Wikipedia has become a new frontier for electoral disinformation.

Generational floods uncover dinosaur fossil in South Brazil