Guide to BrazilGuide to Brazil
🌇 Brazil is more urban than you think

🌇 Brazil is more urban than you think

While it is known for wide open spaces, sprawling agribusiness and the vast Amazon, Brazil is actually much more of an urban country than outsiders might think

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
Brazil SportsBrazil Sports
⚽ Flick, flick, goal!

⚽ Flick, flick, goal!

Known as a 20th century children’s pastime, button football is still alive and well in Brazil — as the dedication of one São Paulo bar proves

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
PodcastPodcast
Podcast: Penal populism, agro jobs and Bolsonaro under the knife

Podcast: Penal populism, agro jobs and Bolsonaro under the knife

Rio’s mayor looks to El Salvador for inspiration on public security. Brazil’s agro jobs are less and less done on farms. And Bolsonaro goes under the knife again in a 12-hour surgery

The Brazilian Report
The Brazilian Report
LatAm ReportLatAm Report
✝️ Latin America’s Holy Week

✝️ Latin America’s Holy Week

The many ways of celebrating Easter — including not celebrating it at all.

Lucas Berti
Ignacio Portes
Lucas Berti, +1
Brazil ClimateBrazil Climate
🌳 Brazil’s Valley of Death turns green

🌳 Brazil’s Valley of Death turns green

The Brazilian city of Cubatão, once dubbed the most polluted city on Earth, has now received awards for its urban forestry in its continuing path to transformation

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
Brazil DailyBrazil Daily
✈️ Turbulence ahead

✈️ Turbulence ahead

Budget squeeze leaves aviation regulators grounded. Lula’s continuing efforts to revise Car Wash history. And a Brazilian lawmakers fights the Trump White House

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Brazil BusinessBrazil Business
🌍 The trade route less traveled

🌍 The trade route less traveled

The escalating trade war is prompting Brazil to diversify its foreign trade. Africa could be a good place to find opportunities

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Brazil DailyBrazil Daily
🔒 Penal populism

🔒 Penal populism

Rio inspired by Bukele. Budget projections look bleak for Brazil. And a free-trade deal with Palestine

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
LatAm ReportLatAm Report
🔁 History do-over

🔁 History do-over

Left loses Ecuador runoff (again). Argentina bailed out by the IMF (again). And the death of Mario Vargas Llosa.

Ignacio Portes
Lucas Berti
Ignacio Portes, +1
Brazil DailyBrazil Daily
🙏 Pardon me?

🙏 Pardon me?

Bolsonaro’s party pushes on with Jan. 8 amnesty bill. Pantanal river auction could pose environmental problems. Lula seeks to recruit private hospitals for health scheme

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro
Brazil AgroBrazil Agro
🧑‍🌾 High yields, low headcounts

🧑‍🌾 High yields, low headcounts

Brazil’s agribusiness is hiring at record levels, but most jobs are now in services and industry. Mechanization and the dominance of commodities are pushing small farmers out of business

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
Brazil DailyBrazil Daily
🏥 Gut check for Bolsonaro
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🏥 Gut check for Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro undergoes abdominal surgery. Lula grilled over transparency issues. Brazilian uncertainty rises.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Isabela Cruz
Gustavo Ribeiro, +1
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