Euan Marshall

A Scotsman in Brazil covering environment, society and sports. Deputy editor @ The Brazilian Report

☠️ Pesticides on all sides

Lawmakers in Mato Grosso approved a bill drastically reducing pesticide application limits in what is Brazil’s top agribusiness state. Opponents call the proposal “absurd”

Euan Marshall

Brazil SportsBrazil Sports

Mar 22, 2025

🇧🇷🇦🇷 The biggest rivalry in world football?

Brazil and Argentina will face off once again on Tuesday, in a World Cup qualifier. We look at how this unique rivalry has evolved over the years

Euan Marshall

Brazil ClimateBrazil Climate

Mar 20, 2025

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⛽ No future for the future fuel?

Brazil’s biofuels charge faces pushback from distributors, the far-right, and inflation. But are biofuels all they are cracked up to be?

Euan Marshall

Brazil SportsBrazil Sports

Mar 15, 2025

🏎️ Brazil is back on the grid

For the first time since Felipe Massa in 2017, Brazil has a full-time driver in the Formula 1, as Gabriel Bortoleto makes his Grand Prix debut in Australia this weekend

Euan Marshall

Brazil ClimateBrazil Climate

Mar 13, 2025

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🐮 Ignoring the cow in the room

Agriculture is the sector in the Amazon that has experienced the biggest financial losses from climate events over the last few decades; it is also the sector that produces the most greenhouse gases

Euan Marshall

Brazil DailyBrazil Daily

Mar 11, 2025

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🤸 Mission: Impossible?

The daunting task of building a coalition amid heightened polarization. Lula wants to open the spending spigot. And how banks can spot risky gamblers

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Brazil SportsBrazil Sports

Mar 08, 2025

🌱 Footballers prefer it natural

Neymar takes the role of shop steward as players argue against artificial pitches in Brazil, but do their protests miss the target?

Euan Marshall

Brazil ClimateBrazil Climate

Mar 06, 2025

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🛢️ Amazon oil rush?

While pressure is centered on a single oil block near the mouth of the Amazon River, a forthcoming auction could open up the entire region to an offshore drilling frenzy

Euan Marshall

Brazil SocietyBrazil Society

Mar 02, 2025

🎥 Brazilian cinema is Still Here

It’s Oscars night, so we’re taking a look back on the history of Brazilian cinema, showing why “I’m Still Here” could be a turning point

André Chiavassa, +1

Brazil SportsBrazil Sports

Mar 01, 2025

⚽ Football or Carnival? 🎉 Or both?

As Carnival is here, we explain why some of São Paulo’s biggest football ultras groups are also major forces in the city’s highly competitive Carnival parades

Euan Marshall