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Brazil Society

Aug 9, 2026

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7 min read

🥃 A spirit without the pride

The number of cachaça producers is at an all-time high, but declared output fell by 16%, and exports remain a rounding error in the global spirits market.

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Brazil Society

Aug 2, 2026

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6 min read

⏪ Remembering the Paraguayan War

A stray line from Lula about the Paraguayan War led Asunción to summon the Brazilian ambassador. The history behind it is less flattering to both countries than either likes to admit.

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Brazil Society

Jul 26, 2026

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6 min read

📋 Looking at the fine print

Mario Esper, Brazil's top standards official and Mercosur's first technical envoy to Europe, on the quiet war over who writes the rules

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Brazil Society

Jul 19, 2026

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6 min read

📚 Money lessons

Personal finance may soon reach every Brazilian classroom — a slow but crucial fix for a country where most adults are already behind on their bills.

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Brazil Society

Jul 12, 2026

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4 min read

🗿 Where memory outlasts stone

In Latin America, heritage is as likely to be sung, spoken or remembered as it is to be carved — and that fragility is the point.

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Brazil Society

Jul 5, 2026

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4 min read

📵 Off the grid

Brazil just crossed 90% internet use for the first time.

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Brazil Society

Jun 28, 2026

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6 min read

🤔 How people misread Brazil's gangs

The US has branded Brazil's largest criminal organizations as terrorist groups. A former investigator cautions against drawing a straight line from them to Mexico's cartels or Italy's mafia — the comparison, he says, is far from perfect.