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Guide to Brazil

🤔 How much of it is the economy, stupid?

May 24, 2026

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6 min read

🤔 How much of it is the economy, stupid?

How much economic results will weigh on government approval ratings is among the key questions ahead of this year’s presidential election in Brazil.

Letícia Arcoverde

Guide to Brazil

May 17, 2026

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5 min read

🗳️ Brazil's electronic voting turns 30

Much maligned by the conspiratorial far right, Brazil’s electronic system has completed 30 years without any credible allegations of fraud.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Guide to Brazil

May 10, 2026

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7 min read

🎖️ A new defense push

Amid changing geopolitical conditions, Brazil has altered its approach to the defense industry. We explain how.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Guide to Brazil

May 3, 2026

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7 min read

📺 Globo hegemony

Brazil’s largest media group is no longer the absolute leader it once was. It is still a gigantic powerhouse.

Letícia Arcoverde, +1

Guide to Brazil

Apr 26, 2026

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5 min read

🙏 Secularism on trial

We bring today an op-ed by lawyer Welber Barral on a Supreme Court case concerning Brazil's notion of secularism.

Welber Barral

Guide to Brazil

Apr 19, 2026

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6 min read

📽 Lights, camera, propaganda?

A pair of pro-Bolsonaro productions serve as the latest example of Brazilian politics using the medium of cinema for campaign gains.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Guide to Brazil

Apr 12, 2026

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10 min read

🚀 Getting lapped in the space race

Brazilian researchers have a hand in the Artemis II mission, but the country is lagging way behind in its national space program.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Guide to Brazil

Apr 5, 2026

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11 min read

🫠 Data delays

Brazil’s statistics agency built one of the world's finest statistical bureaucracies. Now, under a polarizing president and years of neglect, it is struggling to do its most basic job.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Guide to Brazil

Mar 29, 2026

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11 min read

💰 Tax reckoning?

Beginning to generate its first effects for the middle class, the 2025 income tax reform is modest — but it breaks with decades of negligence with tax fairness.

Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

Mar 22, 2026

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12 min read

⚛️ The nuclear option

Brazil joined a global push for increased reliance on nuclear power. At home, the construction of its third nuclear plant hangs in the balance.

Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

Mar 15, 2026

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11 min read

🇨🇺 Caribbean wave

With the US closing its doors, Brazil renews its appeal for Cubans — this time drawing a different profile of migrants.

Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

Mar 8, 2026

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12 min read

👩‍🔬 Polylaminin in the limelight

Amid hope and controversy, an innovative biomedical study reveals Brazil’s challenges in turning science into a product.

Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

Mar 1, 2026

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12 min read

✝️ A Christian struggle

Religious voters have become increasingly decisive in Brazilian politics — as well as a chronic challenge for the left.

Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

Feb 22, 2026

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9 min read

🎉 What makes a Carnival champion

As a monumental spectacle decided by tenths of a point, Brazil’s samba school parades involve far more tension and detail than one might imagine

Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

Feb 14, 2026

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11 min read

🎊 Lula’s risky parade

A samba school’s adoring tribute to Brazil’s president has the political class watching — and conservatives fuming.

Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

Feb 8, 2026

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13 min read

👮 Kids or cadets?

Across Brazil, the militarization of schools generates electoral dividends, but leaves educators deeply concerned about the citizens and workforce being shaped.

Isabela Cruz

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