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Guide to Brazil

🎊 Lula’s risky parade

Feb 14, 2026

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🎊 Lula’s risky parade

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

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

👮 Kids or cadets?

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
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

👑 Brazil’s political dynasties

Feb 1, 2026

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9 min read

👑 Brazil’s political dynasties

Brazilian politics has always been a family business. But the Bolsonaros have taken that to another level.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

🤖 Chatbots and the ballot box

Jan 25, 2026

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12 min read

🤖 Chatbots and the ballot box

Brazilian experts have been worried about the effects of AI on voters for some time now. In 2026, their fears could materialize.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

🗳️ Mind the gap

Jan 18, 2026

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9 min read

🗳️ Mind the gap

The voter divide between men and women has also reached Brazil, with potential impacts on October's election. Analysts discuss what is driving this process.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

🫵 Big Stick energy

Jan 11, 2026

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12 min read

🫵 Big Stick energy

Trump’s so-called “Don-roe Doctrine” is not just a repetition of the past, with Venezuela marking the arrival of US big-stick diplomacy in South America.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

🗺️ Why Brazil has never broken apart

Jan 4, 2026

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7 min read

🗺️ Why Brazil has never broken apart

When Spanish America became independent, it fractured into many countries, while Portuguese America held together as one. We explain why.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro

Guide to Brazil

🩴 Havaianas’ fashion footprint

Dec 28, 2025

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10 min read

🩴 Havaianas’ fashion footprint

Brazil’s iconic rubber flip-flops were the world’s most coveted fashion item in 2025 — yet much of the country’s fashion culture remains to be revealed.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

🇪🇺 Failure loop

Dec 21, 2025

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10 min read

🇪🇺 Failure loop

Thursday’s last-minute Italian reversal resulted in yet another delay to the trade deal between the two blocs, with January cited as the new deadline.

Gustavo Ribeiro
Gustavo Ribeiro

Guide to Brazil

🎥 Oscar odds on

Dec 14, 2025

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10 min read

🎥 Oscar odds on

Acclaimed by critics, the Brazilian period thriller ‘The Secret Agent’ shows that where the rule of law collapses, authoritarianism seeps into social relationships at every level.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

⚖️ Brazil's ‘judiciarism’

Dec 7, 2025

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9 min read

⚖️ Brazil's ‘judiciarism’

Under the 1988 Constitution, the Supreme Court has the final say on whether a law is constitutional — but even this model’s defenders have spent a century debating its boundaries.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

👉 Brazil’s Bolsonaro-based right

Nov 30, 2025

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13 min read

👉 Brazil’s Bolsonaro-based right

Ashamed after the military dictatorship, Brazil’s self-proclaimed right wing came out into the open just over a decade ago. Now, its most popular leader is behind bars.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

🪶 One indigenous chorus

Nov 23, 2025

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11 min read

🪶 One indigenous chorus

The indigenous coordination seen at the COP30 is the result of a process that began in the 1970s — always driven by traditional communities’ fight for land rights.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

♻️ Coming full circle?

Nov 16, 2025

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9 min read

♻️ Coming full circle?

In 1992, Brazil hosted the United Nations conference that set the foundation for today’s entire global climate agenda. Now, COP30 aims to implement what has been agreed upon since then.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

🛂 Brazil’s border issues

Nov 9, 2025

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10 min read

🛂 Brazil’s border issues

The Brazilian government is seeking a stronger role for civilian agencies along the country’s vast border strip.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz

Guide to Brazil

🌴 Crime takes root in the rainforest

Nov 2, 2025

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12 min read

🌴 Crime takes root in the rainforest

The Amazon is no longer just a transit area for organized crime. Gangs have embedded themselves in the region’s social fabric, exerting tight control over local communities.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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