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Podcast: Carnival, cabinet and crisis

Podcast: Carnival, cabinet and crisis

Carnival is here, and it’s big business. Lula pulls the trigger and sacks his health minister. And STEM degrees are becoming less and less common in Brazil.

The Brazilian Report

Feb 28, 2025

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1 min read

Adventuring through the Canadian Rockies

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Dec 19, 2025

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17 min read

🚨 Back-to-back raids

Raids in Congress over embezzlement cases. Another delay for the EU-Mercosur deal. Calls for a code of conduct for Supreme Court justices.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Dec 18, 2025

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4 min read

🎙️ Podcast: Checks and balances turned into vendettas

A series of decisions made Brazil’s Congress look like a machine of political retaliation. But what paved the way for this situation, and how can the country move beyond it?

Isabela Cruz

Dec 18, 2025

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9 min read

🌍🌡️ What are EU talking about?

European opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal has been declared in environmental terms, but are the arguments valid? Or do they stray into protectionism?

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

Dec 18, 2025

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13 min read

🤯 EU-ltimatum

Lula makes a final push for the EU-Mercosur deal. Bolsonaro sentence-reduction bill makes its way through the Senate. Ozempic’s Brazil patent is running out.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Podcast: Carnival, cabinet and crisis

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🚨 Back-to-back raids

🎙️ Podcast: Checks and balances turned into vendettas

🌍🌡️ What are EU talking about?

🤯 EU-ltimatum