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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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Keep Reading

Dec 26, 2025

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6 min read

📜 US-LatAm treaties that shaped history

From the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to NAFTA, five agreements that marked the history of US relations with Latin America.

Ignacio Portes, +1

Dec 25, 2025

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8 min read

🫐 From superfood to superfuel

Once an environmental liability, açaí waste is being turned into biomass fuel and construction material — cutting emissions in one of the world’s hardest-to-clean industries.

Euan Marshall

Dec 24, 2025

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7 min read

🚛 From highways to courtrooms

A 2018 law imposing a minimum freight rate for truck drivers is only now approaching full enforcement through increased oversight. But industry groups want the rules to be reviewed.

Letícia Arcoverde

Dec 23, 2025

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11 min read

🗓️ 25 years, 25 events

The 25 events that marked Latin America in the first quarter of this century, from Peru’s Alberto Fujimori fleeing to Japan to Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro’s fraudulent re-election.