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São Paulo: the power crisis amid a fight for power

São Paulo: the power crisis amid a fight for power

More than a million São Paulo residents stayed the whole weekend without electricity after a powerful storm and high winds.

Jika

Oct 17, 2024

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2 min read

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Oct 21, 2025

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🇧🇴 Paz won with Evo’s votes

Bolivia’s new president was backed by Morales’s base, but he will need right-wingers to govern. And violence escalates in Ecuador as indigenous groups protest cuts to fuel subsidies.

Ignacio Portes, +1

Oct 21, 2025

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🛢️ Amazon prime oil

Petrobras to drill for oil off the Amazon coast. Lula heads to Asia, where he could meet with Trump. Lula names a new cabinet member.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Oct 20, 2025

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10 min read

🌳 Climate dispute

Agribusiness does not want to be responsible for the lion’s share of Brazil’s carbon emission goals.

Letícia Arcoverde

Oct 20, 2025

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17 min read

⚖️ Bench pressed

A higher court faces a corruption scandal. A vote for decriminalizing abortions. Telenovelas have lost their cultural clout — but are still money-printing machines.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1