Home
Posts
Podcast: Tariffs, loans and spy games

Podcast: Tariffs, loans and spy games

Brazil learns its tariff fate amid Trump’s Liberation Day announcement. Major demand for a new loan program offers hope for Lula’s popularity. Brazil and Paraguay get into a tangle over espionage revelations

The Brazilian Report

Apr 4, 2025

•

1 min read

Listen and subscribe to our podcast on your favorite player:

Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,Deezer

Listen to other episodes

Keep Reading

Apr 11, 2026

•

13 min read

💥 Brazil’s biggest rivalries

The Fla-Flu derby between Flamengo and Fluminense is well-known worldwide, but it isn’t even the fiercest rivalry in Rio de Janeiro, nevermind Brazil

Euan Marshall

Apr 10, 2026

•

13 min read

🃏 Outsiders could win in Peru

The late-rising candidates vying for a place in Peru’s presidential runoff. And the World Bank’s 2026 growth outlook for the region.

Ignacio Portes

Apr 10, 2026

•

14 min read

🍯 Honey pot capitalism

The latest Banco Master revelations verge on the salacious. Electoral court leadership will change hands earlier than expected. The Iran war’s effect on inflation.

Gustavo Ribeiro

Apr 9, 2026

•

11 min read

🌿 A lasting legacy

Marina Silva leaves the Environment Ministry, after managing to rebuild the country’s governance and oversight apparatus after years of Bolsonaro-era dismantling.