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Podcast: Trade wars, health alerts and oil

Podcast: Trade wars, health alerts and oil

As Trump's trade threats reshape global commerce, Brazil grapples with a mounting yellow fever outbreak ahead of Carnival. Meanwhile, controversial Amazon oil drilling plans gain momentum under new Senate leadership, testing the country's environmental commitments.

The Brazilian Report

Feb 7, 2025

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Dec 19, 2025

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📜 The Don-roe Doctrine

Trump’s National Security Strategy sees Latin America as a buffer zone to protect US interests. And rhetoric for military escalation in Venezuela shifts from drugs to oil.

Gustavo Ribeiro, +1

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

Podcast: Trade wars, health alerts and oil

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📜 The Don-roe Doctrine

🚨 Back-to-back raids

🎙️ Podcast: Checks and balances turned into vendettas

🌍🌡️ What are EU talking about?