Just after a historic trial, justices have pulled the court into the swirling scandal involving Banco Master. Now the Chief Justice's push for ethical standards is being put to the test
🎙️ Podcast: How Trump’s Venezuela play reshapes South America’s risk map
The US has captured Nicolás Maduro and put him on trial in an American court. We analyze the impact of this move on politics, economics and diplomacy.
🎙️ 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?
🎙️ Podcast: What needs repair in Brazil's public sector machine?
Brazil's special secretary for state transformation discusses the reform proposals coming from the lower house, and the Lula administration's approach.
Carlos Nobre, head of the Planetary Science Pavilion at COP30 in the Amazon, talks to us about the conference’s results, the climate emergency we are living through, and what Brazil can still do.
🎙️ Podcast: Supreme Court to Brazilians: “Follow the money”
After lawmakers repeatedly dodged court rulings on budget transparency, the Supreme Court now wants the public to know how to track congressional grants.
🎙️ Podcast: Who will be Brazil's next Supreme Court justice?
Justice Luís Roberto Barroso is retiring. We unpack how factors such as trust, political ties, and electoral considerations may guide President Lula’s next choice for the court.
🎙️ Podcast: Brazil's tax system fuels income inequality
Congress could advance an income tax reform seeking to make the notoriously complex Brazilian system more progressive. But just how unequal are taxes in Brazil?
Self-serving bills in Brazil’s Congress sparked a wave of street protests in major cities. How can we explain the disconnect between the population and its elected representatives?
