Brazil Society

🥱 No laziness effect

A boost in social policies hasn't removed workers from the labor market. Young Brazilians are working less than a decade ago — but probably for the right reasons.

🐦‍⬛ The Rosetta Stone of bird evolution

The fossil of Navaornis hestiae, uncovered in São Paulo state, has changed the way paleontologists think about the evolution of modern birds

📚🎧🎬 What to read, listen to and watch

From cinema to literature to music, our team has handpicked works that defined their 2024 in Brazil and Latin America

🦟 A new dengue vaccine

After its worst dengue outbreak ever, Brazil is set to have its own vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease

✝️ To whom does Christ belong?

Rio’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue is at the center of a battle for control between Church and State

Police brutality skyrockets in São Paulo

Brazil’s rising obesity rates fuel major demand for weight-loss drugs

Brazilian malaria vaccine close to human trials

The state of vegetarianism in Brazil

The cost of alcohol consumption in Brazil

Support strong for school smartphone ban in Brazil

200 years of German immigration to Brazil