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👨‍🌾 Lula’s lackluster land reform

👨‍🌾 Lula’s lackluster land reform

Historically loyal to Lula, landless movements are growing impatient as Big Agro corners the administration and tightens its grip on Congress. The president has announced new measures in response

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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🪲 Disease control is good for business

🪲 Disease control is good for business

A study indicates that decades-long Chagas disease control in Brazil helped lift municipal economies and reduce inequality

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
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🪜 Cracking, but not breaking, the glass ceiling

🪜 Cracking, but not breaking, the glass ceiling

Progress in closing Brazil’s gender gap stalls as President Lula loses female support

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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🎥 Brazilian cinema is Still Here

🎥 Brazilian cinema is Still Here

It’s Oscars night, so we’re taking a look back on the history of Brazilian cinema, showing why “I’m Still Here” could be a turning point

André Chiavassa
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📻 Bad rap: Brazil right’s war on crime lyrics

📻 Bad rap: Brazil right’s war on crime lyrics

Bills to ban city halls from hiring certain shows raise issues of selective censorship and discrimination against trap music and other popular genres

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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⛪ Heavenly ceilings, earthly cracks

⛪ Heavenly ceilings, earthly cracks

The fight to preserve Brazil’s historic churches and heritage sites

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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💉 Beauty black market

💉 Beauty black market

Brazil is a global hub for plastic surgery and cosmetic treatments. But weak regulations have fueled a rise in illegal procedures — sometimes with deadly consequences

Letícia Arcoverde
Letícia Arcoverde
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🇺🇸 Brazilians on thin ICE

🇺🇸 Brazilians on thin ICE

As Trump promises massive deportations, we take a closer look at the Brazilian community in the US — the biggest Brazilian diaspora

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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🧑‍🏫 Brazil’s plan to fix teacher shortages

🧑‍🏫 Brazil’s plan to fix teacher shortages

The Lula administration wants to encourage teacher training and increase the presence of educators in municipalities with the greatest shortages

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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🤩 The Fernanda Torres phenomenon

🤩 The Fernanda Torres phenomenon

With the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations in sight, enthusiastic Brazilian netizens are pushing hard for Fernanda Torres to get a Best Actress nod for “I’m Still Here”

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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🥱 No laziness effect

🥱 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.

Isabela Cruz
Isabela Cruz
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🐦‍⬛ The Rosetta Stone of bird evolution

🐦‍⬛ 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

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall